Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 14:27 by Derwayne Wills Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today granted $200,000 bail to a Canadian teen charged recently for possession of a large quantity of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. The teen, Anastasia LaRose, was today handed over to the custody of her grandmother, a psychiatric nurse, after LaRose had undergone ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 13:36 by Derwayne Wills A DeAbreu Street businessman was today charged with three counts of fraudulent conversion by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for illegally using some $7.4million intended for purchasing a Toyota Tacoma truck, and some motorbike gear. The businessman, 25-year-old Nyron Maraj, was represented by attorney Everton Singh-Lammy who told the court ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 11:35 by Denis Chabrol General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke has rubbished claims by Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo that earnings from parking meters are helping to finance that political party. “The PNC is not benefiting in any way financially or otherwise from this project,” he told Demerara Waves ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 10:52 by Denis Chabrol The government is not about to get rid of Head of Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh who has been asked to proceed on leave, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said Wednesday. “No, not as far as I know. He is on leave. Everybody is entitled to his leave,” Ramjattan ...