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Four Guyanese admit to committing drug offences in Barbados

Barbados Today is reporting that four Guyanese men have pleaded guilty in the High Court in Bridgetown to committing several drug offences back in...

Barber granted bail on narcotics possession charge

A 28-year-old barber appeared today (Wednesday) before Magistrate, Fabayo Azore after he was allegedly found by Police to have 28 grams of cannabis in...

Man gets $30K bail for forging dead man’s signature in $50M property sale

Marlus Hendricks, 42, of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown was on Wednesday hauled before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly forging the signature of a dead...

CJ flags issues with APNU/AFC election petitions

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George this afternoon raised several issues pertaining to the two election petitions filed by the APNU/AFC Coalition. The issues were raised...

Mechanic on $300,000 bail in alleged $7M excavator fraud

Carlos Holmes, a mechanic residing at Lot 26, Third Street, Lilliendaal, East Coast Demerara, has been placed on $300,000 bail after being charged with...

Father of 2 charged for snatching gold band

A 26-year-old father of two who snatched a gold band to provide for his children was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan...

Berbice man found guilty of ganja possession jailed, fined $3.5M  

Forty-five-year-old Paul Lewis of No. 30 Village West Coast Berbice (WCB) was on Thursday jailed for two years and six months for having 3.954kg...

Bartica taxi driver gets licence suspended for DUI

Maurice Price, 50, a hire car driver, of Second Avenue, Bartica was arrested by the Police after he was found on three occasions to...

Religious leader found guilty of raping 9-year-old appeals ruling

Thirty-three-year-old Nezaam Ali of Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, who was sentenced to 45 years’ imprisonment by Justice Navindra Singh for raping a 9-year-old boy in...

Over 1000 persons prosecuted for traffic offences caught by traffic cams on Mandela to...

For 2023, so far, over 1000 road users have been captured on speed cameras situated on the Mandela to Eccles four-lane highway, and prosecuted...

Recent Articles

Foulis couple dies days apart after gas explosion

A family at Foulis, East Coast Demerara, has been struck twice with loss in just three days, as 58-year-old Manu Sukhu succumbed to the...

Essequibo businessman jailed 1 month for assault cop

Thirty-seven-year-old Jairam Bissessar, a businessman of Lima Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, has been sentenced to one month of imprisonment for assaulting a police officer. The...

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...