Man jailed 17 years for raping girl, 7
For raping a seven-year-old girl, Donald Chan, called “Dano”, has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on Thursday in the...
GECOM staff to pay State $75,000 each over failure to get injunction against CoI
Three employees of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have been each ordered to pay $75,000 in court costs to the State by January 16,...
Dismissed election petition: CoA sets Feb 8 for oral arguments
The Court of Appeal (CoA) of Guyana has fixed February 8, 2023 to commence hearing arguments in an appeal against the acting Chief Justice’s...
Nephew remanded for murder of elderly aunt
Fifty-year-old Keith Walton Harris has been remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for allegedly murdering his elderly aunt, 76-year-old Audrey Statia Elizabeth...
8 years’ jail for man who killed shopkeeper when he was 16
A 24-year-old man who had murdered a woman when he was a 16-year-old juvenile was on Thursday jailed for eight years by Justice Jo-Ann...
Duo accused of 2020 killing of Corentyne rice farmer freed
The two men accused of brutally murdering a rice farmer in a dispute over a stolen cow back in 2020 were freed of the...
Businessman sues GRA over misclassification of 4-door pickups
Businessman Hanson Eldon Ross of Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last Wednesday sued the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) and its Commissioner General Godfrey...
Opposition takes GECOM to court over Voters’ List for upcoming LGE
Chief Scrutineer of the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC), Carol Smith Joseph, has filed legal actions against the Guyana Elections Commission...
Mother of 3 remanded for killing Bushlot pensioner
Roshnie Basdeo, a 37-year-old mother of three, has been remanded to prison for the brutal murder of her great aunt, 85-year-old Sumintra Sawh, called...
Teen arrested after CANU finds 1000 12-gauge live cartridges in boat at Moleson Creek
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) discovered a large quantity of ammunition in a vessel at Moleson Creek, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) on...