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July 26, 2015
CRIME Chief Wendell Blanhum says interpersonal violence, rum shop brawls, shootings, and disputes have contributed to the 79 murders recorded for this year, so far.He has noted that there
July 26, 2015
VETERINARIANS from Panama and Trinidad and Tobago will be partnering with the Guyana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA) to provide free spay and neuter surgeries
July 26, 2015
BAC Couriers, an Online shopping company that also facilitates a mailbox address service, is hosting its annual Back-to-School Drive to acquire school supplies’ donations for the following orphanages and
July 26, 2015
THE ordinary meaning of loitering suggests “lingering”, hanging out or pausing around indolently. Loitering becomes a minor offence against the law if, when asked by law-enforcement officers, the
July 26, 2015
THE verdict returned last Wednesday by the all-male jury after deliberating for just over two hours in the murder trial of father-and-son duo Krishna, called John, and Romel
July 26, 2015
EMPLOYEES of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last Saturday participated in a cleanup exercise which targeted the hospital’s southern and northern compounds. The initiative was coordinated by the
July 26, 2015
SELF-confessed death squad member and former policeman, Shawn Hinds, had been of interest to the police even before his explosive and revealing interviews carried in a section of the
July 26, 2015
THE rate of economic growth has not been the same since the passage of the 2014 Budget, while this year’s budget was delayed due to the Prorogation of Parliament
February 28, 2013
THE availability of secondary education in the interior regions in the past was almost non-existent. But that reality has significantly changed under the current Administration, with students today accessing
February 28, 2013
WITHOUT showing cause, five of six persons accused of the murder of Niranjan, allegedly committed at Annandale, ECD on July 29, 2008, yesterday challenged the suitability of 15 jurors
February 28, 2013
THE mixed jury in the Rampersaud brothers murder trial yesterday heard that No. 1 accused Lloyd Rampersaud confessed to the killing of Munilall Mangru, called ‘Boy’. Sgt. Persaud, to
February 27, 2013
MINISTER of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee’s announcement on the major overhaul of the Guyana Police Force, is indeed very much welcome, and definitely long overdue – the latter opinion,
February 27, 2013
THAT the health, education and water sectors respectively, in Guyana, attract the most budgetary outlays annually is an incontestable fact; and this is in keeping with the PPP/C government’s
February 27, 2013
ANYONE who is objective will conclude that Guyana has one of the most openly transparent bidding processes among the Caricom states. As evidence, one must refer to the recently
February 27, 2013
IT matters not that the PPP/C government desires that this country moves on; that it develops; that it moves from primitive to modern. It appears, at every turn, that
February 27, 2013
ROYSTON Griffith, 20, of Lot 117 Campbellville Housing Scheme, Georgetown, pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful possession of firearm and ammunition without licences yesterday. Before Magistrate Alex Moore
February 27, 2013
BRIAN Dwarka, 17, of Lot 128 Mon Repos, appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at Sparendaam Court, yesterday, charged with break and enter and larceny. It is alleged that, on
February 27, 2013
QUASIE Benn, 43, of Lot 150 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore, at Sparendaam Court, East Coast Demerara, yesterday, charged with unlawful wounding. He pleaded
