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The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has released 65 non-violent offenders in keeping with efforts to reduce overcrowding in all prisons, according to the Department of Public Information. According to a statement, the inmates who were released were convicted for non-violent offences and were near the end of their sentences. Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said […]
The 38-year-old gold miner who was one of the last persons seen in the company of a 16-year-old girl after a drinking spree in the company of her mother, has been charged and remanded to jail for the girl’s murder. A police statement identified the miner as Wickroy Mitchell aka Shatta of Corentyne, Berbice. He […]
A 15-year-old boy from Kitty died this afternoon, several hours after he was rushed to the hospital after being shot to the head allegedly by his 17-year-old friend. The young boy passed away this afternoon after doctors declared that he was brain dead hours before. He remained unresponsive in the Intensive Care Unit of the […]
The APNU+AFC has moved to the Court to get Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond removed as a Member of Parliament because of her dual citizenship at the time of appointment. Court proceedings were filed today by Opposition Chief Whip, Christopher Jones through Attorney at law, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, who is also an Opposition Member of […]
Guyana’s Attorney General Anil Nandlall has filed a lawsuit against former coalition Government Minister, Jaipaul Sharma and PNC Member and Attorney James Bond. Nandlall is seeking in excess of $25 million from each of the men over posts they made on the social media site, Facebook. In a Facebook post made on Tuesday, Mr. Sharma […]
The 26 visiting Haitian nationals who have been placed in protective custody by the Police are demanding that they be released as they were not victims of any human trafficking or smuggling ring. The Haitians were taken into protective custody last week and transferred to the Hugo Chavez Centre in Berbice. In a video released […]
The two GRA Customs Officers who were held as part of the probe into the cocaine in scrap iron bust have been released from custody but they now have to report regularly to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. The more than 11 tons of cocaine was found in Belgium in a shipment of scrap iron […]
US Oil giant, ExxonMobil intends to continue exploration in the Kaieteur block offshore Guyana although its first discovery there has been deemed non-commercial. The discovery was made at the Tanager-1 well, but turned out to be of no commercial value unlike the discoveries in the nearby Stabroek block. In a statement today, Public and Government […]
With a lockdown remaining in place with two medical teams on the ground, a total of 41 persons who were tested positive for Coronavirus in the indigenous community of St. Cuthbert’s Mission have recovered from the disease. More than 200 other residents remain in isolation. The Mahaica River village started to see a sudden spike […]
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) and the Ministry of Health today seized over 480 pounds of expired packaged duck meat from a city business. The duck meat was imported from the United States. The name of the shipper has not been revealed. Director of Veterinary and Public Health Dr. Ozaye Dodson said the Livestock […]
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