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Twenty-four year old Alberttown resident, Tashon Haywood appeared in Court this morning and was slapped with marijuana trafficking charges after more than 120 pounds of marijuana was found in his possession. Haywood pleaded not guilty to the charges and was remanded to jail until December 22. The Court heard that the man and his activities […]
Ahead of a full disclosure of the contract between the Government of Guyana and US oil giant ExxonMobil, Natural Resources Minister, Raphael Trotman on Friday confirmed that Exxon would be giving financial assistance to Guyana to aid in its legal fees in the border row with Venezuela. News Source had earlier reported on the issue. Trotman said those […]
With only a handful of Government Parliamentarians seated in the Chamber for his presentation, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday called for the resignation of two senior ministers over the denial of an existing signing bonus with ExxonMobil. It was revealed on Friday that there a request for a special account to be set up at the Bank of […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, two young Police ranks found themselves facing larceny charges. The two ranks, 23-year-old Tevin Headley and 24-year-old Delon Sobers, were charged with allegedly stealing $500,000 in cash from gold miner, Brian Hopkinson. The Court was told that the incident occurred on the 11th October at Bartica. However, the Attorney […]
A Security Guard, who was recently arrested and questioned about the murder of a Berbice waitress was today charged and remanded to jail for the woman’s murder. 38-year-old, Odit Thom aka Persaud, made his first appearance at the Fort Wellington Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Rhandel Weaver and was remanded to jail. The Magistrate also ordered […]
One of three men, who stood earlier this year before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and were slapped with charges of robbing a Chinese businessman, was yesterday sentenced to 56 months in prison. The charges were dismissed against the other two. It was alleged that Andrew Vieira along with Winston Mackenzie and Fayaud Amid robbed businessman, […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party was on Thursday called out as being willfully blind to the government’s vision by State Minister Joseph Harmon, who used his presentation in the ongoing budget debates to defend the government’s green state agenda. Harmon said the government had spent the last four days clarifying his vision but notwithstanding its efforts, the […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Priya Manickchand on Thursday opened day four of the Budget Debates and immediately proceeded to describe the government’s 2018 fiscal plan as a “deh deh and checkbox budget.” She surmised that the document was robotic in laying out a programme and plan for the development of Guyana and believes the budget is bare […]
After three days of being bombarded by the Parliamentary opposition to fix procurement lapses in the public health system, the government on Wednesday said it has plans to do just that. Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence announced a reassessment of providers of medical supplies to the Georgetown Public Hospital which will likely see the discontinuation […]
Thirty-six year old taxi driver, Anansuarudin Khan, was today found guilty and sentenced to two years in jail for sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl. The verdict and sentence was handed down by Magistrate Judy Latchman. It was just a few months ago that the man was charged after the young child related to relatives that […]
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