Soldier charged with alleged murder of bread vendor
MURDER ACCUSED: Shaquille Grant. Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private Shaquille Grant appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court before Magistrate Zamillia...
PPP on a high: Jagdeo wants to ‘free da weed’
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, today reiterated calls for decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana...
CHEC dumps Surinamese stone for more expensive local supplies
FLASH BACK: Grassalco, a Surinamese company, loading crushed stone on a barge. China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC), the Chinese contractor...
US$150M CJIA Expansion 2017 budget almost done; will have to approach Parliament for more—Patterson
Monies budgeted as part of the 2017 allocation for the US$150M Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project are on...
Man, who threw marijuana into prison yard, convicted
The man, who threw a bag containing marijuana over the fence into the Georgetown Prison compound, on Friday pleaded guilty...
Drugs shortages will lead to unconscionable raping of the treasury in parliament recess—PPP
The People's Progressive Party (PPP) Thursday (May 11, 2017) warned that when government breaks for a parliamentary recess in August,...
Father charged with son’s murder
Omar Khan An East Coast Demerara father was Thursday arraigned before Magistrate Alyesha George in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court this morning...
Teen remanded for drug trafficking
An 18-year old years old man before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Wednesday on a charge of drug trafficking in narcotics....
Barry Dataram’s wife jailed for attempted smuggling of cigarettes into maximum security prison
Anjanie Boodnarine The reputed wife of convicted drug lord, Barry Dataram, was Wednesday jailed for nine months after she was...
Govt. shuns opposition call to rescind Lands Commission of Inquiry
Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Joel Fredericks (white shirt) and his deputy, Toshao Lennox Shuman in the public...
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