A Charlestown resident, who was on trial for having 106 grammes of cannabis in her possession for the purpose of trafficking, was yesterday sentenced to just under three years’ imprisonment and fined $159,000 by the court.
‘D’ Division Commander Leslie James yesterday said that the police have launched an investigation into reports by two men that they were beaten by residents of Canal Number One, who accused them of stealing rearview mirrors and that a “determination would be made soon.”
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has mounted a stout defence of the government’s planned State Assets Recovery Bill, arguing that the civil retrieval envisaged is an action against property, not the person, and does not include a penal sanction.
Two men yesterday appeared in the Reliance Magistrate’s Court where they were remanded over the one-year-old murder of Caitanya Kishundyal, 21, of Lot 28, First Street, Swamp Section, Rose Hall Town, Corentyne.
A Brazilian pastor who was remanded to prison after being charged with causing the death of a motorcyclist, made his second appearance in court yesterday to plead to his charge.
Two families were left counting their losses yesterday morning after a fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo house they had been renting for several years.
Officials from the Ministry of Public Health are currently investigating the circumstances which led to the death of a young mother who died in neighbouring Brazil, after being transported there for emergency surgery for the removal of a dead foetus.
Dr Narendra Singh, Humber River Hospital’s Chief of Staff, was on March 9, awarded Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division) by Governor General of Canada, David Johnston.
The matter in which the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Inc. (CJRCI) is contesting the revocation of the lease it holds to the Red House, has been adjourned to March 24 when the court will rule on its jurisdiction to hear the case.
Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan, announcing that it was likely his final time acting in the capacity of Mayor of Georgetown, delivered exit remarks to the members of City Hall on Tuesday.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – The Netherlands’ centre-right Prime Minister Mark Rutte was on course for a resounding victory over anti-Islam and anti-EU Geert Wilders in an election yesterday, offering huge relief to other EU governments facing a wave of nationalism.
As part of the celebration of International Women’s Day, several organisations involved in promoting women’s rights hosted a march against street harassment and other forms of violence last Saturday.
HONOLULU/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Just hours before President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban was set to go into effect, a U.S.
In light of the circulation on social media of recordings of school children engaged in sexual activity, the Buxton Arts Theatre (BAT) has embarked on a project to empower vulnerable students at five schools on the East Coast of Demerara using the arts.
BELFAST, (Reuters) – A nationalist surge at elections in Northern Ireland and a Scottish demand for a second independence referendum have raised doubts over whether the United Kingdom can hold together after it leaves the European Union.
Scotiabank presented one thousand energy-themed booklets to the Guyana Energy Authority (GEA) yesterday for distribution to grade six Primary School students.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – A dozen activists alight surreptitiously from cars, walk determinedly towards Venezuela’s heavily-guarded Food Ministry, and dump two bags of garbage at its front entrance.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States yesterday charged two Russian intelligence agents and two criminal hackers with masterminding the 2014 theft of 500 million Yahoo accounts, marking the first time the U.S.
HONG KONG, CMC – Daren Sammy is leaving the decision about whether he plays again for West Indies up to the selection panel.
HONOLULU/NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in Hawaii dealt another legal blow to President Donald Trump on Wednesday, issuing an emergency halt to his revised travel ban just hours before it was set to go into effect early on Thursday.
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