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Berbice phone card agent murder trial: Police tell Court suspects were captured hours after...

One night after the fatal shooting of Danian Anthony Jagdeo, a phone card agent, Police were able to apprehend all of the suspects as...

Linden man found guilty of raping girl, 16

Corwyn Arthur, popularly known as ‘Cross Eye,’ of Cinderella City, Amelia’s Ward, Linden, was on Thursday found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl back...

EBD man found guilty of killing Multiplex Mall owner

Following a two-hour deliberation, a 12-member jury found Kurt ‘Banana’ Erskine not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of...

AG files appeal after Court rules to proceed with case filed by non-existent PSC

  Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, is appealing a decision made by High Court Justice Gino Persaud to dismiss his application that sought to have...

Bribery charge dismissed against cop after victim refuses to give evidence

Police Constable Mario Parasram, 28, of 'B' Field South Sophia, Greater Georgetown, who was in January arraigned for attempting to pervert the course of...

Man seeking to overturn life sentences for raping boys

A hearing into an appeal filed by Mark Campbell who is serving two life sentences for raping two young boys is set to be...

Misconduct in public office: Chief Magistrate to rule on way forward on charge against...

The Special Organised Crime Unit’s (SOCU) prosecutor Attorney-at-Law Tuanna Hardy wants the misconduct in public office charge against former Finance Minister Winston Jordan to...

GECOM employee slaps GPF with $175M lawsuit for unlawful arrest

Michelle Miller, an employee of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) who was arrested and charged in relation to investigations into the alleged fraud committed...

Supervisor at tax consultancy firm accused of stealing $3M in NIS/PAYE payments

…released on $200,000 bail Charged with embezzling over $3 million in National Insurance Scheme (NIS) and Pay As You Earn (PAYE) payments, a supervisor at...

WCD man gets 14 years’ jail for brutally chopping woman

…previously jailed for killing wife A man who had previously served 17 years in prison for killing his wife was on Thursday handed a 14-year...

Recent Articles

Police investigating alleged bomb threat at St Rose’s High School

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  On May 2, 2024, at 13:45hrs, an alleged bomb threat was made to St. Roses High School...

Govt to seek over US$180M in supplementary funding for GPL

Government will soon approach the National Assembly for US$180M- US$250M in supplementary funding for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). This sum will be used...

4 persons robbed of cash & jewellery after returning home from concert

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  On May 02, at about 03:15 hours, at Lot 184 Durban Backlands, Georgetown, four (4) persons were...

Grove man dies after being struck down by speeding cop

A pedestrian was last evening struck down and killed by a vehicle driven by a policeman, along the Farm Public Road, East Bank Demerara...

Jamaican Information Minister “impressed” with Guyana’s media landscape

Jamaica’s Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Robert Nesta Morgan on Thursday said he is “very impressed” with...

Govt awards 150 mining blocks; more areas to be allotted in coming months 

See full statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources:  Emanating from a commitment H.E. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali made to the mining stakeholders, on Friday...

Over 90 persons vying for seat on PPP’s 35-member Central Executive Committee

A total of ninety-three persons are vying to be a part of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee at this weekend’s Congress. The...

Guyana must recognise rapidly evolving work culture – GAWU on reduced hours, days

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed out that the global movement to reduce working hours and days without compromising conditions...

Pupils expressed confidence, readiness for NGSA 2024

A total of 15, 488 pupils are writing this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 2 and 3. The pupils are being tested...

4 homeless after unattended stove goes up in flames

A mother and her three children are now homeless after their Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home went up in flames. The woman had to...