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Kitty man busted with ganja gets 4 years, fined $112M

Sean Thomas, also called ‘Yankee’, 43, of William Street, Kitty, Georgetown was on Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $112,052,000 after he...

Banks DIH heads to court to remove vendors around Demico House

Encouraged by the recent success of Muneshwer’s Limited in removing vendors operating outside its premises, Banks DIH Limited is considering pursuing legal action to...

“Chow Pow’s” daughter wants him to receive “fit” punishment for assaulting her

Aniyah Jardine, a 22-year-old woman, has requested that a city magistrate impose a “fit” penalty on her father, whom she alleges had assaulted her. Well-known...

Port Kaituma carpenter admits to killing wife

Arraigned before Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry in the Demerara High Court on a charge of murder, 41-year-old Tyron James, a carpenter of Port Kaituma in...

Essequibo man gets 2 years, fined 50K for ganja trafficking

Forty-one-year-old Rondel Stephen, a farmer of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast was on Wednesday sentenced to two years imprisonment and fined $50,985 for trafficking 33.99 grams...

Essequibo farmer gets 6 months for breaching protection order against mother

Kevindra Jadgeo, 32, a farmer of Perth, Essequibo Coast, Region Two was found guilty of breaching a protection order and was sentenced to six...

“Plantain foot” gets 12 months for robbing pump attendant

Twenty-four-year-old Esho Persaud also called 'Plantain Foot', a farmer of Lima Public Road, Essequibo Coast on Wednesday charged with the offence of simple larceny...

“Pooh Bear” found guilty of murdering brother

Wensley Williams, also known as “Pooh Bear,” 43, was found guilty on Wednesday of the capital offence of murder in connection with his younger...

Essequibo businessman charged with rape

    Rohan Narine called Prem Narine, a 52-year-old businessman of Cullen Public Road, Essequibo Coast, was charged today with the Offence of Rape, committed on...

Linden man remanded for 2021 murder of girlfriend

Shaquawn Alleyne, who had been on the run for over two years, was today charged and remanded for the 2021 murder of his girlfriend,...

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Suspect in fatal shooting of Corentyne man released on station bail; wife demands justice

The wife of cane harvester Yognand Chaitram, also called ‘Boie’, who was recently shot dead by a businessman at Lesbeholden in Black Bush Polder,...

RBL CPL 2025 to take place from August 14 to September 21

The 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will take place from Thursday 14 August to Sunday 21 September. This window has been agreed between CPL...

“It hard on me” – woman whose husband is incarcerated; children unable to attend...

By: Andrew Carmichael Parbatie Mahadeo, a 36-year-old security guard who resides at Rose Hall Town in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), has said she is struggling...

“Do not stop vehicles asking for licenses; look for guns, drugs, and thieves” –...

Ranks of the Guyana Police Force have been given a stern warning to refrain from stopping vehicles and asking drivers for licenses, instead, they...

Budget 2025 ‘will incentivise people to work harder’ – Jagdeo

    Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo said this year’s National Budget will see adjustments in the tax system to benefit the public and private sector...

A tragedy that 2020 election fraud charges yet to see the light of a...

    Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall has registered his concerns that the 2020 election fraud charges are yet to see the...

Chinese national in Demerara River Bridge accident was not wearing life jacket – MoL

    See full statement from the Ministry of Labour: The Ministry of Labour, through its Occupational Safety and Health Department, has initiated an investigation into a...

Ministers allowed private investments, but cannot use influence for personal gain – VP

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday explained that ministers are allowed to own businesses but they must declare their income to the Integrity...

State will pay $24M compensation for unlawful killing of Quindon Bacchus – Jagdeo

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed that the State will be paying the $24 million compensation for the unlawful killing of Quindon Bacchus...

Elections 2025: PPP will not stoke instability; security to be bolstered – Jagdeo

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that his party will not be responsible for fueling any instability...