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Popular beautician and make-up artiste Lolita Callendar appeared in Court this afternoon and was charged with assaulting Malika Holder. Appearing before the Principal Magistrate, Callendar entered a not guilty plea and was granted bail in the sum of $30,000 on the assault charge. However, she was taken back into custody by the Police as she […]
In a statement, the Guyana Police Force this afternoon confirmed that the three men shot dead by undercover police during a shoot-out on the seawalls were bandits who were trailing a bank customer. In a statement the Police said that at around 10:30hrs, based on information received from ‘operatives’ performing duty in the vicinity of […]
Drama unfolded in High Court today, as a young mother was found guilty of killing her two children by feeding them rat poison. The 25-year-old woman, Awena Rutherford, collapsed as the jury returned the guilty verdict on two counts of manslaughter. When the verdict was read out, Rutherford fell backwards, hitting her head against the […]
With overwhelming support from her fellow Councillors, Patricia Chase – Green was today re-elected for the third consecutive year to serve as Mayor of the City of Georgetown. She was unopposed for the post. But the upset at Thursday afternoon’s City Council elections came when serving Deputy Mayor Lionel Jaikaran failed to even secure a nomination for […]
Three suspected bandits believed to be trunkers were shot dead this afternoon along the seawalls road behind the GNS Ground. Persons working nearby said they heard multiple gunshots and when the shots ended, the bodies of the three men were sprawled on the roadway with Police ranks nearby. A senior Detective at the scene said […]
The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 and above in Guyana currently stands at 12%, according to the 2017 Third Quarter Report of a continuous Labour Force Survey which was released by the Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The Report said the situation for women was substantially worse than that of men compared at 15.3% versus 9.9%. […]
Several mini-bus operators took their buses to the Square of the Revolution this morning as part of a protest against the Guyana Police Force and its crackdown on those buses with colourful wraps around them. The Police Traffic Department has revoked the road license for a number of the buses, warning the drivers that the […]
The Ministry of Finance appears to have taken issue with some recent suggestions and statements offered by the US Ambassador to Guyana in an Op-ed on the sovereign wealth fund for the oil sector. In a statement last evening, the Finance Ministry said it appreciates the spirit of the Op-ed, but wishes to make clear that […]
Coming on the heels of the Guyana Government through the Public Health Ministry raising its worry over new US regulations that will affect catfish exports from Guyana, the US Embassy here in Guyana has clarified that Guyana was given time to get its house in order to prepare for the regulations. In a statement, the […]
Hours after being arrested, a Guyanese American man who is wanted in the US as part of a murder probe was taken to Court and remanded to jail. 31-year-old Troy Thomas made his first Court appearance this afternoon. He was unrepresented and denied ever knowing that he was charged or wanted in the US for […]
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