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In death, they parted, but a 59-year-old widow found herself before a City Magistrate today facing a forgery charge in connection with her late husband’s will. The woman, Lillawattie Persaud of Vreed en hoop, West Coast Demerara, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Court heard that on or around December 11, 2015, the woman […]
Two Linden men were today remanded to prison for armed robbery in connection with a carjacking that took place just over a week ago. The two men, 32-year-old, Shemar Dover and 31-year-old, Seon Meyers, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and were charged with the June 5, 2017 robbery of Samuel Austin, at Providence on […]
Police investigators at Linden are probing yet another fatal road accident. The latest accident took place at Half Mile, Wismar just before 11 o’ clock on Tuesday night. Dead is 38-year-old, Sherwin Hermanstein of 534 Canvas City, Wismar. Investigations have revealed that motorcar PSS 5865 driven by an Industrial Area, McKenzie resident, Ian Alli, was […]
A Campbellville man, who was recently nabbed with over 24 Pounds of cocaine and and a number of unlicensed guns and ammunition, made his second appearance in Court today and switched his plea to guilty. 32-year-old Trevor Rodriguez told the Court that he did not want to waste the Court’s time. He made the plea […]
Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnarine is to be transferred from that position to the Ministry of the Presidency, where he will take up a new ministerial position under that Ministry. Multiple government sources have told News Source that senior Government officials have been looking at the issue and the change is expected to take […]
In a joint statement from the President and Opposition Leader, it was announced this evening that Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, has agreed to submit a third list of nominees to President David Granger, for consideration for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. The statement said the “parties agreed that it would be […]
A 44-year-old woman who pleaded guilty to beating her 64-year-old landlord to death, was sentenced to eight years in jail today by Justice Navindra Singh. The sentence was handed down after the woman, Zaleena Whittington, entered a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter. The incident took place back in 2013 at the man’s Vergenoegen […]
The Guyana Police Force is urging all taxi drivers, especially those using the Toyota Allion and Premio motor cars to be on the alert for hijackers, who may be posing as passengers. According to a statement from the Police, the suspected hijackers are believed to be seven men. Two are believed to be afro-Guyanese, two […]
The High Court today closed another chapter in the 2014 traffic light murder of city businessman, Ashok Raghu. The accused, Travis McDougal, who was found guilty of the businessman’s murder, was today sentenced to 25 years in jail. Justice Navindra Singh presided over the case. The convict clutched a Bible as he made his way […]
A woman and the driver of a car that was nabbed with just over 25 pounds of marijuana, were among five persons arrested on the Aurora Public Road in Essequibo, this morning. Investigators have not released the names of any of those arrested. The bust was made just after 8 o’ clock this morning as […]
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