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Two siblings from the Werk-en-Rust area, were charged for cocaine possession and remanded to prison today, even as their mother remains on the run over the same charge. 23-year-old Delon Bobbsemple and his 21-year-old sister, Temika Bobbsemple, found themselves before the courts this morning and were both slapped with possession of cocaine for the purpose […]
Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, was earlier today questioned by agents of the Special Organised Crime Unit on the missing law books issue. Nandlall was not arrested but was invited to SOCU headquarters to provide clarifications on some issues related to the law books and their removal from the Ministry of Legal Affairs during his […]
Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, on Friday evening announced that the 12-member team that attended the CARIFITA Games in Curacao last weekend will all be awarded full scholarships to the University of Guyana, compliments of the National Sports Commission. The announcement came on the heels of Jones advocating for more student/athletes scholarships to those remain […]
President David Granger will be in the United Kingdom for the rest of the week on an official visit. The President will meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle on Wednesday as part of the visit. In a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency, it was stated that President Granger will also attend the Caribbean Council’s […]
A young Guyanese Chef is under Police guard at the Georgetown Hospital, and it’s not over a secret recipe. The 26-year-old Chef from East Ruimveldt was busted on Sunday morning at the Cheddi Jagan airport on suspicion that he was trafficking cocaine. He admitted to the police that he had ingested several cocaine pellets. An […]
A route 42 minibus driver, Travis David, will be spending the next 56 months in jail after he was found guilty of causing the death of a woman by dangerous driving. The woman was a passenger in the minibus that was being driven by 28-year-old Travis David, when he lost control and slammed into a power […]
A Guyanese born, Queens businessman who hoped he could skip prison for helping bring down a powerful politician did not get what he wanted. Instead, Brooklyn Federal Judge Dora Irizarry sentenced cooperator Edul Ahmad to two years behind bars Friday for running a mortgage fraud scam. Ahmad was an asset in the feds’ case against […]
53-year-old businessman, Jerome Singh, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today and was placed on $75,000 bail after he was charged for issuing a forged cheque at a local Hardware store. The Prosecution’s case states that on the 21st October, 2011 at Toolsie Persaud Limited, the accused presented the cashier with a cheque knowing it […]
The sum of $150 million is to be spent on improving drainage in the Capital City as government looks to stave off the possibility of flooding during the upcoming May/June rainy season. Cabinet has given its approval for the funding and that paves the way for the execution of remedial drainage works around the city […]
As the war of words between Digicel and GTT heats up over Digicel’s move to bypass the local network and rely on a Suriname hook-up for the provision of its data services, the company is firing back at GTT. One day after GTT accused Digicel of “robbing” the local tax system with its bypass move, […]
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