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A man who was born in Guyana and who killed his mother with a samurai sword and a knife has been sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murder. A Supreme Court jury took just over six hours to find 21-year-old Queensland man Horace Loranzo Jones guilty of the murder of Roxanne Gilbert […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party has backtracked on a statement it issued last week labelling murdered Agricola youth Shaquille Grant as a criminal. In a Wednesday evening statement, the party offered “an unequivocal apology to the mother of Shaquille Grant for this unfounded assertion and for any hurt and harm caused.” The statement from the […]
Out of 175 countries, Guyana has found itself ranked at 124 on the Corruption Perceptions Index. That ranking has landed Guyana at the bottom of the English Speaking Caribbean and as a country where corruption remains a big problem. The report on corruption was compiled and released by Transparency International. It is the 20th annual […]
In the past two weeks, four persons were busted with cocaine at New York’s JFK Airport after they arrived there on separate flights from Guyana. Just over 63 pounds of cocaine was found during those four busts. The incidents have raised new questions about security at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport. Based on the charges filed […]
President Donald Ramotar is expected to make known his decision by this weekend on the way forward for the country’s political situation in wake of the Opposition Leader’s rejection of any talks with the government while the Parliament remains prorogued. On Tuesday, President Ramotar brushed aside questions from reporters about a response to Granger’s official […]
(GINA) The newly appointed Bank of Guyana Governor and his deputy were urged to do their best after they took their oath of office, at the Presidential Complex on Tuesday. Former acting Governor, Dr. Gobind Ganga was formally sworn in by President Donald Ramotar, along with Deputy Governor Leslie Glen, in front of Finance Minister […]
Police at Linden are investigating the murder of a worker attached to the Bosai Bauxite Company. The man who worked in the bauxite mines as an excavator operator was found dead early on Wednesday morning with his hands tied behind his back at the work site. Police have identified him as Edgar Trotman. Investigators were called […]
Guyana’s Minister of Transport, Robeson Benn has dismissed concerns that the Government of Guyana may be tainted because of the legal problems facing the Exec Jet Company which operated private jet service from Guyana. The owner of Exec Jet, Guyanese pilot Khamraj Lall is facing money smuggling charges in Puerto Rico after US$620,000 was found […]
Several pensioners in the Beterverwagting and nearby areas on the East Coast of Demerara were forced to go home empty-handed on Tuesday morning after gunmen attacked and robbed the Beterverwagting Post Office of millions of dollars in pension payments. The incident took place just after 9:30 am as the postal workers were processing the pension […]
The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Home Affairs has donated the semi submersible cocaine carrying vessel which was found in Guyana to the US Authorities and is hoping that the United States will share any information it may be able to gather from its own investigations. The 63 foot long vessel was found […]
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