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Attorney General Anil Nandlall has defended the Government’s decision to offer a $5 million settlement to the family of the children who died and who survived the Mahdia School Dorm fire, and he believes the Government should be complimented for its decision to offer the “financial assistance”. During an interview on state-owned NCN TV on […]
A 38-year-old fisherman from Paradise on the Essequibo Coast, lost his life in a fire last evening at his home. Family members suspect that the man might have deliberately started the fire. He has been identified as Terry Persaud Lall. The man reportedly lived alone in the one-flat concrete house. He was last seen alive […]
In a hush agreement that was drafted by the Attorney General Chambers, the Government of Guyana is offering the families of the victims of the Mahdia School Dorm fire a total of $5 million per child as settlement. Twenty children lost their lives in the fire, and several others were injured. A 15-year-old girl is […]
A small fire in a cell at the Brickdam Police station was quickly doused by a prisoner on Sunday morning and the man has told investigators that he accidentally started the fire. The prisoner, Stephan Howard told investigators that he found a lighter and toilet paper in a cell at the Brickdam lock ups, and […]
A 40-year-old labourer from Timehri was found dead early on Sunday morning, hours after he was involved in a drunken row with a group of men at a Soesdyke bar. A police murder investigation is now underway. Investigators have identified the dead labourer as Yoel Valenzuela of Timerhri, East Bank Demerara. Three suspects have been […]
City businessman and Eccles resident Andrew Morgan was today sentenced to 4 years in jail and fined a total of $4.9 Million, having been found guilty of cocaine trafficking. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court. Morgan was found guilty of the drug trafficking crime just over a […]
The Mohameds family which owns Mohameds Enterprises, one of the largest business groups in Guyana, has rejected a special report by the Reuters news agency, linking the company and its principles to gold smuggling and drug trafficking. In an explosive report released this morning on its online platforms, the Reuters agency reported that the United […]
The Newtown location of gold trading company, El Dorado Trading in DaSilva Street was gutted by fire this afternoon, leaving millions of dollars in damages. The fire service was called to the business place just after 5 o’ clock this afternoon when heavy smoke was seen billowing from inside of the building. The fire service […]
A 23-year-old American man who was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport back in April with more than 270 grams of marijuana stashed in cereal boxes in his suitcase, changed his not guilty plea to guilty today. The youth, Malcolm Vinson appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scare at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court today for the continuation […]
Even as he applauded the work of Police Officers in crime fighting over the past year, Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken today warned Senior and Junior Police Officers that there will be consequences to the breaching of the standard operating procedures of the Force. Speaking at the Police Force’s Award Ceremony this morning, Mr. Hicken […]
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