Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private Shaquille Grant appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court before Magistrate Zamillia Ally-Seepaul on a charge of murder. The charge read that on May 5 at ‘C’ Field Sophia he murdered Andre Alexander in the course of the furtherance of a robbery. The 20 year old of 345 Section ‘B’ Turkeyen was not required to plea ...

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, today reiterated calls for decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana (cannabis sativa) and pointed to the fact, there are many young people across the country who have been jailed, while large scale dealers walk scot free. Jagdeo was at the time addressing his party’s press engagement. The former president was asked to give his ...

China Harbour Engineering Corporation (CHEC), the Chinese contractor undertaking the US$150M expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), on Friday inked two multi-million dollar contracts with local stone suppliers, to provide an initial amount of close to 100,000 tons of stones, sourced locally at cost of some US$3.5M. Keliang Liu, CHEC Project Manager’s inked the contract on behalf of ...

Monies budgeted as part of the 2017 allocation for the US$150M Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project are on the verge of being completely exhausted and government will this year have to approach its international financing partner—the China Import Export (Exim) Bank and the National Assembly for the remainder of the money to complete the project by December this ...

The man, who threw a bag containing marijuana over the fence into the Georgetown Prison compound, on Friday pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years imprisonment. Reman Marks, of no fixed place of abode, admitted to the offence of being in possession of 793 grammes of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking when he appeared before City Magistrate, Leron ...

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Thursday (May 11, 2017) warned that when government breaks for a parliamentary recess in August, the administration will embark on an unconscionable raping of the treasury in order to facilitate drug purchases through manufactured emergencies. The prediction was made by the former Junior Finance Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill during a press engagement held at the ...

An East Coast Demerara father was Thursday arraigned before Magistrate Alyesha George in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court this morning om a charge of the murder of his son. Forty year old Omar Khan of Lot 8 Better Hope Railway Line was not required to answer to a charge which alleged that on May 5, 2017 at Better Hope, he murdered Azeem ...

An 18-year old years old man before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Wednesday on a charge of drug trafficking in narcotics. Mark Gravesande of 436 New Parfaite Harmonie pleaded not guilty to having 793 grams of cannabis sativa on May 8, 2017 at Lombard and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown Police Prosecutor Simone Payne objected to bail being granted based on the nature, ...

The reputed wife of convicted drug lord, Barry Dataram, was Wednesday jailed for nine months after she was found guilty of attempting to smuggle prohibited items in the Mazaruni Prison Anjanie Boodnarine, 22, was sentenced at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court which is responsible for that magisterial district. She was arrested in March, 2017 with a quantity of cigarettes that she ...

A debate on a motion piloted by the Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) was cut short today (May 8, 2017) when government using its superiority in the House opted not to go beyond the scheduled 10 PM close of the day much to the chagrin of the political opposition. That motion which was moved by former Amerindian Affairs Minister, Pauline ...