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Four of the five suspects fingered in the 187 pound cocaine bust at Zeelugt appeared in Court this morning and were all remanded to prison on drug possession charges. The fifth accused was charged in his absence as he remains on the run. Super bike racer, Stephen Vieira, car racer Nazim Gafoor and his father […]
“I’m just happy I could have helped”, first year medical student, Jemina West said, a few days after she spearheaded the successful delivery of a baby, mid-air, in a Guyana Defense Force (GDF) aircraft. The twenty-three year old former Bishops High student, who is a first year medical student at the Texila American University, found […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a Duncan Street, Campbellville resident was remanded to prison after being charged for the possession of over 24 pounds of cocaine and illegal guns. 32-year-old Trevor Rodriguez, appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh and entered a plea of not guilty to all of the charges. In addition to the cocaine […]
Together with a number of other business groups from across the country, the Private Sector Commission has issued a call on the government to put a hold to its plans to scale down the operations of the state-owned sugar company, Guysuco. “The private sector calls on Government to hold its hand on the current approach towards […]
A 35-year-old mini-bus conductor, found himself before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday facing a charge of car theft. It is alleged that on the 11th May, 2017, mini-bus conductor, Donald Alison, stole a Toyota Premio motor car bearing registration number PMM-6253 in Newtown, Kitty. The car which was valued at $1.2 million is the property […]
The Government of Guyana has defended its decision to clamp down on illegal mining in the protected Kaieteur National Park, despite protests from relatives of some of the illegal miners. Over the weekend, a number of illegal mining camps were shut down and miners arrested. The move came following repeated attempts dating back to more […]
(Trinidad Newsday) AN ABUSIVE relationship ended in murder on the weekend as Guyanese-born grandmother Enid Rosaline Periana, 62, was chopped to death inside the man’s apartment in Madras Road, St Helena. Police believe Periana was hacked to death Friday night although the gruesome discovery of her body was made the following day in the apartment […]
The Guyana Police Force on Monday dismissed claims by the Opposition that there are some 200 persons who have been blacklisted from leaving Guyana by the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Force. The Police described the allegation as nothing more than “a fabrication” and offered figures to show the number of persons blacklisted in […]
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) got off to a heated start on Monday after the Finance Director of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Ronald Charles, disclosed that he was “not fully” the Finance Director and could not answer questions being put to him. There was a brief exchange of words between Chief Executive […]
A date has been set for the commencement of the trial involving Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. On Monday, Nandlall asked that his trial in relation to the alleged larceny of over $2 million worth of law books from the Ministry of Legal Affairs, be tried in the Magistrates’ Court instead of the High Court, […]
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