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A 19-year-old man from Corentyne, Berbice is in Police custody and will be facing a murder charge after admitting to stabbing his 24-year-old friend to death. Dead is Mahdendra Sooknanan of #69 village. He was last seen alive by his family on Sunday when he left home to attend a horse racing event in the […]
The Acting Director of the Guyana Prison Service, Gladwin Samuels today announced that the Prison Service has decided to start rewarding those prison officers who speak out against corruption and other illegalities being committed by officers in the prison service. Mr. Samuels announced today that those officers who come forward with details that could result […]
27-year-old, Albouystown Resident, Christopher Gonsalves, who allegedly attempted to bribe a Police sergeant to evade a drug trafficking charge, found himself before the Court today facing not just the drug trafficking charge, but also a bribery charge. Gonsalves appeared before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and with a smile on his face, he denied the allegations […]
With Digicel Guyana facing some data connectivity issues since the Surinamese authorities discontinued an unauthorized bypass connection with Digicel Suriname, local telecommunications provider, GTT is assuring that it has the capacity to accommodate the Digicel data needs. ‘ Earlier this year, GTT had complained about the move by Digicel to bypass the Guyana network and […]
In wake of the GTU threatening strike action once again, President David Granger convened a meeting with the executive members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry and a team from her Ministry. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, the two sides are now closer to a […]
Police investigators in the Lethem area are probing the murder of a 22-year-old Guyanese man in the town. The dead man has been identified as Morgan Gonsalves. He is Guyanese national, but lives in the neighbouring Bonfim area in Brazil. According to a Police statement, the man left his home in Brazil on Saturday night […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has been asked by the Police to offer advice following an investigation into a matter involving High Court Judge, Narendra Singh and businesswoman, Savitree Sharma. Mrs. Sharma is the wife of talk show host and politician C.N Sharma. Traffic Chief Lynden Isles has confirmed that the matter has been sent […]
The three men who were arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit during an alleged cocaine handover on Wednesday found themselves before a City Magistrate this afternoon facing drug possession and illegal gun charges. The three men were all remanded to jail. Appearing in Court this afternoon, Aundre Singh of Diamond, Clifford Gouveia of Little […]
The US based Guyanese private jet pilot, who had pleaded guilty to bulk cash smuggling into the United States, has now been convicted on drug trafficking charges. Two years ago, the man, Khamraj Lall was charged by US authorities for being in possession with intent to distribute cocaine and importation of cocaine into the United States. […]
A clearly incensed and frustrated Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, today complained that the Elections Commission has found itself facing “designs and machinations to stymie the operation and coming into force, the coming elections”. GECOM Chairman, Justice James Patterson, told reporters at a press conference today that there is “mischief afoot internal and as […]
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