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In a statement more than 24 hours after it locked down its headquarters during a move by the High Court to levy on its assets, the New Building Society Limited (NBS) is now claiming that security concerns forced its decision to lock down the building. The bank is also claiming that it plans to “safeguard” […]
Two Guyanese nationals are among the latest group of persons rounded up by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the New York area. In a statement, ICE identified the two Guyanese as a 23-year-old man, with convictions for harassment and driving while ability impaired, and a 46-year-old woman who has convictions for […]
Police investigators are trying to reach a number of persons who were trapped in the New Building Society headquarters yesterday, as the bank locked its doors during that levy standoff that went on for over two hours. Several customers who were allowed to leave through the back of the building before the standoff ended, left […]
Two young men died on the spot just before midnight on Tuesday at Cornelia Ida on the West Coast of Demerara in another tragic accident. The two were passengers in the Toyota Premio motor car, when the driver lost control and slammed into a utility pole. The vehicle flipped several times after slamming into the […]
A couple from Cuba will remain guests of Guyana after admitting in Court that they forged Canadian Permanent resident cards. The two were arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport as they were attempting to use the bootleg document in an effort to fly to Canada. The two claim that they bought the cards online and […]
Six managers of the New Building Society along with the bank’s security guards, were taken into custody by the Police this evening for wrongful imprisonment of several customers of the bank. The move by the Police came after a standoff that lasted for over two hours as the bank attempted to prevent the High Court […]
For more than two and a half hours this afternoon, the New Building Society Limited kept the doors of its Headquarters shut, locking staff and customers in, and the Police, Attorneys, Court Marshals and other customers out. The move by the NBS came as Marshals of the high court moved in to levy assets of […]
Just three days after being arrested following the discovery of over 11 pounds of cocaine during a raid at Soesdyke, a woman from the same community pleaded guilty to the cocaine possession offence and was sentenced to four years in jail. 50-year-old, Nikela Singh appeared before the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and opted not to […]
A 16-year-old young man from the Kitty area is in Police custody after he was apprehended by a gold miner just after the same gold miner was robbed by the teenager and three other persons. According to a Police statement, the incident occurred just after midnight in the Kitty area. The gold miner was standing […]
At the High Court on Friday, a 12-member jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty for 37-year-old Rajesh Guyadeen, who was on trial for the 2003 murder of Mahaica resident, Nandran Manohar aka “Nando”. Justice Navindra Singh sentenced the convict to 70 years in prison. The convict apologized to the Court for the murder, saying […]
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