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Months after popular Trinidadian Soca star, Benjai, was attacked and lashed across the head outside the Palm Court nightclub, a 25-year-old man has been charged for the incident. The accused, Marverick DeAbreau, stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and entered a not guilty plea after the assault and wounding charge was read to him. The Court […]
With real and painted tears rolling down his face, one-time, local social media sensation, “Tear Drop”, found himself before a City Magistrate facing robbery charges. The 23-year-old young man, whose real name is Leon Clark, was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 after he was charged with breaking into the house of East La […]
(DPI) The Ministry of Public Health through the office of the Chief Medical Officer is recruiting medical staff and professionals who will work along with the Civil Defense Commission (CDC), as part of Guyana’s assistance to the hurricane ravaged Caribbean islands. Those recruited will be sent to the British Virgin Islands to provide Medical and […]
His seatbelt was fastened and he was preparing for take off. Instead, a Cummings Lodge man was taken off a Canada bound flight this morning at the Cheddi Jagan Airport after agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit received a tip that he was a cocaine swallower. The 39-year-old man was taken to a city […]
“Oil is not the only thing happening to Guyana,” declared Business Minister Dominic Gaskin, as he addressed the Canadian Oil and Gas Trade Mission at the Guyana Marriott Hotel on Tuesday. Minister Gaskin said even with the large amounts of revenue to be earned when oil production begins in 2020, the government remains committed to diversifying the […]
A Linden resident, who worked and lived in Trinidad until recently, is expected to face the Courts in Guyana after he was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with over four pounds of cocaine in his suitcase. The man was reportedly preparing to board a New York bound flight when the cocaine was discovered stashed […]
The Government of Guyana has announced that it will be making an initial donation of US$50,000 towards the relief efforts in those caribbean islands that have been ravaged by Hurricane Irma. In a statement last evening, the Ministry of the Presidency stated that additional assistance will be determined following the completion of a Needs Assessment. […]
Following a week of training, the Guyana Police Force commenced heightened bicycle patrol operations in and around the Capital City on Monday. It is hoped that this level of policing will enhance the crime fighting capabilities with a specific emphasis on gambling and monitoring shut in elderly citizens and unattended vegetation. The bicycle patrols will also […]
Police investigators are continuing their intel driven operations in Linden in pursuit of recapturing prison escapee, Royden Williams aka Royden Durant. Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken said on Monday that the policing posture in this regard continues not only in Linden and other Region 10 areas but throughout the country. He could not say with certainty whether Williams […]
The European Union has announced that it will be supporting Hurricane relief efforts in the Caribbean. In a Monday morning statement, the EU said Hurricane Irma has left a trail of devastation across many countries, and “it is our moral duty to help those in need whose lives and homes are being destroyed or severely threatened.” […]
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