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Just a few weeks after being charged in connection with one assault case, local beautician Lolita Callendar was back in front of a City Magistrate this morning to face another assault charge. This time, the make-up artist was charged in connection with a street fight that came on the heels of a Facebook confrontation with […]
Early this morning, members of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit found close to one hundred and sixty pounds of compressed marijuana bundled up in large plastic wrapped packages in a car on Sheriff Street in Georgetown. News Source understands that the car, bearing license plate number PKK-1609, came from New Amsterdam, Berbice, with the large […]
The rider of a motorcycle became this country’s latest road fatality early this morning when he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into the barriers at the Russian Embassy turn in Kitty. The dead man has been identified as 22-year-old, Suresh Kellowan, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara. The incident reportedly occurred around 2:20 […]
The busy business district of Swan Street in Barbados came to a standstill on Saturday afternoon when a 36-year-old Guyanese woman was brutally murdered. The woman has been identified as Onica King. She reportedly lived in Barbados for several years where she worked as a nail technician at the Mandela Mall in Swan Street. The […]
Less than a week after an application was filed in the High Court by lawyers of US murder accused, Troy Thomas, seeking to block the Magistrates’ Court from hearing the matter, the case has been called and a ruling could come as early as next month. The matter was called before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on […]
After carrying out tests on scores of staff members from the Guyana Gold Board for signs of mercury poisoning, Chairman of the Board, GHK Lall said on Friday that the results are “comforting.” Putting to rest fears that staffers had suffered from severe mercury poisoning and may be hospitalized to undergo treatment, Lall said the findings of […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan today explained that the US$18 Million that the Government received as a signing bonus from Exxon is still with the Bank of Guyana, which has invested the money in US treasury bills and Canadian bonds. The move was made by the Bank of Guyana so that interest could be earned. Already, […]
Five months after the Sexual Offences Court was operationalized, Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall is reporting that a total of 14 cases have been heard by the Court with 9 of those matters returning guilty verdicts. Providing a statistical update on the work of the Court, Justice Morris-Ramlall said Friday morning that the Court has been meeting its expectations, […]
Guyana’s economic performance in 2017 was far from robust, with economic growth figures falling below revised growth rates identified by the Ministry of Finance. Finance Minister Winston Jordan told reporters today that Guyana recorded 2.1% economic growth in 2017. He explained that although there was positive growth, the growth rate turned out to be worse […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today described as “frivolous”, the charges filed against former Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and former NICIL Head Winston Brassington related to misconduct in public office. The three charges relate to the sale of hundreds acres of land to three business persons for prices that were far below the valuation price. […]
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