Armed bandits on Thursday evening stormed the R Prasad Service Station and escaped with a quantity of cash and gas cylinders after they tied up the pump attendant and security guard who were on duty at the time.
A handyman died on Thursday evening, shortly after he was struck down on the Triumph Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD) by a speeding driver who reportedly drove himself to the police station.
The three Barama workers accused of the 2007 rape and sodomy of a girl at the company’s Land of Canaan plywood plant will be called upon to lead a defence in the coming week as the High Court Trial into the matter continues On trial are Paul Abrams, Claude Craig and Holston Melville, who are accused of taking turns raping and sodomizing the young woman who was 17 years old at the time.
Andrey Gouveia, 26, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Eric Godfrey Angel which occurred on May 09, 2016, at Black Water Landing, Cuyuni River.
Damion Allicock, who according to the police is one of the alleged members of the Hot Skull Gang, was yesterday fined $80,000 after facing four charges, including escaping police custody.
The new Vice Chancellor (VC) of the University of Guyana has identified the reaccreditation of the university’s medical school as one of his main priorities.
Government yesterday announced the establishment of the Bid Protest Committee which would look at the cases of tenderers who express dissatisfaction with specified contract awards in the public procurement system.
After weeks of staking out suspected smugglers at the Number 63 Beach, the East Berbice Corentyne Agriculture Association (EBCAA), which is a group of fishermen, who hail from the Corentyne area, with the help of Customs officers and ranks attached to the Number 51 Police Station, on Thursday nabbed two suspected smugglers.
The APNU+AFC government will honour the outstanding US$40,000 or approximately $8.4M payment, to People’s Progressive Party/Civic consultant, Dr Cobina “Coby” Frimpong, but says that the work he has produced is useless for the area designed.
A pregnant woman and a caretaker were yesterday brought before a city court to answer a charge of having 6 pounds of cannabis in their possession.
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said on Thursday that government is ready to transform the sugar industry but said consensus is needed on the new direction.
Another statutory meeting was disrupted on Thursday as APNU+AFC councillors of Region Five continue to call for an apology from Regional Chairman Vickchand Ramphal over the alleged snub of President David Granger.
Residents of Moraikobai, affected by recent flooding, will receive aid in the form of food hampers through the Ministry of the Presidency from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), a release from GINA said yesterday.
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon yesterday met with representatives from several ministries and government agencies to broach a multi-stakeholder approach towards a developmental plan for the Mocha Arcadia Com-munity on the East Bank of Demerara.
Commissioners from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), nominated by the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) are peeved that services cannot be provided in six Local Authority Areas (LAA) because run-off elections have not been held.
Facing a broiling controversy here over plans for parking meters, Mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green yesterday met with municipal officials in Panama.
A fraud accused who ingested a poisonous substance on Wednesday in a holding cell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts succumbed on Thursday evening at a medical institution.
Repeat scammer Gopaul Tiwari was yesterday slapped with another fraud charge after it was alleged that he conned a woman out of $5.4 million.
A Canal Number One resident yesterday pleaded guilty to falsifying his passport application and was fined $70,000 by the Chief Magistrate.
The alumni of the Berbice High School (BHS), in celebration of its 100th year of establishment, will commemorate this milestone with a week of activities with the aim to “train and build a cohesive society.”
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