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Buxton resident, 31-year-old Dexter McDonald aka “Labba”, appeared in Court on Tuesday to face a robbery under arms charge and a charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent. McDonald, who was also wanted in connection with a number of other crimes, was arrested a few days before his Court appearance on Tuesday. In Court, […]
58-year-old Victoria Village resident, Wayne Summer, and 45-year-old Shawn Baynes of the same East Coast Demerara village, were charged and remanded to jail on Tuesday for harbouring attempted murder suspect, Dexter McDonald aka “Labba”. The two accused appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabio Azore, and both pleaded not guilty to the charge. […]
The Government is seeking the overturning of the full decision handed down by Justice Sandil Kissoon in the case that was brought against the Government by the Guyana Teachers Union. In his ruling, the Judge blocked the Government from cutting the salaries of striking teachers, and also ordered the Government to continue deducting dues from […]
President Irfaan Ali today blasted the local Banking Sector for them not being “proactive” in the evolution of the country’s business sector. In his address at the Private Sector Commission’s (PSC’s) 32nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Guyana Marriott Hotel, the President said while the Private Sector has jumped at existing opportunities both in […]
Inspectors of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) Legal Metrology Department are currently conducting surveillance exercises at shops and markets countrywide to ensure that measuring instruments used in retail trade were verified. In a release today, the GNBS said that more 160 unapproved and unverified instruments have so far been seized and removed, with […]
Attorney General and Secretary to the Defence Board Anil Nandlall has rejected claims that the Government has politicised the Armed Forces, particularly the Guyana Defence Force. It was Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir, who during a debate in the National Assembly last week, called out the government for developing what she considered to be […]
Pockets of teachers returned to the streets today in Georgetown, expressing anger over the Government’s “failure” to compromise on a wage package for them, which was submitted four years ago. Outside of the Ministry of Education’s Brickdam Office, First Vice President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mariska Williams told News Source that teachers are […]
The Head of the Guyana Defence Force is now known as the Chief of Defence Staff. Previously, the Head of the Military was known as the Chief of Staff. President Irfaan Ali announced the plan to change the title earlier this year, and on Friday, Prime Minister Mark Phillips presented an amendment to the Defence […]
After arresting a Guyanese man in the Cummings Lodge area with a quantity of cocaine, CANU investigators traveled to the man’s home in the Lower Pomeroon river area, where a Venezuelan national was found in the house with just over 10 pounds of cocaine. During the Monday operation, the police arrested 35-year-old Venezuelan national, Oritz […]
Three persons, including two Venezuelan nationals, are facing drug trafficking charges after they were nabbed on Sunday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit with just over seven pounds of cocaine in their possession. A statement from CANU indicated that its ranks were conducting an operation in the Cummings Lodge area on the East Coast of Demerara […]
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