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Friday, March 29, 2024

Chaos at Magistrates’ Courts as teacher, parents charged over school attack

It was high drama at the Georgetown Magistrates' Courts this morning as parents and a teacher made their appearance to be charged in relation...

Appeal Court throws out Govt’s H2H Challenge

The Court of Appeal earlier today dismissed the government’s challenge to a recent High Court ruling which blocked the removal of persons from the...

GECOM divided over handing Region 4 SOPs to High Court

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is divided over whether the Statements of Poll (SOP) for Region Four should be tendered as evidence as litigation...

Teen miner shot dead at Puruni Landing

Police in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) are investigating the murder of a 17-year-old miner who was shot dead by a licensed firearm holder at Puruni...

Boat Captain remanded for drug smuggling

A 44-year-old Boat Captain who has been on the run for almost two years for smuggling drugs into Guyana was on Monday arraigned on...

Caribbean judicial systems plagued with backlogged cases

The judicial system throughout the region has been overwhelmed by a significant number of backlogged cases, which are waiting to be heard in the...

Ithaca teen gets $200,000 bail for killing father

Rashane Joseph, 18, has been charged with manslaughter in relation to the death of his 42-year-old father, Collis Joseph which occurred on Sunday last...

$90M lawsuit against Central Bank struck out by High Court

A $90M lawsuit against the Bank of Guyana, and its Governor Dr. Gobind Ganga was on Monday dismissed by High Court Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry...

Man acquitted for 2014 Arakaka murder

Twenty-nine-year old Desmond James, who was charged for the murder of Glendon Cox at Four Miles Arakaka, North West District (NWD), was on Tuesday...

Mingo, Lawrence & Joseph get bail on more electoral fraud charges

Embattled Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform Volda Lawrence, and APNU/AFC activist Carol Joseph have been released...

Recent Articles

“Gunbutt” shot by armed men who took advantage of stepson

An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident involving 41-year-old Calvin Johnson, called “Gunbutt”, of East Ruimveldt Trench Road in Georgetown. That incident reportedly...

Man chops reputed wife after threatened with eviction

Overseas-based Guyanese Deomattie Rampersaud of Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is now a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after...

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...