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A 35-year-old mini-bus conductor, found himself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday facing a charge of car theft. It is alleged that on the 11th May, 2017, mini-bus conductor, Donald Alison, stole a Toyota Premio motor car bearing registration number PMM-6253 in Newtown, Kitty. The car which was valued at $1.2 million is the property […]
The Government of Guyana has defended its decision to clamp down on illegal mining in the protected Kaieteur National Park, despite protests from relatives of some of the illegal miners. Over the weekend, a number of illegal mining camps were shut down and miners arrested. The move came following repeated attempts dating back to more […]
(Trinidad Newsday) AN ABUSIVE relationship ended in murder on the weekend as Guyanese-born grandmother Enid Rosaline Periana, 62, was chopped to death inside the man’s apartment in Madras Road, St Helena. Police believe Periana was hacked to death Friday night although the gruesome discovery of her body was made the following day in the apartment […]
The Guyana Police Force on Monday dismissed claims by the Opposition that there are some 200 persons who have been blacklisted from leaving Guyana by the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Force. The Police described the allegation as nothing more than “a fabrication” and offered figures to show the number of persons blacklisted in […]
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) got off to a heated start on Monday after the Finance Director of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Ronald Charles, disclosed that he was “not fully” the Finance Director and could not answer questions being put to him. There was a brief exchange of words between Chief Executive […]
A date has been set for the commencement of the trial involving Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. On Monday, Nandlall asked that his trial in relation to the alleged larceny of over $2 million worth of law books from the Ministry of Legal Affairs, be tried in the Magistrates’ Court instead of the High Court, […]
(BBC) Brazilian President Michel Temer has revoked a decree that deployed troops in the capital, Brasilia, to defend government buildings against protests. The decree was made on Wednesday when the government said police could not contain anti-government demonstrations. However, the move was strongly criticised by city authorities and the opposition. Protesters want the resignation of […]
Football in Guyana continues to be in the limelight for conflicts. Now, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is being sued by the Alpha United and Slingerz Football Clubs for over $88 Million. The two Elite League clubs have since been granted an interim injunction against the GFF, but the GFF President appears to know nothing about […]
Guyana and Mexico were slated to clash in Guyana at the National Stadium, Providence on October 12, 2012, however, the GFF under its acting president at the time Franklin Wilson sold the hosting rights for the game which was then hosted at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston, Texas, where the Jaguars went down 0-5 […]
The crew aboard a Guyana Defence Force aircraft faced a different type of turbulence on Saturday as a young Indigenous woman delivered her baby mid-air. Lucky for them, there was a young medical student on board to guide the delivery. It was just before 6:00pm on Saturday, that one of the GDF’s aircraft was transformed into […]
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