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Friday, April 19, 2024

Lethem man gets 3 years for narco possession 

Twenty-one-year-old Jason Clement was on Monday found guilty of being in possession of 48 grams of cannabis on May 5, 2022, in Tabatinga, Central...

Albouystown man arraigned over alleged assault of Cops

Randy Barrack, 43, of lot 34 Albouys Street, Albouystown was today released on $100,000 bail by Magistrate Leron Daly after he appeared in the...

Father of 7 gets 4 years jail for trafficking 34 kilos of marijuana

59-year-old Standley Pyle of Norton and Camp Streets, Georgetown, was jailed for four years and fined $30,000 after pleading guilty to trafficking 34 kilograms...

Technician remanded over attempted murder charge

A technician attached to the Neighbouring Democratic Council (NDC) of the Durban Backlands area, was today (Monday) remanded for allegedly attempting to murder a...

Grove man charged for $1.4M gold heist granted bail

A 31-year-old vendor, who was on remand for several weeks following a robbery where more than $1 million worth of gold jewellery was stolen,...

5 more Venezuelans deported

Five more Venezuelans were today (Wednesday) ordered deported when they appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Julio Fuguro, Carona Guataran, Maria...

‘Grey Boy’ charged for allegedly threatening Crum-Ewing’s mother

Regan “Grey Boy” Rodriguez appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday morning and declared that he is trusting in god, through the singing...

Teachers strike: Court appoints mediators to address stalemate between Govt, GTU today

…as VP Jagdeo urges teachers to return to classroom In an effort to end the stalemate that has led to the ongoing strike action by...

Suspect in Linden double murder remanded to prison

Shadwin Semple, one of the suspects in the murder of Linden men Johnson Bowen and Emmanuel Dos Santos was today charged and remanded to...

Absent teen charged with unlawful wounding of teacher

A 16-year-old boy has been charged for the unlawful wounding of a acting Headteacher of a primary school. The matter was on Tuesday called at...

Recent Articles

‘Racism does not align with PNC ideology’ – Chairman

Chairman of the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNC) Shurwayne Holder is defending his party amid claims that it is not welcoming to its Indo-Guyanese...

Stabroek Market Wharf collapse shows ‘failure of the city council’ – Jagdeo

  The recent collapse of a portion of the Stabroek Market Wharf is reflective of the City Council’s “failure”, according to Vice President Dr Bharrat...

Over 440 more Reg. 3 families to benefit from house allocation

More than 440 families will benefit from house allocation in several areas including Anna Catherina, Edinburg, Leonora, Groenveldt, Stewartsville, and Meten-Meer-Zorg in Region Three,...

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...