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EBD man found guilty of killing 16-year-old

A resident of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara who fatally stabbed a schoolboy has been found guilty of manslaughter. Shannon Cox, 23, was indicted for the...

Carol Joseph slapped with 14 fraud charges by SOCU

Carol Smith Joseph of 99 Main Street, Hopetown, West Coast Berbice was today charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit with 14 indictable charges...

APNU’s Carol Smith-Joseph challenging extension of Hicken’s tenure

APNU member Carol Smith-Joseph is challenging President Dr Irfaan Ali’s decision to extend Clifton Hicken’s tenure as acting Commissioner of Police indefinitely, claiming that...

Man remanded for stabbing ex-girlfriend and her new beau

A 48-year-old man, who stabbed his ex-girlfriend and her new companion, was today remanded to prison. Gilbert Thomas of Hururu Mission, Upper Berbice River, was...

CCTV footage leads to arrest, prosecution of ‘Bag Snatcher’

Following a robbery committed an unidentifiable male who snatched handbag containing personal items from a female driver was arraigned for the crime when he...

Berbice man gets 18 years for heinous rape of boy, 13,

Mahadeo Ramnarine, also called ‘Dougla,’ 48, a labourer of East Canje, Berbice was on Monday sentenced to 18 years in prison for raping a...

2 years jail for man who robbed INews reporter

A 30-year-old man was today sentenced to two years imprisonment for robbing a reporter who was attached to INews. Albert Defreitas, 30, of Leopold Street,...

Bus tout jailed for snatching cell phone; claims “financial problems cause me to do...

Minibus tout Ernie Reid was on Friday arraigned before Principal Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty at the Georgetown Magistrates Courts on a charge of armed...

Recent Articles

Over 41,000 DUI cases made out against drivers from January to April

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) recently released statistics showing that a total of 41,358 cases of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) were made out...

Hess requests Stabroek Block shares dispute hearing for 3rd quarter of 2024

Amid the ongoing dispute between oil giant ExxonMobil and Hess, over its decision to sell its shares to fellow United States (US) oil company...

Demerara Bank Ltd. to expand regionally with St. Lucia branch

Earlier this month, President Dr. Irfaan Ali revealed that a local bank was in the process of establishing a regional footprint. It turns out...

Conversation Tree Road: Govt to recoup “all mobilisation” fees from TT company

The Guyana Government is forging ahead to recover all mobilisation fees paid to Trinidadian contractor, Kalco Guyana Incorporated, which failed to complete its portion...

Region Three Business Chamber makes “impactful connections” at int’l conference in Brazil

See the below statement from the Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its recent attendance at the International Roraima-CARICOM Business Meeting held...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with tree on Tapakuma Trail, Reg. Two

A young motorcyclist was killed in the wee hours of today after he collided with a tree on the Tapakuma Trail in Region Two...

Decomposed body of male washes up at Hope Beach

The decomposed body of a male was washed up at the Hope Beach on the East Coast of Demerara. This discovery was made at about 11:30h...

Cevon’s driver shot by bandits during robbery at South Rimveldt office

A driver attached to Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company's Aubrey Barker Road, South...

Police suspect vessel in Port Kaituma was used for drug trafficking, transshipment – Benn

More than one week after a semi-submersible vessel was found along a river at Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini), Home Affairs Minister Robeson...

5 new chickenpox cases recorded at Lusignan Prison

In the past week, the Health Ministry recorded a total of five new chickenpox cases at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This was...