Robert Rawlins, who was on trial for a cutlass attack on a former partner, was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow after a jury found him guilty of the crime at the Berbice High Court.
Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh has been forced to adjourn sittings at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court due to a stench emanating from the ceiling, which has been caused by an infestation of bats.
Hits and Jams Television (HJTV) is now back on air, while the company’s radio station is operating at a limited capacity following a fire on Thursday, according to company Director Kerwin Bollers.
Law enforcement authorities have discovered that the Guyanese rice shipment, in which Jamaican authorities discovered over 100 pounds of cocaine, had been taken to Suriname before being transported to the island.
A New Amsterdam man was arrested on Wednesday after police found over three pounds of ganja hidden aboard a minibus he was driving along the Corentyne Public Road.
ROSEAU, Dominica, , CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron appears to be denying reports that the services of head coach Phil Simmons will be terminated during this weekend’s board meeting in Dominica.
ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC-Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has been slapped with a one million Swiss francs dollar fine and banned for life from all football related activities.
-shortening lease among options
-gov’t recommits to vigilance with contracts
Government yesterday said that the arrangement for a pharmacy bond on Sussex Street with businessman Larry Singh of Linden Holding was “undoubtedly undesirable” and several options are being looked at including shortening the lease and the state will now secure its own facility.
Drilling operations on ExxonMobil’s Skipjack prospect, the company’s third well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, have yielded disappointing results even as the United States oil giant continues to work towards commercial pumping from its Liza well in another four years.
The automatic entry of a quota of 25 eligible University of Guyana (UG) students into the Hugh Wooding Law School has been guaranteed for each of the next three academic years, after successful advocacy on the issue by the local delegation at the recently held 48th meeting of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) in Antigua & Barbuda.
Jamaica law enforcement authorities on Wednesday intercepted approximately 100 pounds of cocaine hidden in a rice shipment which originated from Guyana, according to the head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) James Singh who says that his ranks are assisting their counterparts on the Caribbean island with the probe.
During a meeting with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Communications Network (NCN) on Wednesday, Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence emphasised that pregnancy cannot be used to target workers.
Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, September 6, offered its no-objection for the award of several contracts, including one valued over $1.5 billion for the European Union (EU) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded Power Utility Upgrade Programme (PUUP).
Yokohama Trading, a Suriname-based auto-dealership opened its doors to the Guyanese public yesterday, while boasting competitive prices and the latest models of vehicles.
Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday said it was not he who informed Chief Executive Officer of Linden Holding Inc Larry Singh that government would need a bond for rental ahead of his company clinching the controversial deal to rent a Sussex Street bond to the Public Health Ministry.