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A 14-year-old boy from Matthew’s Ridge, North West District has been remanded to the Juvenile Detention Centre after being charged with the murder of his schoolmate. The teenager appeared in Court on Tuesday and was charged with the June 27 murder of Joseph Bunbury. According to reports, the accused was at a shop with a […]
Police investigators in Mahdia are probing the death of a 26-year-old nurse from Linden who was found dead in the hostel where she stayed at Mahdia. The young woman has been identified as Schenise Apple. Her lifeless body was discovered earlier this evening, leaving family members and the nursing fraternity in Linden in shock. Apple […]
The Government of Guyana this afternoon announced that the Cabinet has approved the proposal to remove custodial sentences for persons found in possession of small amounts of marijuana. The Cabinet approval was made back in April during the Cabinet meeting at Linden. With the proposal now being approved, the way is cleared for amendments to […]
Businesswoman and social media star, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel” has been slapped with a $10 million lawsuit from the Balwant Singh Hospital over her decision to share several horror testimonials from alleged unsatisfied patients of the hospital. The hospital is also seeking an injunction to prevent her from making future social media posts about […]
Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine has lashed out at the City Engineer Colvern Venture over his alleged sloth in responding to correspondences and addresses major concerns in the capital city. At a press conference this morning, the Georgetown Mayor responded to a report in the media that the City Engineer has refuted his statements at […]
Fourteen months after more than 15 Guyanese fishermen were murdered during a pirate attack off the coast of Suriname, the Guyana Government has launched an official Commission of Inquiry into the incident. Political Scientist, Dr. Rishi Thakur, is the lone Commissioner who has been appointed by President David Granger. He was sworn in to conduct […]
The Guyana Defence Force has launched an internal investigation into the initiation beating of a number of new officers of the Force who were recently commissioned. The initiation usually forms part of the “welcome into the Force”, but this year, senior officers are concerned that those involved in the incident went too far. A number […]
More than sixty mine workers attached to the mines and mechanical divisions of the Aurora Gold Mines of Guyana Goldfields stayed away from their jobs this morning over concerns that they might not be paid severance packages as another company takes over the control of the mining operations and a number of other issues. Many […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has indicated that he is “not averse” to President David Granger suggesting names of possible nominees for the post of Chairman of the Elections Commission. The Opposition Leader’s position was contained in a letter that was sent by PPP Executive Member Gail Teixeira to the Director General at the Ministry of […]
The Supreme Court in a strong and terse statement this afternoon condemned the use of photographs of two Puisne Judges in political postings on social media. The posters which appeared under the caption “Confidence in Youth Leadership-Promised Delivered”, were uploaded on the social media pages of the People’s National Congress Reform and APNU Guyana. The […]
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