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Linden teen on bail for intent to commit robbery

Elmont Edwards, 18, of Wisroc Housing Scheme, Wismar, Linden, was granted bail by Magistrate Wanda Fortune when he appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court...

Berbice man gets life sentence for rape, murder of boy

A 31-year-old man of Kortberaadt, East Bank Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was today sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of...

CCJ urges Guyana to urgently reform Deeds Registry Act

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), in a judgment delivered today, urged the Guyana Government to urgently consider reforming the Deeds Registry Act. The judgment...

GDF rank gets bail for causing death by dangerous driving

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal, who appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts Wednesday on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving,...

Man jailed for killing lover’s reputed husband

Sterfon Barlow, 38, was on Wednesday handed a 10-year prison sentence on a manslaughter charge in regard to the July 2, 2016 unlawful killing...

Linden man wanted for murdering girlfriend

Shaquawn Alleyne, 19, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Shonette Dover at Canvas City, Wismar, Linden between...

Fmr in-laws charged for killing Kuru Kururu bus driver

Three persons were today charged for killing 38-year-old Marcus Thomas, a bus driver of Kuru Kururu, Linden-Soesdyke Highway. Thomas was hacked to death on the...

Businessman, employee get life sentence for trader’s murder

A Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) businessman and one of his employees were handed life sentences for killing a Crabwood Creek, Corentyne trader...

Bus driver jailed 25 years for raping schoolgirl

A Success, East Coast Demerara minibus driver has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for raping a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a dark, bushy area....

Man jailed for grabbing woman’s breast

Senior Magistrate Leron Daly has found a man guilty of sexual assault for grabbing a woman's breast without her consent. Jason Yarris, 33, was charged...

Recent Articles

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...