Rapist begs CCJ to reduce 23-year jail sentence
Convicted rapist Calvin Ramcharran was back in court on Tuesday, begging the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to reconsider his sentence.
In 2015, he was...
Ex-convict found guilty of raping intoxicated woman
Francis Gonsalves, a sweetie vendor who has been found guilty of rape by a 12-member jury on Tuesday, will today return to the Demerara...
Lawrence, Mingo, GECOM Clerks served with truckload of SoPs, SoRs
On Monday, a Canter truck loaded with copies of statements of poll (SoPs) and statements of recount (SoRs) from the March 2020 General and...
APNU+AFC’s changes to Fiscal Management and Accountability Act unconstitutional – High Court
Justice Nareshwar Harnanan, on Monday, declared that the amendments made by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government to the Fiscal Management and Accountability Act...
EU calls on Guyana to formalise de facto death penalty moratorium
Describing the death penalty as inhumane, the European Union (EU) is pressing for the capital punishment to be abolished worldwide, and has made this...
Govt files lawsuit, criminal charges against Digicel over illegal use of spectrum
Digicel (Guyana) is being sued by the Government of Guyana over its unauthorised use of the 700 MHz and 1800 MHz telecommunications spectrums. Legal...
Daughter, hitman sentenced to death for Ruby businessman’s murder
Bibi Nazeela Habiboodean and Linden Lewis were today sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of 76-year-old Habiboodean, a businessman of Ruby, East Bank...
Roxanne Myers’ misconduct charges: Ruling on application to quash Magistrate’s decision deferred to Oct...
A ruling by Justice Franklin Holder on an application for judicial review of a decision by Senior Magistrate Leron Daly for the two counts...
Labourer gets bail for beating brother to death
A 32-year-old man was today charged for killing his younger brother, 29-year-old Lakeram ‘Videsh’ Dhurup, during a brawl at their Number 72 Village, Corentyne,...
Jamaican wins false imprisonment lawsuit against GPF
Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George ruled in favour of Jamaican national Sandra Russell, who had filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the Guyana Police Force...
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Fire erupts at DDL’s Diamond facility
A fire has erupted at the Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) facility of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL).
INews will provide more details as it...
‘We have tons of ideas’ – Jagdeo on spending $7B to ease rising cost...
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has said that the Government has a lot of ideas on how to spend the $7 billion that has...
MoHSSS says it has addressed over 2700 cases of child abuse
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security says it has responded to approximately 2,753 reports of child abuse to date and that it...
Min. Todd attends meeting on roadmap for integration of South America
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh Todd is attending the IV Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Brasilia Consensus...
After 1 month on the run, Berbice wife beater nabbed by police
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After successfully eluding arrest since August 26, 2024, Police today managed to apprehend suspected 'wife abuser' Edwin...
Jagdeo hints at updates to local copyright laws
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday hinted at updating the country’s copyright legislation.
Following the recent move by Guyanese musicians Jackie ‘Jackie Jaxx’ Hanover...
Govt aims to write-off further $5B in student loans by year-end
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed that the government anticipates writing off an additional 2,900 student loans this year, totaling approximately $5 billion.
Jagdeo...
Berbice man charged for raping boy, 11
A Berbice contractor was on Thursday arraigned for allegedly raping an 11-year-old boy.
Narish Narinedatt, 31, of East Bank Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) appeared...
Mae Thomas remains on paid leave – VP Jagdeo
Nearly four months after being sent on leave with immediate effect on June 11, 2024, Mae Thomas, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour,...
President Ali to address Parliament on cost of living
President Dr Irfaan Ali will be addressing the National Assembly next month where he is expected to outline measures to address rising cost of...