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A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and plead not guilty to charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Twenty-five-year-old Sussana Philmattie of Cullen Region Two is still in severe pain after a pack of gauze was removed by doctors two months after she gave birth to her first child via Caesarean Section at the Suddie Public Hospital.
The Guyana Prison Service’s (GPS’s) management team, led by Director of Prisons [Ag], Nicklon Elliot last Wednesday visited the new state-of-the-art Lusignan Prison to overlook the transition process of inmates and also to get a first-hand view of the progress of ongoing construction projects at the location.
The completion of major rehabilitation on the Demerara Habour Bridge now places the bridge company in a better position to replace the damaged span nine and realigning of the bridge, General Manager Wayne Watson recently said.
The U.S. Embassy in Guyana has announced the opening of the application period for the 2024 Fulbright Foreign Student Program.
A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared at the George-town Magistrate court charged with possession of 2.144kg of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking.
In our lead story yesterday captioned ‘Call for increased stakeholder participation marks public meeting on Exxon’s Uaru project’ we misidentified social activist Danuta Radzik as her sister Vanda Radzik.
Magistrate Faith McGusty, earlier this week sentenced Feezal Shaw to three years imprisonment on one account of Trafficking in Persons, a release from the Ministry of Human Services said today.
Even as questions of impact on marine life and biodiversity, accumulated mercury content the crude oil contains and mitigation against oil spills were asked, yesterday’s final public meeting of ExxonMobil’s local affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Limited called for increased stakeholder participation.
A motorcyclist and his pillion rider died on Tuesday after the rider lost control of the bike and collided with a car along the Number 79 Public Road around 10.30 pm.
A security guard is feared drowned after he accidently slipped into the Demerara River early yesterday morning while performing guard duties on a vessel.
Even as Guyana mulls alternative options to having the export market for catfish (Siluriformes) to the United States reopened, authorities here are currently awaiting a follow-up technical meeting with the US Food Safety and Inspection Service (US FSIS).
The DNA samples of 50-year-old Reonol Williams, whose decomposed body was found dumped in a trench in the vicinity of the Coldingen Koker on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) after he was struck down by a taxi driver almost nine months ago, have confirmed that it was the remains of the man.
The police said yesterday that the mother of the baby that was found in a gift bag at Mahaicony, Region Five, on Monday, has turned herself in to the police.
Ramps Logistics Guyana Inc., has withdrawn its claim for damages, but is pursuing costs against the Government which it had taken to court for refusing to grant it Certificate of Registration.
Police yesterday found a bag containing 260 suspected AK47 rounds of ammunition at Kara Kara Creek, South Amelia’s Ward while investigating a report of suspicious persons with large bags in the area.
A man, who claimed he was in a position to fast-track a land application at the Ministry of Central Housing and Planning Authority, was yesterday charged with fraud and released on $150,000 bail.
A Police Constable was yesterday released on $100,000 bail following his arraignment in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court for stealing a quantity of gasoline from one of the state-owned Guyoil Company’s gas stations.
The police yesterday issued wanted bulletins for two persons for alleged crimes of terrorism on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) in relation to Acts of Terrorism.
An East Bank Essequibo (EBE) man has been charged with attempting to murder an Essequibo businessman at Onderneeming Sand Pit, Essequibo Coast.
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