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A school concert turned deadly at Covent Garden on Saturday night when 16-year-old Covent Garden Secondary School student, Brian Charles Yearwood, was stabbed to death by a 17-year-old Kaneville youth. The assailant is on the run and is believed to be a school drop out. The incident took place in the compound of the Covent […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, 22-year-old, Dwayne Christiani was charged for causing death by dangerous driving. He was placed on $400,000 bail. The young man is accused of driving his car in a dangerous manner, which resulted in him slamming into a car being driven by William Stanford. The injured man was rushed to […]
Over $55 million has been approved to upgrade and expand the Mazaruni Prison in Region Seven. The move is in keeping with President David Granger’s stated commitment to ensure that Guyana’s prisoners are housed under humane conditions. The upgrade and expansion will also pave the way for the transferal of several prisoners who are serving […]
A local Chef who was nabbed with cocaine pellets in his stomach, will be spending the next three years in jail after pleading guilty to cocaine trafficking. 26-year-old, Anthony Gibson, of East Ruimveldt, poured out tears after the sentence was handed down in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon. Gibson was arrested on suspicion of […]
The man who went on the run after slashing off one of the hands of his ex-girlfriend, found himself before the court today to face a charge of malicious wounding with intent to murder. The Court heard that on the 23rd April at Beterverwagting,with the intent to commit murder,Warren Dennis, maliciously wounded Alana Hazel, causing […]
Today, the High Court closed a chapter in a murder case that gripped the nation two years ago. Twenty-year-old, Angelique Williams, who during a drunken brawl stabbed her pregnant best friend, Renita Thomas to death, was sentenced to eight years in jail after pleading guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. She was originally charged […]
A businessman who was recently placed on bail in connection with a multi-million dollar car fraud case, found himself back in court today facing new fraud charges. 57 year-old, Clayton Alleyne, was today remanded to prison after he was charged for collecting money under false pretense. The South Bel Air resident appeared before Chief Magistrate […]
Two siblings from the Werk-en-Rust area, were charged for cocaine possession and remanded to prison today, even as their mother remains on the run over the same charge. 23-year-old Delon Bobbsemple and his 21-year-old sister, Temika Bobbsemple, found themselves before the courts this morning and were both slapped with possession of cocaine for the purpose […]
A young Guyanese Chef is under Police guard at the Georgetown Hospital, and it’s not over a secret recipe. The 26-year-old Chef from East Ruimveldt was busted on Sunday morning at the Cheddi Jagan airport on suspicion that he was trafficking cocaine. He admitted to the police that he had ingested several cocaine pellets. An […]
A Guyanese born, Queens businessman who hoped he could skip prison for helping bring down a powerful politician did not get what he wanted. Instead, Brooklyn Federal Judge Dora Irizarry sentenced cooperator Edul Ahmad to two years behind bars Friday for running a mortgage fraud scam. Ahmad was an asset in the feds’ case against […]
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