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Man acquitted of rape charge by jury

  The High Court has acquitted a man of a seven-year-old rape charge, with the jury on Wednesday returning a unanimous not guilty verdict in...

3 other witnesses testify in Co-op Crescent murder PI

Three other witnesses took to the stand on Thursday as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the alleged murder of 55-year-old Lindener Leroy Barron continued...

Fmr GPL Director freed of $27.7M fraud charge

Trade unionist and former member of the Board of Directors of the State-run Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Incorporated, Carvil Duncan was on Thursday...

AG demands payment of court costs in dismissed parliamentarians’ suspension case

The eight Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs), who were suspended over the December 2021 uproar in the National Assembly, have failed to settle the...

Babita Sarjou murder PI: Brazilian forensic expert testifies as final witness

Family members of the late Babita Sarjou, and those of murder accused Sharnandand Narine, called “Anand,” and accomplice Darel Ponton, called “Yankee”, flocked the...

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...

Minibus driver charged for raping child

Waylon Jordan, a 27-year-old minibus driver of Lot 15 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) has been charged with raping a child under...

Ecuadorian jailed in Guyana for cocaine possession, fraud

Julio Harreira of Ecuador was slapped with cocaine possession and fraud charges and taken to the Georgetown Magistrate’s Courts on Wednesday. Harreira stood before Magistrate...

Jury trials resume with strong safety protocols in place

The Judiciary of Guyana on Tuesday resumed jury trials. The Demerara Assizes is now opened and two juries were empaneled in the cases of The...

Neesa Gopaul murder: Mom, stepdad in bid to quash conviction at CCJ

Bibi Shareema Gopaul and Jarvis “Barry” Small, who were found guilty of the October 2010 murder of her daughter, 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul, have appealed...

Recent Articles

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...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...