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A 26-year-old policeman from Stone Avenue, Campbellville was on Tuesday charged and remanded to prison on a causing death by dangerous driving offense. The policeman, Timothy Horatio, who who remains employed by the Guyana Police Force, was driving a minibus along Regent Street on Sunday evening during his off duty time, when he lost control […]
The mother of a 15-year-old Guyanese born, U.S resident who was held at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport last Friday with cocaine in the handles of his suitcases, was on Tuesday charged for drug trafficking and remanded to prison. Forty one-year-old Colda Towler was charged along with a male relative, 20-year-old Ian Griffith. They both […]
–by Kurt Campbell– US Oil company, Exxon Mobil, which has confirmed significant oil discovery offshore Guyana, is advising that actual oil production will not begin for another five years. The Country Manager and a team from Exxon Mobil engaged members of the media on Tuesday and advised that first barrel of oil could be produced in 2020. […]
(GINA) The Ministry of Public Security is building the capacity of the forensic laboratory so that in the long run, the facility can provide DNA and gun residue testing which are internationally recognised. This capacity training is being developed through the Ministry’s Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP). In a recent interview with the Government Information […]
A total of $17.9 million will be paid to the Hugh Wooding Law School following a decision by the National Assembly to cover 25% of the economic cost of the fees to be paid by Guyanese law students. Attorney General Basil Williams made the disclosure on Tuesday and said the money is being paid even […]
Attorney General Basil Williams has submitted an Affidavit in answer to the suit that was filed against him by Deputy Registrar of the Deed Registry, Attorney Zana Frank, in which he claims that he was wrongfully sued. Mr. Williams told journalists on Tuesday that Frank’s suit is misplaced and he claimed that he has no […]
A Guyanese man and his Brazilian friend were on Monday charged for Trafficking nine Brazilian women at the over the weekend. The duo appeared before Magistrate Lerone Daly. Mario Figueira of Bel Air Gardens was slapped with nine charges of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and granted bail bail in the sum of $120,000 on each […]
While the Guyana Public Service Union is still to decide whether it will accept the government’s final offer for wages and salary increases for public servants, the Opposition PPP has dismissed the offer and is adamant that public servants got a better deal when the PPP was in office. During its time in office, the […]
A group of armed men who were dressed in women clothing robbed a Pere Street, Kitty Apartment Complex just after midnight on Sunday. The men pounced on the lone male employee, Mark Reid, and tied him up before trying to gain access to several occupied rooms on the lower flat of the complex which also […]
Thirty-eight year old landscape contractor, Robert Benn, was remanded to prison on Monday morning after being charged for murder in the death of 23-year-old, Colin Perreira and the attempted murder of Perreira’s girlfriend, Gail-Ann Charon. Dressed in black pants and white shirt, Benn stood quietly as the murder and attempted murder charges were read to him. […]
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