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Ex-cop wants rape conviction overturned

Two weeks after he was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment for raping a woman at the Turkeyen Police Station, former Policeman Devon Chapman is...

Herstelling man to stand trial in High Court for wife’s murder

38-year-old Daniel Watson of Plantation Walk, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara who is accused of murdering his reputed wife after she allegedly moved out their...

18-y-o charged with possession of cannabis remanded

A teenager appeared before City Magistrate, Judy Latchman on Monday and was remanded to prison for having cannabis in his possession. Eighteen-year-old Travis Dinero of...

Oscar Pistorius sentenced to 6 years in prison for girlfriend’s murder

(CNN) A South African judge sentenced Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius to six years in prison for his girlfriend's murder -- the latest ruling...

TT man remanded for causing death of pedal cyclist in ECD accident

A Trinidadian national was on Thursday arraigned for causing the death of a 40-year-old pedal cyclist in Guyana. Akedo Isaiah McPhee, 25, of Oronoque Street,...

“Fix It” gets 13 years for 2015 attempted murder

Quincy Henry called "Fix It" was on Monday sentenced to 13 years imprisonment by Justice Brassignton Reynolds for the September 20, 2015, attempted murder...

Kitty man remanded on narco trafficking charge

A Kitty, Georgetown man, who claimed that a charge of possession of narcotics brought against him was “trumped up” was on Friday remanded to...

Drug mule gets 4 years jail for trafficking 960 grams of cocaine

A father of four was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison and fined $2.5M when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court...

Police to call over 100 witnesses to testify against Mingo

The State is expected to call over 100 witnesses when embattled Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo goes on trial for alleged misconduct in public office...

Three ex-cops sentenced for accepting $6M bribe

Three former Police ranks were on Monday sentenced to prison and fined for accepting a six-million-dollar bribe back in September 2015. When the trial concluded...

Recent Articles

Guyana to champion forest conservation at upcoming G20 Summit – Jagdeo

Guyana has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Brasilia, Brazil in October, and will champion forest conservation and...

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...