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Former Guyana Member of Parliament, who once served as Mayor of Linden, Abdul Kadir, has died. He was in his mid 60’s. Kadir passed away in a US prison this morning, where he was serving a life sentence on a conviction of conspiring to commit a terrorist attack at New York’s JFK Airport almost a […]
Two weeks after being slapped with fraud charges, a real estate agent was back in Court today facing five additional fraud charges. He is being accused of selling land that he did not own or was authorized to sell. 22-year-old, Basdeo Persaud stood before Magistrate, Fabayo Azore and denied all five charges when they were […]
In the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate today, a domestic worker from Bartica was charged and remanded to jail for allegedly being in possession of cocaine and marijuana. 58-year-old Roxanne Carrington was arrested over the weekend after Police ranks found over three pounds of cocaine and five pounds of marijuana in her bedroom during a […]
A labourer who repeatedly maintained that his ex-lover fell on a knife that he had in his possession and he did not stab her, was committed to stand a High Court trial for attempted murder today. The accused, Cleveland Williams, offered an apology to his ex-lover in Court today even as he made an application […]
37-year-old taxi driver, Sebastian Hamichand, was today charged with allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl. He was granted bail. The man appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge. The Court was told that between 1st and 31st December, 2017, he engaged in the sexual penetration of […]
A Bartica housewife has found herself facing multiple charges following the discovery of a quantity of marijuana and cocaine in her bedroom, but the woman claims she was just keeping an eye on the illegal items. The 59-year-old woman told investigators that she was given the illegal drugs to keep at her home for someone […]
Acting Prison Director Gladwin Samuels, is once again warning members of the public about efforts to smuggle prohibited items into the prisons. His latest warning comes on the heels of the discovery of prohibited items at the Lusignan Prison and the New Amsterdam Prison. On Saturday afternoon, Prison Officers and Police Officers stationed at the […]
President David Granger has proclaimed next Monday June 25 as a National Day of Mourning for the fifteen Guyanese fishermen who were murdered in Surinamese waters by pirates while plying their trade. In the proclamation, all authorities, boards, commissions, public buildings, corporations, agencies, Ministries and citizens are being asked to fly the national flag at […]
A City Magistrate today released a caretaker on $100,000 bail after she was charged with malicious wounding for allegedly burning a 6-year-old child with a clothes iron. The accused, Nicole Rosemay, stood before Magistrate, Leron Daly and pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to her in court. The Court heard that […]
The work of the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry will have to wrap up without his a word from former President Bharrat Jagdeo. Mr. Jagdeo, who is now Opposition Leader, has turned down an invitation to be interviewed by the Commission of Inquiry, saying he will not participate in any “charade” that seeks to denigrate […]
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