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Finding among other things that the summation of his case to the jury was prejudicial, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning ordered that Andre Hetsberger be retried for the October 17, 2014 rape of a 13-year-old girl.
In the wake of concerns by the opposition about the sloth in discussions for the selection of a new GECOM Chairman, government yesterday said that it was working to have engagements between the President and the Leader of the Opposition “very soon”.
Following the hearing off his appeal, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning set aside Clive Knights’ conviction for the murder of insurance company executive Bert Whyte, substituting it instead with a conviction of manslaughter and imposing a sentence of 30 years.
Minister within the Ministry of Communities (with responsibility for Housing) Annette Ferguson on July 18, 2019, met with residents of a section of Great Diamond who had lodged complaints about pollution emanating from the nearby Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) Biomethanation plant.
Three fishermen were yesterday remanded at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to prison over the chopping murder of a Zeelugt man last Thursday.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against two men, including the operator of Rockies Hotel in Georgetown, accused of plotting to kill a Lethem businessman, yesterday commenced with the complainant’s testimony.
Finding that there was a failure in properly directing the jury on how to assess the state’s circumstantial evidence against him for the murder of his reputed wife, the Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday morning substituted Paul Anthony Lo-Hing’s conviction on the capital offence, for that of manslaughter.
Four months after workers of the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) ended their industrial action, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) is still continuing negotiations for a new Collective Labour Agreement.
Three Venezuelan women who are suspected to be victims of human trafficking were on Tuesday evening rescued while three males were detained after the police conducted a raid at a Hague Village, West Coast Demerara bar.
The Mental Health Unit will next month launch three support groups to help persons struggling with depression and substance abuse, Director, Dr Util Richmond-Thomas has announced.
Sixteen entrepreneurs from the cultural and creative industry who submitted proposals to the Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport, to develop their projects have been selected to be beneficiaries of a $20 million grant, which they will receive through the Guyana Fund for Cultural and Creative Industries Programme (GFCCI).
In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News, it was incorrectly reported that the hearing of the fixed date application filed by attorney Christopher Ram, challenging the house-to-house registration, will be heard on August 7th.
Girls in Tech (GIT), a global non-profit group that works to put an end to gender inequality in high-tech industries and startups is to launch a Guyana chapter on August 7, 2019.
Afron Marshall, 26, a Superbet operator, from West Ruimveldt, and 27-year-old Nicketa Parks, a food vendor from East Bank Demerara, both appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday on assault charges.
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) probes into two domestic airplane crashes will take another couple of weeks as one of the engines has been sent to the United States of America for further investigation.
It has been more than a month since two members of a Wakapau Village, Pomeroon family died after they mysteriously fell ill and relatives are still awaiting the results from toxicology tests which were done to determine how exactly they met their demise.
The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) is notifying Tour Agencies that it will be holding a consultation on its ‘Draft Cultural Heritage (Sugar) Tourism Strategy’ on 13 August, 2019 from 09:00 – 12:00 hours at the Corporation’s Head Office, La Bonne Intention Compound.
A man was fined $20,000 yesterday after a Georgetown court heard that he threatened to shred his mother to pieces and put her in a freezer.
Over two months after the murder of Albouystown shop owner, Nalini Persaud, police investigations are still ongoing.
The police are on the lookout for a suspect who could have been involved in the execution-style killing of Leon Hescott.
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