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Boutique owner, Ashaka King, stepped out of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court a free woman today with all of her “Pieces and Things” intact after the woman who accused her of stealing over $300,000 worth of Brazilian wigs and hair extensions, offered to no longer offer evidence in the case. The 28-year-old businesswoman was charged back […]
Guyana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Guyana will request an early meeting with officials from Suriname about the ongoing problems with the Canawaima ferry. The ferry which traverses the Corentyne river between Guyana and Suriname has been put out of operation until further notice, with no replacement plan in place. In its statement, […]
The Guyana Power and Light Company is pleading with its customers to be understanding as the company rushes to get repairs done to its submarine cable system, which has developed a fault. The company announced today that the contractors to effect the repairs are already on the ground and divers have already started to check […]
A 21-year-old porter has been remanded to jail over the gruesome murder of a man in the interior mining region. The accused, Clinton Allen, appeared in Court today and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. Police investigators said he confessed to the murder of Rodwell Joseph at Kamarang Landing […]
Two weeks after 22-year-old Kevin Rose was charged with the murder of Patrick Fraser aka “white boy”, a second man has been charged with the same crime. At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, 23-year-old Shemar Moore was jointly charged with the murder of the young man. Both of the accused were in Court as […]
Two months after he was fired by the Board of Directors of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, Sherod Duncan is likely to be reinstated as the General Manager of the company following the intervention of Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo. The Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Chronicle, Geeta Chandan-Edmond today received a letter from the […]
Several staff members of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council who are based in the main building int he compound will be relocated as the building continues to be in disrepair. The City Hall building which also houses the Council’s Chambers, has been in a dilapidated state for several years. Almost every week, rotten pieces […]
Although a number of persons claimed that they witnessed the accident that claimed the life of 7-year-old Ciara Benjamin, no one has come forward to provide a statement about the crash to Police investigators. Police Traffic Chief Linden Isles told reporters on Monday that the Force is still trying to get eyewitnesses to come forward […]
Although the Guyana Police Force has a number of officers who have been trained as negotiators, the Force has admitted that during the two recent armed confrontations with criminal elements, there was no negotiator at the scene to get the bandits to surrender. At a press conference on Monday, Police Commissioner Leslie James told reporters […]
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has flagged the ban on the import of poultry products from Guyana by Trinidad and Tobago as “ill-advised” and “premature”. Although Guyana does not export poultry and poultry products to the twin-island Republic, the Agriculture Ministry in Trinidad and Tobago late last week announced a ban on the importation […]
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