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June 10, 2016
– repeat offenders increased by over 100% THE State spends approximately $485,000 on one prisoner per year at the Camp Street penitentiary, which amounts to $1,329 per day, while
June 10, 2016
By Alva Solomon EVEN as World Accreditation Day was celebrated globally on Thursday, the Eureka Medical Laboratory and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) have upgraded their laboratory facilities
June 10, 2016
THE Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) has said that no decision has been made to hike tolls for the Demerara Harbour Bridge, but rather a proposal has been submitted
June 10, 2016
THE many Closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed around the city have aided the police in identifying a number of reckless drivers, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has said. He
June 10, 2016
President David Granger on Thursday received a courtesy call from members of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), who presented him with a prayer for the nation etched
June 10, 2016
MUCH to the dissatisfaction of minibus drivers who ply the Linden-Kwakwani route, the construction of an all-weather road between the two locations has not commenced despite a budgetary allocation
June 10, 2016
By Svetlana Marshall FORMER Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) Protocol Officer Waynewright Orderson has been called in for questioning in connection with the disappearance of US$40, 000 that
June 10, 2016
By Fareeza Haniff THE COMMISSION of Inquiry (CoI) into the death of 17 inmates at the Georgetown Prison on March 3, has taken note of the ‘harsh’ sentencing guidelines
May 10, 2014
CAMP STREET prisoner Odinga Edwards, 32, of 2A Queen Street, Cummingsburg, Georgetown, was caught secreting marijuana during a routine search of inmates at that institution, and was sentenced to
May 10, 2014
THE People’s Progressive Party is concerned over the state of affairs at the Georgetown City Council and recent acts of illegality perpetrated against the administrative branch of the entity.
May 10, 2014
SIXTY-year-old gold dealer Brian Nobrega of Lot 4625 Rasville, Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer a charge of stealing raw gold from
May 10, 2014
MAGISTRATE Judy Latchman yesterday sentenced 20-year-old welder Troy Johnson of Durban Street, Georgetown to 36 months’ imprisonment on a narcotics charge. He was also fined $10,000 after pleading guilty
May 10, 2014
–remanded to May 20 BOAT CAPTAIN Elvin Matthew of Poker Street, Linden was remanded to prison yesterday for unlawful possession of ammunition. He was also wanted for violations of
May 10, 2014
With Geeta Rampersaud Woman remanded for attempting to ship cocaine to Spain in salon products GEORGETOWN Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday remanded 49-year-old Sandra Daniels of Lot 2 Dennis Street,
May 10, 2014
There can no substitute for a mother’s love I EXTEND heartiest congratulations to all the mothers in Guyana on this Mother’s Day 2014, and I thank them for being
May 9, 2014
THE Guyana Protected Areas Commission, under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, is inviting the public to an ‘Afternoon of Music’ at the Botanical Gardens Bandstand on
May 9, 2014
– following Ron Webster’s death VICE-CHAIRMAN of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Mr. Ramesh Persaud has been identified to be the new Chairman, following the death of former Chairman
May 9, 2014
– Crime Chief CRIME Chief Leslie James said, yesterday, that Police are following several leads in probing the Orvin Millington shooting murder. But the Senior Police Superintendent assured that
