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Linden Nurse jailed for 3 years for luring a child

32-year-old registered male nurse, Yohan London, of Christianburg Linden, was sentenced to three years in jail today after he pleaded guilty to luring a child. Details of the charge or the incident were not released by the Police, owing to a child being the victim. The charge, however, made reference to the Cyber Crime Act, […]

74-year-old remanded for possession of marijuana

A 74-year-old man from Mahdia is resting in prison this evening after he was remanded today for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficing. The man Israel Jacob of Wrong Turn, Mahdia was nabbed on the 29th April with a bag of compressed marijuana and a quantity of cash. He was immediately arrested. He […]

Granger files $2 Billion lawsuit against Kit Nascimento and three daily newspapers

Former President David Granger has filed a more than $2 Billion lawsuit against Public Communications Specialist Kit Nascimento, Stabroek News, Kaieteur News and the Guyana Times newspapers. The lawsuit is in response to statements that were contained in various letters written by Nascimento and published in the three newspapers last year just after the elections. […]

Baramita man stabbed to death by wife

Police investigators in Region One are probing the murder of a gold miner in the area at the hands of his wife. Police have identified the dead man as Dameon George of Baramita, North West District in Region One. The man was stabbed to the side of the head by the wife yesterday morning at […]

Teenage escapee recaptured in Berbice

A 17-year-old murder accused who escaped from the Juvenile Detention Centre in Sophia three weeks ago has been recaptured and is now back in custody.  He could face escape from legal custody charges as he awaits his murder trial. The teen escapee was nabbed at a house in Bushlot village West Coast Berbice. Acting on […]

Member of Parliament files Police report against Businessman over “mark her’ threat

Opposition Member of Parliament, Amanza Walton-Desir has filed a police report against businessman and former Commissioner at the Ethnic Relations Commission, Roshan Khan over racially charged statements he made against the MP on his Facebook page. In a Facebook post, Roshan Khan who has made previous racially insensitive comments on social media, urged persons, to […]

InterCaribbean Airways lands approval for Guyana service

Turks and Caicos registered regional airline, InterCaribbean Airways have been given the clearance from the Government of Guyana for the start of its schedule service to Guyana. Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill, made the announcement on Monday. InterCaribbean Airways currently flies to 23 destinations across the region and it is hoped that it will […]