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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Acting Chancellor, Chief Justice sworn in

-Way clear for Court of Appeal shortages to be addressed- President President David Granger, today, administered the Oath of Office to Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and...

Govt files lawsuit, criminal charges against Digicel over illegal use of spectrum

Digicel (Guyana) is being sued by the Government of Guyana over its unauthorised use of the 700 MHz and 1800 MHz telecommunications spectrums. Legal...

Promoter sentenced to 2 years for cocaine trafficking

Thirty-one-year-old Wyette Amsterdam of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara was earlier today slapped with a three-year sentence after he was found guilty of...

Corentyne man to spend 3 years behind bars for cocaine trafficking

Twenty-four-year-old Randy Chester, a porter of Kildonan Village Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was found guilty of trafficking 2.74 kilograms of cocaine and...

South Ruimveldt man refused bail over attempted murder charge

A man was brought before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts earlier today (Friday) after he allegedly attempted to murder another man. Roger...

CCJ overturns CoA’s ruling in which it took jurisdiction to hear dismissed election petition

Finding that the Court of Appeal (CoA) of Guyana erred when it took jurisdiction to hear APNU/AFC’s second petition that was dismissed by Chief...

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...

Trial for Patterson, Adams to begin next month

The trial of Alliance for Change (AFC) General Secretary and former Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson and former General Manager of the Demerara Harbour...

Convicted drug trafficker freed of 5 gun related charges

A 57-year-old convicted drug trafficker was on Tuesday found not guilty on five gun related charges when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates' Court. Aundre...

Labourer accused of killing drinking buddy remanded

A labourer was on Tuesday hauled before the court of law after he was slapped with a charge of murder that he allegedly committed...

Recent Articles

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...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...