Lawyers up pressure to have 2nd election petition thrown out
By: Jarryl Bryan
Attorney General Anil Nandlall and Trinidad Senior Counsel Douglas Mendes today upped the pressure for the second election petition filed by the...
Lawyers who filed election petitions are in “disarray” – Nandlall
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall says the lawyers who filed the election petition to challenge results of the March 2...
Chief Magistrate orders prosecution to present “proper order” in Mingo’s case
As the court makes final preparations to begin the trial of embattled Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, who has been slapped with...
DPP’s appeal against High Court order freeing Marcus Bisram set for Dec 18
Arguments in an appeal filed by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack against a High Court order freeing US-based Guyanese Marcus Bisram for...
Teacher to spend 3 years behind bars for sexually assaulting girl
A teacher attached to a prominent private school has been jailed for three years after he was found guilty of engaging in sexual activities...
Chainsaw operator charged for threatening to “squeeze the life out” of a man
A chainsaw operator who hails from Linden, Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice) was on Tuesday fined $10,000 by Magistrate Wanda Fortune after he was found...
SOCU seizes over $10M from drug mule
Over $10 million seized by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) from a convicted drug trafficker has been forfeited to the State.
According to a statement...
Nigerian charged for operating criminal scheme, defrauding four Guyanese
Uche Raymond Okoye also known as Uche Parker, a Nigerian National who entered the country illegally from Brazil through Lethem, has been charged for...
Fisherman gets 20 years for killing pensioner during sex act
Jaipaul Hitlall, a 45-year-old fisherman formerly of Sea View, Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara (WCD), was on Thursday sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for...
Suriname-based Guyanese woman remanded for cocaine in makeup
A 42-year-old Suriname-based Guyanese who was busted with four pounds of cocaine concealed in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), was...
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