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Security guard remanded for assaulting wife

A security guard was on Monday remanded to prison for allegedly assaulting his wife, including using his motorcycle to knock her off of her...

Former Magistrate charged with 2 other offences

In addition to facing a driving under influence charge, just last month, Former Traffic Court Magistrate and Attorney-at-law Chandra Sohan was on Friday charged...

Man gets 12 years jail for killing mother with a hammer

Adrian Mc Kenzie was this morning sentenced to 12 years in prison by Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the High Court in Georgetown after the...

Duo jailed after admitting to illegal possession of firearm, ammo

Two labourers will spend the next three years in prison after they admitted to illegally having a firearm and ammunition in their possession on...

Two more confess to killing Perry Mars …remaining 2 to face trial

Following in the footsteps of 18-year-old Naomi Adams, who recently admitted to the unlawful killing of Pariedeau Mars, called “Perry”, in 2016, 20-year-old Nikkisha...

Appeal Court reserves ruling in APNU+AFC election petition case

Having concluded arguments, the Court of Appeal (CoA) today announced that it would reserve its ruling in the appeal against acting Chief Justice Roxane...

Convicted child rapist gets another life sentence for raping 5-y-o boy

Convicted child rapist, Mark Campbell who is already serving a life sentence for sodomising a young boy, was handed another life imprisonment term after...

Pregnant woman facing embezzlement charge granted bail

A pregnant woman found herself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Friday to answer to a charge of embezzlement. Latoya Lovell, 29, of Georgetown denied...

Stepfather remanded over death of 4-yr-old boy

Magistrate Wanda Fortune on Wednesday further remanded 21-year-old Joseph James to prison in connection with the October 7, 2019 murder of his four-year-old stepson...

Corentyne man to spend 3 years behind bars for cocaine trafficking

Twenty-four-year-old Randy Chester, a porter of Kildonan Village Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was found guilty of trafficking 2.74 kilograms of cocaine and...

Recent Articles

Man busted with ganja at Stabroek Market square

Police in Georgetown have arrested a 46-year-old male who was found in possession of 371 grams of marijuana. The discovery was made late Tuesday evening...

Quality, consistency of public service to be monitored – Pres Ali puts regional officials...

Following a meeting with regional health and education officers and other senior officials, including Cabinet members, President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that a...

PSC endorses GECOM’s position on biometrics, ensuring secure and transparent 2025 Elections

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has continuously served as Accredited Observers of the country’s General and Regional Elections and, in that capacity, in anticipation...

FITUG supports GECOM’s decision on biometrics

See below statement:  The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has noted the recent decision of Justice Claudette Singh, Chairman of the Guyana...

Guyana partners with King’s Foundation, Qatar’s Earthna Center to push LCDS 2030

The Government of Guyana has announced a new collaboration with The King’s Foundation and Qatar Foundation’s Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future. The partnership...

Afreximbank is a Diamond Sponsor of Guyana Energy Conference

The Guyana Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo (GECSCE), scheduled to be held from February 18th to 21st, 2025 has welcomed the African Export-Import...

“Absolutely not” – Nigel Hughes on Norton leading APNU & AFC into elections; as...

The A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Alliance For Change (AFC) have signed a new agreement on Tuesday as the two parties explore...

Govt to appeal court’s refusal to stay order on deduction of GTU dues –...

The Guyana Government will be appealing a recent decision of the Appeal Court, which has refused to grant a stay application on a High...

GAWU welcomes budgetary support to the sugar industry

See below for a statement from GAWU: GAWU welcomes budgetary support to the sugar industry The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is pleased...

BBP farmers complaining of crops being destroyed by weedicides

By Andrew Carmichael The use of weedicides by rice farmers in sections of the Black Bush Polder, Corentyne in  Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), homestead...