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A Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant (GDF) was Tuesday sentenced to 36 months imprisonment after he was convicted for causing death by dangerous driving almost three years ago. Lt. Anthony Eastman was found guilty of the offence that he committed on November 1, 2013 at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown. City Magistrate Judy Latchman refused a bail application by the convict’s lawyer, Leslie ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard says it has detained two Guyanese and three Jamaican smugglers and seized 215 pounds of cocaine aboard a Guyanese fishing vessel in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard said Monday that the interdiction, on July 2, was the result of a multi-agency law enforcement effort in support of Operation ...

by Zena Henry Just as the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is preparing to make its way to Parliament, the Coalition for the 1823 monument has condemned former President Bharrat Jagdeo as Opposition Leader and at least three other PPP members who have been named as parliamentarians. The organization, which protested outside Freedom House Tuesday July 13 is adamant that Jagdeo ...

Police early Tuesday morning killed a suspect and arrested eight others in the murder of a city businessman and the battery of a judge and her husband. The raid took place at about 2 AM at  Craig, East Bank Demerara. Crime sleuths  believe that the suspects are linked to the gunning down of the owner of Multiplex Mall, Ganesh “Boyo” ...

The refusal by the University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill campus, to accept a proposal by the Law Department of the University of Guyana (UG) for greater control over its programme is stalling a 2015 agreement for the automatic entry of UG’s top 25 law graduates into the Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS). This is according to Head ...

Authorities will soon begin a “clean sweep” of Guyana’s interior in search of illegal shops that are havens for various criminals and illegal activities including weapons and gun possession, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan. “We would like to notify all illegal shops first as to their illegal activities before we are going to do a number of ...

by Zena Henry Public Relations Officer of the Georgetown Municipality, Royston King was Monday elevated to the position of Town Clerk by the Minister of Communities, despite a thin cloud of  administrative uncertainty. Communities Minister, Ronald Bulkan issued a letter of appointment dated Monday July 13 was issued by Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan, telling King that he officially takes ...

Investigators said the early Sunday morning fire that destroyed several businesses in Georgetown was as a result of a leaking ‘patch-work’ cooking gas. “There was indeed an ignition of leaking Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) that started the fire,” said Fire Chief Marlon Gentle in referring to the fire at Camp and Robb Streets. He said a probe has so far ...

Fire of unknown origin Monday afternoon gutted the West End Youth Culture Centre in Tiger Bay, bring to four the number of fires for the day. No one was injured in the blaze at the Centre. The back of the lower flat was occupied by two customs brokers as their office space. The almost 50-year old building once housed a ...

by Zena Henry Former Education Minister Priya Manickchand has denied claims that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) had planned to scrap the former government’s ‘Because we care’ $10,000 school cash grant after elections and urges that the initiative be maintained to help poor families. Manickchand was reacting to reports that the new government would no longer continue the initiative which ...