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39-year-old vagrant, Roy Morgan, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after pleading guilty simple larceny related to the theft of copper cables from the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge. Morgan was arrested on Wednesday as Police probed the theft of the cables which were used to power the LED lights on the bridge. […]
A cameraman and a driver attached to the Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed, remain in Police custody this morning after being arrested late yesterday afternoon on the West Coast of Demerara on suspicion of operating a drone in the Leonora area, where the President has his private home. The Opposition Leader denied that there […]
The extradition committal proceedings against the Leader of the Opposition Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar Mohamed, restarted in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today after a more than five month hiatus, which was punctuated by a series of legal battles in the High Court right up to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). At today’s […]
Senior Superintendent of Police, Prem Narine, took the stand today as the extradition committal proceedings against the Businessman and Opposition Leader, Azruddin Mohamed and his father Nazar Mohamed recommenced today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. During the hearing, the Prosecution was blocked from tendering two documents through the witness following repeated objections from the Defence […]
Faced with a financial crisis following the Government’s decision to remove the toll charged to commercial vehicles entering the town of Linden, the Linden Town Council has proposed a 50% reduction in the tolls as it fights to get one of the town’s main revenue streams re-instituted. Mayor of Linden, Dominique Blair and a team […]
A Cuban national, who was not licensed to drive in Guyana, was charged and remanded to prison today for causing the death of two Indonesian nationals by dangerous driving. 35-year-old Ramon Rodrigues of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara who worked at Avinash Construction Inc. as a driver, appeared in Court this morning where he […]
At a Government outreach in Region 10 today, President Irfaan Ali promised to address several issues facing the Region, with water supply, electricity and housing issues topping the list. Addressing residents in Coomacka, the President said the Government has already pumped billions of dollars into the Region to address a number of challenges, and to […]
Hours after the Mayor of Linden cited the Linden Town Council By-laws that were gazetted in 2016 and allowed for the collection of tolls from commercial vehicles entering the town of Linden, Minister of Local Government, Priya Manickchand revoked those By-laws and quickly gazetted the move. In her initial letter instructing the Linden Town Clerk […]
The LED lights used to light up the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge have been left powerless following the theft of 90 feet of copper cables valued at over $1.6 million. In a statement today, the Guyana Police Force announced that it is probing the high-powered theft. The Police suspect that the cables were stolen […]
Amerindian Heritage Month opened on Tuesday evening with a word of caution from President Irfaan Ali to the country’s Amerindian population. In his address at the ceremonial launch of Amerindian Heritage Month, the President said indigenous peoples of the country must be careful of those who appear during crisis only to exploit, in pursuit of […]
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