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Friday, March 29, 2024

Jordan worried about being jailed

Finance Minister Winston Jordan this morning expressed worry about being possibly jailed over the Government's failure to pay Trinidadian-based construction firm, Dipcon. Asked by media...

DIPCON US$2M judgement: Govt continues to flout authority of Judiciary

…Court cannot enforce order against Finance Minister – AG In the wake of the Court throwing out Finance Minister Winston Jordan’s application to stay a...

Horse cart operator jailed for stealing motorcycle, remanded on armed robbery charges

Twenty-year-old Ken Dass on Friday admitted to stealing a motorcycle valued at almost $200,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus at the Georgetown...

Vendor granted bail for 22 grams of cannabis

A vendor was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of $40,000 by Magistrate Faith McGusty on a possession of narcotics charge. Twenty-eight-year-old Akeem North...

Magistrates can take notice – Harmon on proposed “ganja” changes

The coalition administration wants magistrates to start implementing its proposal for the removal of custodial sentencing for persons caught with small amounts of marijuana,...

Haitian national who overstayed in Guyana fined, ordered deported

A 39-year-old Haitian national, who pleaded guilty to overstaying in Guyana, was Thursday fined $60,000. Failure to pay will result in six weeks imprisonment. The...

Unemployed youth tells court he stole phone over hunger

A 22-year-old unemployed man, who admitted to snatching a woman’s cellular phone, was jailed for two years when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

“Fish Teeth” charged for killing Lusignan Prisoner

Devindra Persaud, called "Fish Teeth", was Wednesday remanded to prison for the murder of Samuel Lyttle, an inmate of the Lusignan Prison. Lyttle, who was...

Jury finds man guilty of rape

Another convicted rapist will be sentenced on August 26, 2019 after he was found guilty on a 2017 rape charge by a jury at...

14-year-old arraigned for friend’s murder

The 14-year-old who murdered his friend in Matthews Ridge, North West District Region 1 (Barima-Waini) last week was arraigned for heinous crime when he...

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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...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...