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Footballer accused of armed robbery remanded

A young footballer was on Wednesday remanded to prison after he allegedly attacked and robbed his former girlfriend, damaging her vehicle in the process. Job...

Berbician jailed after failing to pay debt

A Berbician will spend the next six months behind bars after he failed to pay debts he incurred through hiring a motorcar. Gajeshwaririto Sewnarine accepted...

$100,000 bail for taxi driver accused of sexually assaulting child

Georgetown Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Tuesday granted a Station Street, Kitty resident bail when he took the stand before her to answer to a...

No confidence resolution: Nandlall pleased with CJ’s swift timeline for ruling on “majority” and...

Against the backdrop of Chief Justice (CJ), Roxanne George announcing that the “majority” and “dual citizen” challenges to the no confidence resolution will be ruled...

Father of 3 gets 16 yrs for killing reputed wife, 8 yrs for wounding...

A father of three was given two sentences, for stabbing to death his reputed wife and for later attacking and injuring her brother, by...

No-confidence resolution: CJ to rule on “majority” and “dual citizen” challenges at the end...

The hearing of the legal challenges coming out of the No confidence vote began on Tuesday with acting Chief Justice (CJ) Roxanne George approving...

Trial into 2013 robbery/murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman commences

...suspects deny allegations The seven suspects implicated in the robbery/murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman Zulfikar Namdar were on Tuesday charged in the High Court as the...

Man accused of raping child found not guilty by jury

Bishnauth Mohamed walked out of the Sexual Offences Court a free man on Monday following a unanimous not guilty verdict to an indictment of...

Six weeks community service for gold chain thief

An unemployed man, who appeared on Monday before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, will spend the next six weeks doing community service as a penalty for...

Demerara Assizes: Sexual offences matters constitute bulk of cases to be heard

With the commencement of the first criminal session for 2019, statistics drawn from the lists of cases have outlined that nearly 61 per cent...

Recent Articles

“Gunbutt” shot by armed men who took advantage of stepson

An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident involving 41-year-old Calvin Johnson, called “Gunbutt”, of East Ruimveldt Trench Road in Georgetown. That incident reportedly...

Man chops reputed wife after threatened with eviction

Overseas-based Guyanese Deomattie Rampersaud of Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is now a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after...

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...