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Major changes are likely to take place within the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) before the end of 2016. State Minister Joseph Harmon said on Thursday that the government was considering a number of options in the area of diversification. Harmon has already ruled out the option of supporting a continuation of the existing state of […]
Two businessmen, one from Linden and another from Diamond, were taken into police on Wednesday after an unlicensed shotgun, three live cartridges and a small quantity of cannabis were found in their places of business, at Omai Landing, Region 8. Police said the items were discovered during separate raids which were conducted early Wednesday morning. […]
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Winston Cosbert was yesterday, given the Terms of Reference (TORs) by Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, to probe into the allegations of unauthorised disclosure of information, mismanagement and malpractices in the procurement of pharmaceuticals at the Ministry of Public Health. In handing over the TORs, Minister Harmon said […]
Fraud charges against former Director of the Guyana Power and Light, Carvil Duncan were dismissed on Wednesday due to the prosecution’s failure to produce evidence that support claims of theft. City Magistrate Leron Daly ruled that based on a lack of evidence, the prosecution failed to make a prima facie case against Duncan and the […]
One of two armed bandits was shot and killed by a licensed firearm holder early Wednesday morning as they attempted to break into his Diamond home. Police investigations revealed that about 02:15hrs, the 38-year-old Miner was awaken by a loud noise coming from the lower flat of his house. Upon investigating he saw two […]
Police Investigators were this morning called to a house in Belvedere, Corentyne where the decapitated body of a woman was found. The dead woman who was identified as 53-year- old Bhulmattie Deolall was found with several chop wounds about her body. The woman had been attacked in her yard, just before noon, in the presence […]
Already serving an eight year jail sentence for cocaine trafficking and other charges related to trying to escape sentencing, convicted and self confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram, may have more legal troubles heading his way. The Special Organised Crime Unit has opened investigations into Dataram’s assets and his possible links to money laundering. A senior […]
Members of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), met today with President David Granger and Cabinet members on the current status of operations at the organisation, as well as future plans. A statement from the Ministry if the Presidency said Cabinet was given a full presentation by Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, […]
A second co-accused in the 2008 Bartica massacre on Tuesday morning pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in the High Court. Clad in a white linen suit, Clebert Reece appeared before Justice Roxanne George and a Jury where he entered his guilty plea to 12 counts of manslaughter. He will face sentencing […]
Newly appointed Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier George Lewis has issued a stern warning to ranks who are engaged in deviant behaviour, cautioning that soldier who break the law and defence regulations will be penalised. Lewis, in his first public address since his promotion last month, told his officers and […]
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