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Almost two weeks after an overseas-based Guyanese was stabbed to death at his brother’s wedding, one of the men accused of the murder was charged today and remanded to jail. The accused, 26-year-old Eon Gonsalves of Corentyne, Berbice appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the #51 Village Magistrates’ Court today where the charge of murder […]
A 20-year-old man from Baramita in the North West District was today remanded to prison over the murder of a Venezuelan national. The accused, Keron Williams called Virgil Henry appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before the Chief Magistrate where the indictable charge was read to him, It is alleged that he stabbed 43-year-old Rafael […]
A search has been launched off the West Berbice Coast for a 26-year-old fisherman who was pitched overboard when a wave hit his fishing boat last evening. The missing man has been identified as Suraj Daneshwar aka Sonny. The Captain of the fishing vessel Oneil Deputron filed a report at the Blairmont Police station […]
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition met virtually with the Guyana Elections Commission on Tuesday and while describing the meeting as “cordial”, the Opposition said GECOM needs to start working on its reforms. The Opposition was represented in the meeting by PNCR Chairman, Shurwayne Holder, PNCR General Secretary, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, AFC General Secretary David Patterson, and AFC […]
Small businesses will be given extra attention during the month of April when the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) hosts a series of activities in observance of National Small Business Week. Dubbed “Shop small for the big impact”, the events will be hosted from the 8th to the 16th of April. Over 240 […]
Two days after the US Embassy issued a crime alert warning US Citizens and Embassy staffers against visiting the Stabroek and Bourda Markets in Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force is moving to implement new strategies to increase security at the two locations and in other parts of the city. The US Embassy in its warning […]
Former Opposition Leader Joe Harmon is no longer a Member of Parliament. His resignation as a Member of Parliament took effect today. Just over a week ago, Mr. Harmon wrote to the Speaker of the National Assembly informing him of his intention to resign. On Monday, Mr. Harmon dispatched his official letter of resignation which […]
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice today struck down the Guyana Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the Director of Public Prosecution’s direction last year to have former murder accused Marcus Bisram face a High Court trial. The CCJ found the section of the laws of Guyana which allows the DPP to instruct a Magistrate to […]
Days after the Guyana Police Force bragged about a decrease in criminal activity across the country, the United States Embassy in Guyana has issued a security alert for the capital city of Georgetown with a specific focus on the Stabroek and Bourda markets. In the alert which was issued on Monday, the Embassy indicated that […]
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