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‘Not our policy to be giving out guns’ – Benn on weapons used by...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn has reinforced the government’s stance on equipping Community Policing Groups (CPGs), making it clear that it is not the...

Man gets $200K bail for attempting to defraud employer with forged cheques

      Dhamendra Gangdat, a clerk of the Edward B. Beharry & Company Ltd., was on Wednesday placed on $200,000 bail after appearing before Chief Magistrate...

BREAKING NEWS: ACP Calvin Brutus fired from Guyana Police Force

Embattled Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus - who was performing the duties of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Administration) - has been dismissed from...

21-Y-O truck driver arrested after killing 65-Y-O man in EBD accident

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4'B' are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal accident which occurred today (Wednesday...

27-Y-O woman charged over cocaine bust at CJIA

A’ishah Mckenzie, 27, of Lot 33 Savage Street North East La Penitence, Georgetown has been charged in relation to a cocaine bust at the...

2nd suspect in Belvedere robbery arrested

Police in Berbice have arrested a man believed to be involved in a robbery at Belvedere, Corentyne on Friday night. The suspect is known to...

City Councillor stabbed to death by 16-Y-O

    Councillor on the Georgetown Mayor and City Council Kyle Solomon, 47, was this morning stabbed to death.   Solomon resided at D'Urban Backlands, Georgetown, where he...

“I had no choice” – 64-Y-O security guard jailed 4 years, fined $3M for...

A 64-year-old security guard was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $3 million on Monday after pleading guilty to a narcotics charge...

Gunmen rob patrons at Chinese restaurant on Corentyne

Customers at a Chinese restaurant on the Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) were robbed of cash and jewellery worth in excess of $4 million. Monday...

Motorcyclist killed in accident at Eversham

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 07:15 hrs today (Monday 03rd February 2025)...

Recent Articles

Dozens of young Chess players participating in Kitty Square Mall U16 Championship

The 2025 National Under 16 Chess Championships, hosted by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF), roll into action today (Saturday, February 8, 2025) at the...

Nations School of Technology graduates City and Guilds welders

Some 27 welders have graduated from a City and Guilds Level 1 MMA Welding Course at the Nations School of Technology in Georgetown. This is...

40 persons graduate from National Defence Institute Programme

Forty students graduated from the five-day National Defence Institute (NDI) programme, which gave the participants training to upgrade them to participate more effectively in...

Hughes admits to buying State land from man with no title

Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Nigel Hughes, has admitted that he secured 50 acres of leased lands located on the left side...

SOCU requests access to more of Brutus’ bank records; Chief Magistrate to rule on...

Chief Magistrate (acting) Faith McGusty was set to rule on the Special Organised Crime Unit's (SOCU) request for access to former Assistant Commissioner of...

GECOM clarifies difference between digital fingerprint capturing & biometrics at polling place

See full statement from the Guyana Elections Commission: The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is particularly concerned about the grossly misleading headline article titled, “No law...

Hairdresser among 4 charged with armed robbery at Belvedere

Four persons, including a female hairdresser, were on Friday remanded to prison when they appeared at the Albion Magistrate Court before Magistrate Michelle Matthias...

No preferential treatment in sale of State lands to private developers – Jagdeo

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has refuted claims of preferential treatment in the sale of State lands to private developers. His comments come in light...

High Court dismisses Mocha squatters’ case over land rights & demolition claims

Chief Justice (acting) Roxane George today ruled against a group of Mocha-Arcadia squatters who sought over $200 million in damages after their homes were...

Norton says Teixeira ‘below his level’ for correspondence on constitutional matters

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has defended bypassing the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance in corresponding on matters of constitutional appointments. Minister Gail Teixeira has...