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Man slapped with 12 charges for driving with cop on bonnet

A taxi driver who reportedly hit a police officer with his car and carried him on the bonnet through the streets of New Amsterdam...

Mothers jailed for 1 week for assaulting, threatening each other

For attacking one another, two mothers received one-week prison sentences. Senior Magistrate Leron Daly sentenced 29-year-old mother of three Jennifer Validen and mother-of-one Leandra Myers...

Man to serve life in prison for raping woman at knifepoint

Dinesh Seepersaud, a man from Corentyne, who entered a guilty plea to the allegation of raping a woman in November 2020, was on Thursday...

Essequibo man charged for shooting at cop

Rajendra Moniram, a 23-year-old labourer of Onderneeming/Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast, was charged with the offence of Discharging a Loaded Firearm with Intent, committed on...

Essequibo Coast man charged for ganja, cocaine possession

Madho Persaud, a 52-year-old Driver of Riverstown, Essequibo Coast, was charged with two counts of 'Possession of Narcotics for the Purpose of Trafficking' -...

GTU approaches High Court to order collective bargaining for 2019-2023 salaries

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) approached the High Court on Friday with several applications with one asking the court to order the government to...

Severance pay: Despite GAWU’s court case, Govt will pay when “it promised”- Harmon

State Minister, Joseph Harmon during his post Cabinet press briefing on Thursday hinted that Government will be making the second tranche of severance payments...

Fmr Gold Board accountant charged with fraud

Rosanna Ramnarine, the 35-year-old former accountant of the Guyana Gold Board that was sent home in November of last year, after the company discovered...

CCJ dismisses Trade Unions’ appeal on Govt’s decision to close Rose Hall, Enmore estates

The appeal by the Guyana Agricultural and General Worker’s Union’s (GAWU) and National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees’ (NAACIE) to the Caribbean...

Man accused of several robbery under arms charges further remanded

Shamar Charles on Friday reappeared before a city magistrate to answer to four robbery under arms charges and was further remanded. The first charge alleged...

Recent Articles

Region Three Business Chamber makes “impactful connections” at int’l conference in Brazil

See the below statement from the Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its recent attendance at the International Roraima-CARICOM Business Meeting held...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with tree on Tapakuma Trail, Reg. Two

A young motorcyclist was killed in the wee hours of today after he collided with a tree on the Tapakuma Trail in Region Two...

Decomposed body of male washes up at Hope Beach

The decomposed body of a male was washed up at the Hope Beach on the East Coast of Demerara. This discovery was made at about 11:30h...

Cevon’s driver shot by bandits during robbery at South Rimveldt office

A driver attached to Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company's Aubrey Barker Road, South...

Police suspect vessel in Port Kaituma was used for drug trafficking, transshipment – Benn

More than one week after a semi-submersible vessel was found along a river at Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini), Home Affairs Minister Robeson...

5 new chickenpox cases recorded at Lusignan Prison

In the past week, the Health Ministry recorded a total of five new chickenpox cases at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This was...

No seawall vendor has been dislocated – Min Edghill assures

No vendor operating at the Georgetown Seawall has been dislocated, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill as he responded to a statement issued...

Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce “gravely concerned” over boycott threats against Guyanese businesses

Condemnation continues to increase against the recent antics of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), which attracted backlash after threatening to boycott any...

Region 9 produces first batch of Pharmacy and Nursing Assistants

History was made on Friday as the first batch of newly trained Nursing and Pharmacy Assistants graduated in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)...

Significant boost for Region 9 district hospitals with new Ultrasound units

Ultrasound services will now be offered to residents of Annai, Karasabai, Aishalton and Sand Creek in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), eliminating the need...