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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...

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Minister Indar leads Guyana’s delegation at OTC in Houston

  Minister Deodat Indar is leading a delegation at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas where several Guyanese companies and Government stakeholders are...

Over 15,000 pupils receive meals during NGSA this year

The Ministry of Education has distributed over 49,500 meals, including breakfast and lunch to over 15,000 pupils countrywide who sat the National Grade Six...

Power-sharing requires trustworthiness – Jagdeo says APNU cannot be trusted

General Secretary of the ruling People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday said his party is not against power-sharing, but this requires attributes including...

Mahaica man suffers skull fracture after being hit by car

A 31-year-old man from Mosquito Hall, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is recovering after being hit by a car on the Unity Old Road...

Man found dead in Lethem Police Station lockups

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: The Police Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is currently investigating a hanging that occurred on Monday, May...

16-Y-O stabbed to death

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: An alleged murder was committed on Benjamin Seaford, a 16-year-old unemployed of Lot 12 Public Road, Kitty...

Construction worker dies after being pinned by collapsed wall of septic tank

A construction worker is now dead after the wall of a septic tank in which he was working, collapsed and pinned him down. The incident...

Spirit of comradery, unity during PPP Congress “shook up” PNC – Jagdeo

Labelling the party's 32nd Congress an overall success, General Secretary of the People's Progressive Party (PPP) said the PNC-led Opposition is shaken up by...

PPP 32nd Congress: President Ali heads list of new 35-member Central Committee

Delegates at the People's Progressive Party's (PPP) 32nd Congress on Saturday voted for the new 35-member Central Committee, placing President Dr Irfaan Ali at...

Arrival Day 2024: “Multicultralism is a priceless asset” – President Ali

See below for the Arrival Day 2024 Message by Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana: I extend greetings to all Guyanese,...