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The High Court in Georgetown is getting ready to hear scores of sexual offence cases in its current session with most of the cases involving children as the alleged victims. One hundred and forty-nine sexual offence cases have been listed for the new Court session. Of those 149 cases, Court documents have revealed that children […]
The Guyana Prison Service has announced that a Prison Officer attached to the New Amsterdam Prison is now in Police custody. He is being investigated for his alleged involvement with smuggling over two pounds of marijuana and thirty nine packs of cigarettes in the prison. According to the prison service, from video evidence obtained, the […]
Attorney at Law, Dexter Todd, has been appointed as a Special Prosecutor in the matter involving the shooting death of a Subryanville Man by Hotel Owner, Orwin Bachus. Todd was retained by the family of the dead man and got the DPP’s approval to be the Special Prosecutor in the case. The accused, Orwin Bacchus, […]
At the High Court today, 31-year-old, David Alexander, was sentenced to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to raping an 8-year-old girl. Alexander, who appeared before Justice JoAnn Barlow opted not to endure a trial and entered the guilty plea to the charge as the Judge started the case. The incident took place on […]
It was a busy September for cocaine pushers from Guyana as four Guyanese nationals were busted at New York’s JFK airport over the course of three days. In all four cases, the persons arrived on flights from Guyana and all had the cocaine in their stomach. US Court documents have revealed that on the 20th […]
A young Guyanese woman who was traveling back to the United States with a one-year-old baby girl, is now facing drug trafficking charges. The woman has been identified in US Court documents as Odessa Ladonna Edmondson. She is believed to be from the Linden community. The Court documents revealed that Edmondson arrived in the US […]
The wedding vow of “For Better, For Worse” may have been taken very seriously by a Guyanese husband and wife, who were busted at New York’s JFK Airport with cocaine in their stomachs. According to US Court documents seen by News Source, the couple, Kurt Bruney and Maria Bruney, arrived in New York on a […]
The Guyana Prison Service is observing its anniversary, which has come at a time when the service continues to see many of its Prison Officers being involved in the smuggling of prohibited items into the jail houses across Guyana. Almost every week, raids would be conducted at the various prisons and prohibited items would be […]
Guyana is observing Cancer Awareness month all this month and today the Ministry of Health revealed that cancer is now the fifth leading cause of death in Guyana. At the launching of the Ministry of Public Health’s observances today, Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings, revealed the way of life of […]
One month after an accident claimed the life of a motorcyclist, the Policeman who was behind the wheels of a Police Force mini-bus that slammed into the youth, has been charged for causing death by dangerous driving. Police Constable, Ryan Persaud, was back in Court this morning where the charge was read against him. The […]
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