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Kitty man busted with ganja gets 4 years, fined $112M

Sean Thomas, also called ‘Yankee’, 43, of William Street, Kitty, Georgetown was on Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $112,052,000 after he...

Banks DIH heads to court to remove vendors around Demico House

Encouraged by the recent success of Muneshwer’s Limited in removing vendors operating outside its premises, Banks DIH Limited is considering pursuing legal action to...

“Chow Pow’s” daughter wants him to receive “fit” punishment for assaulting her

Aniyah Jardine, a 22-year-old woman, has requested that a city magistrate impose a “fit” penalty on her father, whom she alleges had assaulted her. Well-known...

Port Kaituma carpenter admits to killing wife

Arraigned before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Demerara High Court on a charge of murder, 41-year-old Tyron James, a carpenter of Port Kaituma in...

Essequibo man gets 2 years, fined 50K for ganja trafficking

Forty-one-year-old Rondel Stephen, a farmer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $50,985 for trafficking 33.99 grams...

Essequibo farmer gets 6 months for breaching protection order against mother

Kevindra Jadgeo, 32, a farmer of Perth, Essequibo Coast, Region Two was found guilty of breaching a protection order and was sentenced to six...

“Plantain foot” gets 12 months for robbing pump attendant

Twenty-four-year-old Esho Persaud also called 'Plantain Foot', a farmer of Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast on Wednesday charged with the offence of simple larceny...

“Pooh Bear” found guilty of murdering brother

Wensley Williams, also known as “Pooh Bear,” 43, was found guilty on Wednesday of the capital offence of murder in connection with his younger...

Essequibo businessman charged with rape

    Rohan Narine called Prem Narine, a 52-year-old businessman of Cullen Public Road, Essequibo Coast, was charged today with the Offence of Rape, committed on...

Linden man remanded for 2021 murder of girlfriend

Shaquawn Alleyne, who had been on the run for over two years, was today charged and remanded for the 2021 murder of his girlfriend,...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...