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Friday, May 17, 2024

Former health ministry worker acquitted on one count of child rape

A North Ruimveldt, Georgetown man was earlier today (Wednesday), freed on one count of sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy who claimed that the...

Former cop who doused lover with acid gets one year suspended sentence

An ex-policewoman, who was found guilty of dousing her lover with acid on July 13, has received a one-year suspended sentence and ordered to...

“This is indeed worrying” – judges, as Scotia Bank “negligently misdirected” $28M

Core Investments Incorporated paid $28 million to Scotiabank (Guyana), intending to repay a mortgage early, but that payment was "negligently misdirected” by the financial...

Pomeroon man gets 14 years’ jail for savagely chopping pregnant woman

…victim lost an arm, an eye, and finger Thirty-one-year-old Richard Mohammed of Lower Pomeroon, Region Two (Pomeroon Supenaam) has been jailed for 14 years for...

CJ grants order for seizure of vending articles in front of Muneshwers Ltd

Chief Justice Roxane George has granted an order for the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to seize the goods of vendors operating around the...

Man jailed for threatening to kill mother

A man who used threatening behaviour towards his mother was jailed for three months when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Magistrate...

Man fined $20,000 for playing loud music

A man who played loud music to the annoyance of his neighbour was fined $20,000 with an alternative of spending one week in prison...

Guyanese cleaner accepts $7M settlement from oil services company

Almost a year after she was awarded a default judgement in a personal injury lawsuit she brought against oil services company, Centipede Offshore (Guyana),...

“Links” get 29 years for sexual assault

An unremorseful, 52-year-old Gingesh Khan also called ‘Links’ was earlier today handed a 29-year sentence after he was found guilty on four counts of...

Man remanded for murder of businessman’s son

  Yogeendra Sukhdeo was this morning remanded to prison for the murder of his friend and business associate, Amit Singh, 21. Sukhdeo, of Diamond Housing Scheme,...

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Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...