February 29, 2016
A 43-year-old businesswoman, accused of trafficking her underage niece to work in an interior nightclub, made her appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on Monday at the Georgetown Magistrate’s
February 29, 2016
A teenager was on Monday remanded to prison on a narcotic charge after he was allegedly caught at the City Magistrate’s Court attempting to traffick marijuana to a prisoner
February 29, 2016
A ‘C’ Field Sophia resident was shot dead in the wee hours this morning, after he attempted to rob a security guard and his sister in Campbellville, Georgetown. The
February 29, 2016
Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs and Vice President, Sydney Allicock, inspired a Canadian audience as he delivered the keynote address at the 40th annual Elders and Traditional Peoples Gathering
February 29, 2016
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is slashing 25% off of the initial cost of house lots but applicants must first pay down 50% by May 1. Minister
February 29, 2016
THE University of Guyana (UG) has refuted a report carried in this newspaper last Saturday that a female student was raped on campus.The university in a statement said last
February 29, 2016
By Akola Thompson EVERY morning, 51-year-old Paula F. (not her real name) wakes up, completes her morning rituals, and then joins a food line at the Georgetown Night Shelter
February 29, 2016
HUNDREDS of people, including children, living in the Woodley Park and Bath Settlement areas of West Coast Berbice, recently benefited from a charity drive hosted by members of the
December 17, 2013
(BBC): India has ordered a series of reprisals against the US over the arrest of one of its diplomats in New York. Security barricades around the US embassy in
December 17, 2013
(BBC): Scientists say they have discovered compelling evidence that diamonds exist in the icy mountains of Antarctica. The researchers have identified a type of rock in the permanently frozen
December 17, 2013
A MAN is in police custody following the discovery on Monday of an unlicensed gun in his possession in the Cuyuni River area. Police reported that about 15:30 hrs
December 17, 2013
REPRESENTATIVES of National Nursing Councils of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) met recently in Barbados to complete the final review of the process to
December 17, 2013
JUSTICE Navindra Singh conducted a voir dire (a trial within a trial) that resulted in caution statements by the four accused in the US$700 stepfather killing being admitted into
December 17, 2013
A MAN appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court last Friday charged with supplying prohibited items, to wit, cigarettes and a lighter, to a prisoner. Magistrate Zamilla Alli
December 17, 2013
NANHANA Gouvia, 23 years old, had her damage to property charge dismissed when she appeared on Friday 13, December at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court and her mother
December 17, 2013
– fined $15,000 and $10,000 respectively COLLETTE Hall and her son Kwesi Seaforth, both of whom threatened to kill each other, appeared last Wednesday before Magistrate Zamilla Alli at
December 17, 2013
CANE harvester Mohamed Charran was granted $50,000 bail when he appeared on a charge of simple larceny last Wednesday at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. Charran pleaded not
December 17, 2013
GUYANA has recorded the highest ever gold declaration of 458,105 ounces as at December 16, 2013 surpassing the previous highest level of 455, 918 ounces in 2001; which included