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Granger’s British Security Adviser arrives to craft five-year plan; Ramjattan doesn’t feel sidelined
Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon welcoming Mr. Russell Combe, Senior Security Sector Reform Advisor to the Ministry of the...
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Valentine Day court date for trio found in Campbelville with AK-47, matching ammo
Three men who were arrested in connection with guns and matching ammunition found in a Campbelville house will remained remanded...
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Anti-narcotics policeman caught with drugs at Guyana-Suriname border jailed
A Guyanese anti-narcotics policeman, who attempted to smuggle marijuana and amphetamine to Suriname, was Wednesday sentenced to seven years imprisonment....
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Known gunman ‘Mad Max’ gets 4 years, $60000 fine for illegal gun, ammo possession
Well-known gunman Rawle Franklin, 28-years-old of Plaisance on the East Coast of Demerara, was today ordered to pay a $60,000...
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Trio remanded to prison for three armed-robberies in one day
Calvin Reid, Raymond Reid, and Leron Blaize were today remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for three armed robbery charges....
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Guyanese taxi driver fined $15,000 for illegally entering Guyana
Timothy St Hill, a local taxi driver from Diamond Housing Scheme, was today fined $15,000 or two weeks in prison...
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Chief Magistrate fines, deports four Spanish-speaking women arrested during police raid on Rio nightclub
Four spanish-speaking women today came before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where they were charged for a number of immigration offenses....
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Youths arrested for armed robbery at West Coast Demerara
Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery committed on a man and his wife at West...
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Truck driver gets three years prison for causing teenage rugby player’s death in hit-and-run accident
City Magistrate Renita Singh today sentenced 41-year-old truck driver Greg Stewart to three years imprisonment for causing the death of...
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Homeless man remanded for breaking Bourda market stall, carting off $800,000 in groceries
A homeless man, Mark Angus, was today remanded to prison by city magistrate Leron Daly when he answered to the...
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