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A 45-year-old man who works as a bartender and a 24-year-old porter were today charged and remanded to jail for drug trafficking. The two, Christopher Garraway and Randy Chester appeared in Court this morning charged in connection with the cocaine and marijuana bust in a fertilizer truck that was heading to Berbice. The bust was […]
As a teacher found herself before a City Magistrate this morning along with the parents of a student over a classroom fight, the Guyana Teachers Union and supporters of the teachers gathered outside the Courthouse in loud protest against the assault of teachers. In addition to the protest outside the Courthouse, teachers and their supporters […]
On the same day that teachers across the country wore somber colours to protest attacks on teachers, the parents of a primary school student and the student’s teacher found themselves before the Court facing criminal charges over a physical confrontation between them that took place in the classroom. Appearing in Court this morning were St. […]
In a fiery speech on Friday night at a Public Meeting at Wismar, APNU+AFC Member and former Regional Chairman Sharma Solomon implored his fellow Lindeners to focus on moving forward and never to allow Guyana to return to PPP rule. “Forward Ever, Backward Never”, the crowd chanted as Solomon told them that “my message to […]
The People’s Progressive Party Civic moved into the town of Anna Regina in Essequibo on Saturday encouraging residents to once again support the party they have been supporting for years. The Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, focused a great deal of his address on the issue of crime and crime-fighting. He told the large gathering of […]
A 31-year-old miner was remanded to prison today for the trafficking of marijuana. Linden resident, Lennox Jackman appeared before Magsirate Sherdel Marcus-Issacs and denied the charge that he had 658 grams of marijuana in his possession on the 16th of January for the purpose of trafficking. The man was nabbed by the Police along the […]
27-year-old beautician Lolita Callender aka Lola, who was found guilty of assaulting another beautician was today ordered to pay the sum of $200,000 to the woman she assaulted. Lola, who was found guilty of the charge last year was back in Court for her sentencing today. Instead of a jail sentence, the Magistrate ordered that […]
A probe conducted by the Georgetown Public Hospital has found that a Counseling and Testing card that was paraded on social media by beautician Lolita “Lola” Callendar did not originate at the Georgetown Hospital and was not an authentic document. The Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital, retired Brigadier George Lewis made the confirmation to […]
With the political campaigns in full swing, the Ethnic Relation Commission is warning political parties about some of the statements being made by their leaders and campaigners. At a press conference today, officials of the ERC reminded that political parties could find their candidates being removed from contesting the elections for breaches of the Racial […]
Now that Guyana has become an oil-producing nation, a US-based Energy Expert believes Guyana should be cautious about external factors and the impact and influence those factors could have locally and on the global oil markets. Energy Markets Expert and former White House Official Robert McNally is in Guyana for a series of talks being […]
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