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Diamond man nabbed with over $300,000 in counterfeit bills

A Diamond Housing Scheme man is expected to appear in Court today after he was busted with over $300,000 dollars in counterfeit  $5000 notes. The man was held in the Stabroek market area with the counterfeit bills on Saturday during an intelligence led operation by the Guyana police force. He has been identified as 23 […]

Education Ministry dispatches mobile counseling unit to Mae’s following student’s suicide

Although the Mae’s School is privately operated, the Ministry of Education on Friday morning dispatched its mobile counseling unit with trained counselors to the Mae’s Private School to assist those students who may be affected after a teenage girl of the school took her own life. Education Minister, Nicolette Henry and Chief Education Officer, Marcel […]

Royston King Fired As Town Clerk of Georgetown

The Local Government Commission has fired Royston King as the Town Clerk for the City of Georgetown. He was fired with immediate effect on Wednesday after he refused to respond to the findings of recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the Georgetown City Council and his work as Town Clerk. The final report of that […]

Super biker and Car Racer Freed; Businessman and Enforcement Officer Convicted in Cocaine in Timber Case

A Court today freed Super Biker, Stephen Vieira and Car Racer, Nazim Gafoor of cocaine trafficking and possession charges. However, the other two accused in the 187-pound cocaine in timber case,  businessman Tazim Gafoor and his accomplice GRA Enforcement Officer, Sherwayne DeAbreau were convicted and sentenced to five years in jail. In addition to the […]