Declaring that his party had nothing to do with the lobbing of a grenade outside of Kaieteur News earlier this month, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday offered a range of theories on what might have led to the incident.
Former Marketing and Distribution Incorporated salesman Rayon Nurse, who was charged in 2014 with embezzling over $8M from three of the company’s customers, was yesterday found guilty of the offence.
The three men who were last Friday found guilty of robbing land court judge Nicola Pierre and her husband Mohamed Chan, were yesterday jailed for 16 years each.
Two men who were arrested after their victim ran them over with her car after they robbed her last year, were yesterday sentenced to four and three years in jail respectively after being found guilty of the offence.
A Berbice mother of five, who is said to be an alcoholic, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with willfully neglecting her two-year-old daughter who was reportedly sexually assaulted.
For the first time this year, a meeting of the Region Five Regional Democratic Council (RDC) was held without disruptions but also without APNU+AFC councillors present.
As floodwaters slowly recede in parts of Region Five, Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal says it is time for central government to put more money into tackling drainage issues.
Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday refused to state whether he was satisfied with explanations provided by PPP/C Member of Parliament Nigel Dharamlall regarding threats the parliamentarian allegedly made against a man who was communicating with his ex-wife.
Clive David, a former Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Customs officer was yesterday jailed for three years after being found guilty of trafficking in cocaine via mail.
In dire need of new sources of revenue, the Linden Town Council will reopen the Kara Kara bridge toll booth on August 1 once the by-laws to give the process legality are finalised.
Former Marketing and Distribution Incorporated salesman Rayon Nurse, who was charged in 2014 with embezzling over $8M from three of the company’s customers, was yesterday found guilty of the offence.
A 45-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with burning his brother, which resulted in the injured man being hospitalised.
The recently conducted Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March unrest at the Georgetown Prison had a price tag of approximately $13M, Minister of State Joseph Harmon revealed on Wednesday.
A homeless man was sentenced on Wednesday to 12 months in prison after he admitted to a charge of breaking and entering.
When Guyana participates in the Working Group of South American Citizenship forum next week in Ecuador, among discussions will be the establishing of a common passport for citizens of South American nations.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain has voted to leave the European Union, the BBC said based on voter tallies from yesterday’s referendum, an outcome that would set the country on an uncertain path and deal the largest setback to European efforts to forge greater unity since World War Two.
HAVANA/BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s government and leftist FARC rebels signed a historic ceasefire deal yesterday that brought them tantalizingly close to ending the longest running conflict in the Americas.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The head of the OAS regional bloc, Luis Almagro, yesterday blamed President Nicolas Maduro’s government for Venezuela’s crisis, saying the South American oil-rich nation was now mired in poverty, corruption and violence.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Another attempt at gun control faltered in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday blocked President Barack Obama’s plan to spare millions of immigrants in the country illegally from deportation in a split ruling that heartened political foes who had accused him of overstepping his powers.
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