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The U.S. Embassy in Georgetown today announced the extending of the US Government’s financial support for the “Strengthen the Criminal Justice System in Guyana” project. The US Government’s support for the project started in 2016 and was expected to end this year. However, in its statement this afternoon, the US Embassy said financial support for […]
A Father and son were today sentenced to a total of 85 years behind bars after being convicted for the 2015 murder of their neighbour. The murder was the result of an argument over a plot of a land. At the High Court this morning, 54-year-old Sukhdeo Dharamdat was sentenced to 65 years in jail […]
Passengers who have been facing difficulty in accessing their reimbursements from Fly Jamaica Airways could contact the Competition and Consumers Affairs Commission. Last week, officials of Fly Jamaica met with representatives of the Consumers Affairs Commission and an undertaking was given by the airline that refunds for passengers will be processed by the 1st July […]
Police in Barbados are investigating the shooting death of a Guyanese man in the island. Dead is 46-year-old Eton Lyken who lived in the parish of St Michael. Lyken lived in Barbados for a number of years and owned and operated a number of businesses including a popular bakery and variety store. The shooting incident […]
Two men, who are accused of turning a birthday celebration into a crime scene by robbing the party goers, were dragged before a City Magistrate this morning to face robbery charges. 23-year-old, Michael York and 34-year-old, Rex Blanche, denied the robbery allegations as they stood before Magistrate Leron Daly. In total, the two men were […]
A 19-year-old Agricola resident, who is currently serving a one year jail sentence for escaping from lawful custody, was today slapped with four new charges. The man, Melvor Jeffery, was today charged for possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition and discharging a loaded firearm at Police officers. He appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly this […]
General Secretary of the PPP and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, today declared that late PPP Minister of Home Affairs, Ronald Gajraj was a patriot and an effective Minister. It was under Jagdeo’s Presidency that Gajraj came under the microscope for allegedly spearheading a phantom death squad that is believed to have been responsible for the […]
The 55-year-old, West Ruimveldt woman, who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport with 7 pounds of cocaine strapped to her thighs, was today sentenced to four years in jail and fined $9.1 million. The convict, Sandra Angela Profitt, broke down in tears as she admitted to the cocaine trafficking charge this morning when […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit last has issued a wanted bulletin for businessman, Winston Carto aka “Chief Mike”, whose last known address has been given as 193 Greenheart Street, South Ruimveldt Gardens. In a statement, CANU said “Chief Mike” is wanted in relation to the 7 pounds of cocaine that was busted at the Eugene […]
Police investigators have moved into the Albouystown community, where a businesswoman was found murdered this morning and her husband badly injured. The full name of the dead woman has not been released, but she owned and operated a shop in the community known as “Nalo’s Variety”. The business place is located at Non Pareil and […]
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