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The local Tik Tok star who was arrested after an alleged attempt to ship cocaine out of Guyana in Hindu religious items was today charged for cocaine trafficking and remanded to jail. 23-year-old Lisa Ramnarine of Hague, West Coast Demerara appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning where the drug trafficking charge was read […]
A Police Officer and a mechanic have been arrested in connection with the theft and stripping of a Toyota Premio motor car that belonged to a taxi driver. The car was discovered at a West Demerara body workshop after investigators questioned a Police rank who is currently on sick leave. A police statement said a […]
One day after teachers of the Lodge Secondary School staged a walkout over classroom gangs and threats being made against them, the Police were called into the school after an airgun was found in the bag of a male student of the school. The Ministry of Education has confirmed the discovery and has indicated that […]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has informed the Guyana Government that Venezuela has joined the border case before the Court by submitting Preliminary objections to the admissibility of the case before the Court regarding the 1899 arbitral award. Venezuela had previously said that it does not recognize the Court’s jurisdiction and will not take […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has moved to the Court of Appeal in yet another bid to overturn the libel judgement against him that went in favour of Opposition Member of Parliament and former Housing Minister, Annette Ferguson. Two weeks ago, the Full Court was unable to reach a unanimous decision on the Vice President’s appeal […]
Scotiabank has announced that the agreement for the sale of its Guyana operations to First Citizens Bank of Trinidad and Tobago has expired and the agreement has been therefore terminated in keeping with the terms of the agreement. The bank made the announcement this morning in a brief statement from its headquarters. According to the […]
Concerned about the presence of gangs in the school and the growing number of threats being made against them, teachers of the Lodge Secondary School walked out of their classrooms today in protest. The teachers complained that the situation has become unbearable with students issuing threats against the teachers, triggering confrontations on almost a daily […]
Two of the five men found guilty of the 2017 shooting death of Phone Card Vendor Danian Anthony Jagdeo have been sentenced to death while the other three convicts have been sentenced to jail time. The sentences were handed down today by Justice Sandil Kissoon.The masterminds of the robbery and murder Mark Dhuman and Abdul […]
A post-mortem examination was this morning carried out on the remains of construction worker Reonol Williams and determined that the 50-year-old died from multiple injuries to the body due to a motor vehicle accident. The decomposed remains were found yesterday along a deserted and bushy dam, just off the railway embankment at Coldigen on the […]
A birthday party at a house in Fourth Street, La Bonne Intention on the East Coast of Demerara became a crime scene early this morning as the attendees were held at gunpoint and robbed of their valuables. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force four armed bandits entered the house through an open backdoor and […]
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