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A 26-year-old former resident of West Ruimveldt was this morning sentenced to 14 months in jail after being found guilty of breaking into a home and carting off more than $1 million in jewellery and electronic items. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Rhondel Weaver after she found Ceon Isaacs guilty of the crime. […]
The Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission has indicated that while the Commission will go ahead with the publishing of the names of over 20,000 persons who have not collected their ID Cards in since 2008, those persons will still be allowed to vote if they show up on elections day with some other form […]
Days after their arrest in neighbouring Suriname, authorities there have handed over the two Guyanese fishermen who are wanted in Guyana for that deadly attack on a fishing vessel that left four fishermen dead. The two wanted men, 22-year-old Anonth Boodrage of Belvedere, Corentyne and 21-year-old O’brien Fraser of Eversham Village, Corentyne were handed over to local Police on […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is threatening to call out his supporters to restart protests if the President does not dissolve the parliament soon as preparations for elections swing into high gear. At his weekly solo press conference today, the Opposition Leader said the dissolution of Parliament must take place soon. “He has to dissolve the […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan has indicated that he will soon be announcing retroactive salary increases for 2019 for all public servants. The increases are expected to be retroactive to January of this year. In a brief statement today through his Public Relations Office, Jordan said “there’s no provision for a bonus this year or foreseeable […]
A local businessman from Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara is expected to face charges soon over an alleged attempt to import a number of containers of expired and substandard food products for the local market. The move comes after four containers containing various food items from Canada were examined by the Government […]
The Police Force today issued wanted bulletins for three men from the Canje, Berbice area in connection with an armed robbery committed on the Zhou Chumia Chinese Supermarket. Investigators are on the hunt for 30-year-old Jason Isaacs of Bristol Street, East Canje, 36-year-old Ravindra Punwasie of Palmyra East Canje and 22-year-old Doodnauth Bissoondyal of Cuburg […]
The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) today made it clear that it will not join with A Partnership for National Unity, APNU to contest the March 2, 2020 elections unless it is in the national interest. Recently, it was revealed that the Leader of the LJP, Lennox Shuman held discussions with the Leader of APNU, […]
Thirteen persons have been taken into custody as part of a Police operation that has broken up a car stealing ring. The operation was carried out in different locations in Kuru Kururu along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. According to a Police statement, the operation was intelligence-led and unearthed three motor cars, a number of car parts, […]
With an expectation of first oil by the end of this year, the Government of Guyana has stepped up its preparations for the sector. At a press conference this afternoon, the Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe announced that contracts have already been signed with marketing and commercial specialist for Guyana’s share […]
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