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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Two suspects remanded to prison over Port Kaituma murders

A heavy-duty operator and his colleague of Citrus Grove, Port Kaituma, Region One (Barima-Waini) were remanded to prison when they appeared before Chief Magistrate...

Suddie Criminal Assizes opens

The October 2016 Assizes of the Suddie High Court in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) opened yesterday with the usual impressive parade of Police Officers from...

Police Detective takes stand in 2009 taxi driver murder trial

Following several voir dire trials (trial within a trial), Detective Corporal, Roland Beharry earlier today took the stand at the Georgetown High Court, as...

Teen among two charged with murder of Mahaicony woman

The two accused in the brutal murder of a Mahaicony businesswoman appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court earlier today, following the Director of Public...

PI continues into Babita Sarjou’s murder

The Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of Babita Sarjou, whose body was found six years after she had gone missing, continued at the Georgetown...

Two to appear in Court today for Herstelling murder

Two persons who are suspected to have murdered 42-year-old Abdool Ameer Subrati of Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara are expected to appear  at Georgetown...

$16M fine, 4 years jail for man found with 14 Kilos of cannabis

Troy Van Doimen, of Lot 51 Fifth Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), was on Monday afternoon sentenced to four years in prison and fined...

Man remanded for marijuana possession

Dwayne McFarley, 21, of Camp Street, Georgetown was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court earlier today for marijuana possession. He...

Male accused of using expecting teen as drug mule freed

A man accused of using a pregnant 17-year-old to traffic narcotics in sanitary napkins, was on Friday freed of the charge at the Georgetown...

High Court trial for Bartica man accused of murdering young mechanic

Twenty-year- old Rayon Jones of Fourth Avenue, Bartica was today committed to stand trial at the High Court after Magistrate Leron Daly declared a...

Recent Articles

Essequibo businessman charged for unlicenced gold trade

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) today charged an Essequibo businessman, who was allegedly involved in buying gold in the Port Kaituma district, without...

GNBS seizes over 1400 packs of cigarettes in Regions 5 & 6

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Saturday, April 27, 2024, seized a large quantity of assorted cigarettes which do not meet the...

Interventions underway to expedite Lamaha, Middleton Streets expansion project – Edghill

The Lamaha Street expansion project aimed at enhancing connectivity between Vlissengen Road and Middleton Street in Georgetown, is facing setbacks due to delayed infrastructural...

‘Just 2 minutes more & they might have been trapped’ – security officer recalls...

An early morning fire of unknown origin wreaked havoc at Golden Grove, Public Road on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), destroying the WuHu...

Opposition MP urges ‘independent investigation’ into alleged police brutality at Mackenzie Station 

See full statement from Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira: As Linden celebrates its anniversary “Town week” the recent emergence of a viral video depicting...

Contract for audit of post-2020 ExxonMobil expenses to be awarded soon

With two audits already completed for oil giant ExxonMobil’s oil and gas exploration activities in the Stabroek Block, the Natural Resources Ministry has indicated...

Senior NDC official accused of issuing receipts from private receipt book

  A senior official attached to the Johns-Port Mourant Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has been accused of issuing receipts from a private receipt book and...

32 more Laing Avenue households receive housing vouchers

In a move to assist homeowners in upgrading their living standard, some 32 more households in Laing Avenue, Georgetown, received vouchers valued $250,000 each...

Major rehabilitation work resumes on Parika Market

Major rehabilitation efforts have resumed on the state-of-the-art Parika Market in Region Three, to restore normalcy to the lives of vendors, providing them with...

Update: Sister of survivor from Mahdia tragedy jumps from window during ‘mattress fire’ at...

Though the fire at the President’s College dormitory was quickly extinguished before it escalated into a complete disaster, a terrified student, during the pandemonium,...