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Recently convicted private school teacher, Mohammed Wazir Khan, is appealing his three-year jail sentence and conviction for the sexual assault of an underage girl. Following a trial last month, Magistrate Leron Daly found Khan guilty of the crime. The Magistrate sentenced him to three years imprisonment. The convict was also ordered to pay a fine […]
President Irfaan Ali went ahead and hosted his “working lunch” meeting with three of the four former Presidents this morning, Sam Hinds, Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar. All three former are executive members of the governing PPP. Former President and PNC Leader David Granger turned down the invite to the meeting. Mr. Granger said there […]
One week after a 60-year-old man was shot multiple times to his body and robbed of his motorcycle, one of his alleged attackers has been charged and remanded to jail for the crime. 28-year-old Kitty resident, Kelsey Heyliger appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning and was not required to enter a plea to the […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force has withdrawn misconduct in public office charges against recently appointed Finance Minister in the Office of the President Ashni Singh and former Head of NICIL Winston Brassington. The move by SOCU comes less than three weeks after the High Court ruled that the charges against […]
The Ethnic Relations Commission two-day National Conversation on Ethnic Relations in Guyana opens this morning with several presentations and discussions planned. The event is being held virtually and persons can join the live discussions through the ERC’s social media pages and on HBTV, HGPTV and TVG as well as News Talk Radio. In a statement, […]
The Coronavirus death toll in Guyana inched up by 1 over the weekend taking the total number of deaths to 155 following the passing of a 79-year-old REGION FOUR MAN. According to the Ministry of Health, the man was a patient at one of the health institutions. The country also recorded 41 new cases yesterday. […]
Tragedy and shock gripped the town of Bartica late on Saturday night when the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters were found in the ashes of their old wooden house that was set ablaze by the woman’s reputed husband. Persons at Four Miles Squatting Area, Bartica noticed the house on fire at […]
Members of the Guyana Defence Force will be getting two-weeks of their monthly salary as a bonus. The bonus will be tax free. President Irfaan Ali made the announcement on Friday as he visited the GDF base at Kaikan in Region Seven. “Even with the difficulties of the pandemic, the slope of the recovery expenditure, […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has arrested a 33-year-old Corentyne man after more than 100 pounds of marijuana was found in the trunk of his car during an operation at Moleson Creek on Thursday night. The suspect has been identified as taxi driver, Imran Johara of Line Path Corentyne. An underage youth was also in […]
A 28-year-old man from Shell Road, Kitty will face the murder charge for the gunning down of 60-year-old Peter Gonsalves. The elderly man was gunned down on Monday night in Garnett Street, Kitty after being attacked by two men who demanded his motorcycle. After allegedly putting up a fight, Gonsalves was shot multiples times by […]
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