Man jailed 15 years for raping girl, 14
A 27-year-old man will be spending the next 15 years behind bars for raping a 14-year-old girl. Akeem Wong, 27, also known as, “Ben...
Miner gets 12 months jail, fined $1.3M for ganja possession
Twenty-nine-year-old Neal Griffith of Middle Street, McDoom, Greater Georgetown was on Monday slapped with a 12-month jail term and fined $1.365 million for ganja...
61 convictions from 131 sexual offences cases since 2017
Guyana was the first in the Caribbean to establish a specialised courtroom for the handling of sexual offences cases. On November 13, 2017, the...
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...
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$543.6M for vital bridge rehabilitation in Region Four
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Father of 4 killed after rescuing fellow villager from attackers
Joseph Forde, a 44-year-old contractor of Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD), lost his life on Thursday evening after he was chopped and...
Prisoner further remanded for murder of cellmate
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
A 23-year-old prisoner, Shamar Davis called Stamma of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia who has been on...