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Bar Association calls out AG over ‘unwarranted attack’ on legal profession

The Bar Council of the Guyana Bar Association has deemed the remarks made by Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams, who was reported in 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,...

AG Williams appealing CJ’s ruling on enforcing Judicial Review Act

Following the acting Chief Justice’s ruling compelling the Attorney General (AG), Basil Williams to bring into force the Judicial Review Act by July 31,...

Mabaruma man remanded to prison over narcotics possession

A Mabaruma, Region One resident was made to stand before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts earlier today (Wednesday) to answer to a charge of possession...

Opposition files suit to remove VP Jagdeo from Parliament

  The A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Opposition has filed legal proceedings to remove Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo from being a...

Youth charged with attempted murder released on bail

A 20-year-old man slapped with an attempted murder charge was Friday morning released on $100,000 bail when he made his appearance before Chief Magistrate...

Prisoner facing murder charge, stabbed in holding cell of Magistrate’s Court

A prisoner was this morning rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was stabbed while in the holding cell of the Georgetown Magistrate’s...

Interdicted Policeman convicted of engaging 13-Y-O girl in sexual activity

An interdicted Policeman, who was tried for three sexual offences, has been found guilty of one of them. Before Justice Sandil Kissoon, Wayde Padmore faced...

Convicted killer gets life sentence reduced to 12 years

Deosaran Bisnauth, who was in 2017 sentenced to life imprisonment for manslaughter, has gotten his sentence reduced to 12 years after he challenged the...

Woman jailed for 8 years for raping girl

Twenty-year-old Gabriella Allen, who was found guilty in February of the offence of rape of a child under the age of 16, has been...

Recent Articles

Power ship reaches maximum capacity of 36MW – GPL

Over the weekend, the power ship stationed at Everton, East Bank Berbice incrementally increased its generation output to 35 megawatts to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected...

Govt makes 2nd NRF withdrawal for 2024 to the tune of US$300 million 

See full statement from the Ministry of Finance:  Pursuant to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act 2021, as amended by the Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Act...

Construction of US$35M Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge to begin in August

Traffic congestion and long delays will soon be things of the past for commuters using the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge, as construction of a new US$35...

Body of missing pensioner found in Essequibo River

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division #7 are investigating a report of suspected drowning of Philistine Franci called ‘PI’,...

Cyclist hospitalised after Sheriff Street Roundabout ‘hit and run’ accident

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4A are investigating a report of a hit and run serious accident which...

Pedestrian dies after being struck down by truck at Enmore

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4C are investigating a report of a fatal accident which occurred on Sunday...

PM Phillips Commends CIUG for a Decade of Chinese Cultural Exchange at 10th Anniversary

Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, praised the Confucius Institute at the University of Guyana (CIUG) for its outstanding achievements in fostering...

GPHC receives modern devices to facilitate better treatment of persons with kidney diseases

Through a collaborative effort between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and Boston Scientific, several LithoVue scopes were...

Work on sentencing guidelines nearing completion – AG

The government is close to completing work on sentencing guidelines, a project that has been funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded ‘Support for...

Elite Kayaking launches paddle-boarding experience

Visitors to Linden can now enjoy paddle-boarding in the Blue Lake with the launch of Elite Kayaking and Nature Tours’ latest offering. Owner Deon Anderson,...