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The driver of the sand truck that slammed into the car being driven by businessman Nigel Cush along Mandela Avenue, killing him on the spot, has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. He appeared in Court today and following his guilty plea, he was immediately sentenced to five years in jail. The truck […]
Three days after he was attacked and beaten at the Stabroek Market mini-bus park, a 19-year-old student of the Government Technical Institute has died from his injuries. The youth, Rawle Samuel Grannum, passed away at a city hospital on Monday without regaining consciousness. According to reports, after school on Friday, Grannum was at the mini-bus […]
A 17-year-old Canal #1 youth and his father have been arrested for the murder of 29-year-old Deonarine Ramachandran of the same village. Ramachandran was stabbed to death on Saturday night during a confrontation with the youth and his father. A police report said earlier in the night, the 17-year-old was threatening to take his own […]
The two Berbice men, Suraj Singh and Mourice Vansluytman who were arrested earlier this week with 277 pounds of marijuana in their possession were charged and remanded to prison today. The two appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the No. 51 Magistrates’ Court in Berbice. The both pleaded not guilty to the drug possession charge […]
Popular US-based Guyanese political activist Rickford Burke is wanted by the Police Force for questioning about his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to commit a felony of defamatory libel in order to extort money. The Police Force lists Burke’s last known addresses as Brooklyn New York and Bartica in Guyana. Burke has dismissed the wanted […]
A Canadian based Guyanese businessman, who is a director of local company Ideal Supplies Inc. has filed a $750 million defamation lawsuit against PPP activist Victor Singh. The businessman Heralall Nandlall said he is suing Victor Singh for false, defamatory, and libelous statements that were posted in a Facebook group that carries the name “PPPC […]
Legal Advisor of the Guyana Police Force, Attorney Mandel Moore was ordered into custody briefly this afternoon by Magistrate Leron Daly during the cyber crime case against Police Sergeant Dion Bascom. The extraordinary decision by the Magistrate followed the repeated failure of the Police Legal Advisor to produce a copy of the press conference hosted […]
The county of Berbice is emerging as the hotspot for marijuana cultivation and trafficking with the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit carrying out a number of operations across the Berbice region. In an operation on Tuesday, CANU agents arrested two men as they traversed the Manarabisi canal in Corentyne in a speed boat with more than […]
A father of four who was riding his electric bicycle in the bicycle lane along Mandela Avenue was crushed to death on Monday evening after he was hit down by a sand truck. The dead man has been identified as 45-year-old Hawatt Greenidge. The truck driver, Trinidadian national Fazal Mohammed, who lives in Diamond has […]
Two reporters who have been fingered in an alleged extortion plot against car dealer Afras Mohamed appeared in Court this morning to face charges. The two, 49-year-old Alex Wayne and 41-year-old Gary Eleazer appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore and pleaded not guilty to the joint charges of conspiracy to commit a felony. The presiding Magistrate […]
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