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Police investigators have been able to track down and arrest the man who is alleged to have murdered the Herstelling block maker and carpenter, Nathan Persaud. The hitman was arrested on Tuesday evening as the police widened their investigation into the gruesome murder. The carpenter’s wife, Beverly Persaud, was charged on Monday for the murder […]
“This enterprise can become a successful model for large scale mining, and for sound environmental stewardship. It can become a matrix for our mineral driven economic renewal.” These were the sentiments expressed by President David Granger at commissioning and gold pouring ceremony of Guyana Gold fields Incorporated and Aurora Gold Mine Incorporated. “We congratulate the […]
The Public Service Commission of Inquiry (COI) which was set up by President David Granger, has started its work but is doing so without any defined contractual obligations with the government. At a press conference on Tuesday, the three Commissioners claimed they were yet to hold any discussions with the government on matters concerning remuneration or […]
(Antigua Observer) The Guyanese woman nabbed with cocaine at the VC Bird International Airport, in June, will spend the next three years behind bars after failing to pay the $262,500 fine imposed in the All Saints Magistrate Court yesterday. Forty-nine-year-old Carlin Jocelyn Jackson who appeared before Magistrate Nagio Emanuel was fined $131,250 for importation and […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who has responsibility for Public Information has declared an end to the “abuse” that he said the state media has suffered in past years. Prime Minister Nagamootoo has now promised major policy and aesthetic reforms for the state owned National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspaper Limited (GNNL), which […]
The widow of murdered Herstelling carpenter Nathan Persaud, was remanded to prison earlier today after being charged for the man’s murder. Persaud’s battered and lifeless body was found in his Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home. His wife, Gwendolyn Persaud later admitted that she had hired someone to kill her husband. The woman appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court […]
Officials of US carrier, Jet Blue have started discussions with the Government of Guyana about the airline adding Guyana to its list of international destinations. The initial talks were held last Thursday in Florida on the sidelines of the Florida Conference on Current Caribbean Issues: The Diaspora Discussion. Guyana’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign […]
Guns and ammunition surrendered to the police during the ongoing one month amnesty can be used to prosecute in other crimes, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud disclosed on Monday. Persaud clarified that the government pardon only grants amnesty for the possession of firearms and made it clear that the police will not go after anyone who […]
(BarbadosToday) Two Guyanese nationals have been slapped with eight drug charges after being caught with drugs aboard their fishing vessel. Coco Ibert Prophett, 29, and Paul Fraser, 42, have been charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis, trafficking cannabis, importation of cannabis, possession of cocaine, possession with intent to supply cocaine, […]
A Lamaha Springs beautician will appear in court early this week to face drug trafficking charges. The woman believed to be in her 20’s was busted on Friday while heading to the airport. According to reports, agents from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit acted on a tip and intercepted the car that the woman was […]
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