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Several staff members of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council who are based in the main building int he compound will be relocated as the building continues to be in disrepair. The City Hall building which also houses the Council’s Chambers, has been in a dilapidated state for several years. Almost every week, rotten pieces […]
Although a number of persons claimed that they witnessed the accident that claimed the life of 7-year-old Ciara Benjamin, no one has come forward to provide a statement about the crash to Police investigators. Police Traffic Chief Linden Isles told reporters on Monday that the Force is still trying to get eyewitnesses to come forward […]
Although the Guyana Police Force has a number of officers who have been trained as negotiators, the Force has admitted that during the two recent armed confrontations with criminal elements, there was no negotiator at the scene to get the bandits to surrender. At a press conference on Monday, Police Commissioner Leslie James told reporters […]
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has flagged the ban on the import of poultry products from Guyana by Trinidad and Tobago as “ill-advised” and “premature”. Although Guyana does not export poultry and poultry products to the twin-island Republic, the Agriculture Ministry in Trinidad and Tobago late last week announced a ban on the importation […]
Police Commissioner Leslie James this afternoon assured that Guyana has not seen any upsurge in crime and that is based on statistics of reported criminal activity. At a late afternoon press conference, the Police Commissioner said while there have been some “sensational crimes”, there has been no upsurge. Commissioner James told reporters that compared to […]
The Guyana Police Force is currently studying video recordings of the aftermath of that fatal accident at Agricola on Saturday and intends to file criminal charges against the persons who attacked the driver of the truck that was involved in the accident. A 7-year-old girl lost her life when the truck slammed into her as […]
30-year-old businessman, Amir Ally, and Canter truck driver, 32-year-old, Baldeo Persaud were today sentenced to four years in jail and fined $25 million each after being found guilty of cocaine possession and trafficking. The sentences and fines were handed down by Magistrate Leron Daly in connection with the cocaine in fish case. The two were […]
A 7-year-old child died gruesomely in an accident on the East Bank road yesterday afternoon after being pinned to the median by a sand truck that was heading to the city. The child was identified as Ciara Benjamin. The impact of the crash separated the young girl’s body and it took hours for the truck […]
Magistrate Leron Daly today sentenced 26-year-old Laing Avenue resident, Joshua Joseph, to a total of eleven years in jail for three cases of armed robbery and one case of illegal gun possession. However, the sentences will run concurrently, so he is only likely to spend three years behind bars. The man was accused of the […]
28-year-old Junior Henry will be spending the next 25 years in jail after being found guilty of murder. Justice James Bovell-Drakes handed down the sentence today, two weeks after a 12-member jury returned a guilty verdict in the 2013 murder case. Although the man claimed that he acted in self defence when he shot and […]
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