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A 27-year-old welder on Wednesday fined and jailed after he pleaded guilty to grabbing two silver chains from a man on Mash Day. City Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond fined Quincy Letlow GUY$50,000 and sentenced him to nine months imprisonment. The penalties were imposed after Letlow, of 13 West Ruimveldt, admitted that he stole the jewellery from Verona Melville on February 23 ...

President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday said he was willing to strike a compromise to ensure that amendments to the anti money laundering legislation are passed by Thursday, but the opposition has said it cannot trust the government because of its poor track record. “In the discussions today, they wanted me to give them all of the assurances they want but ...

Kingston, Jamaica: Research carried out by Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), University of the West Indies, has found that the 2013 Caribbean Premier League (CPLT20) tournament generated a combined impact of US$105.6m across the region. CPL launched last year to sell-out crowds, with over 250,000 spectators attending matches across Antigua, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and St Lucia. Global stars including ...

Efforts by President Donald Ramotar and leaders of the parliamentary opposition parties to reach consensus on passing amendments to the financial crimes bill before February 28 appear to be in limbo. The Guyanese leader, Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger and Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan held almost two hours of discussions ...

(CBC CANADA).- Dr. George Doodnaught, the Toronto anesthesiologist found guilty of sexually assaulting 21 women while they were under conscious sedation in hospital, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday. In delivering the sentence, Judge David McCombs called the crimes “shocking and abhorrent.” He said “a very substantial sentence” was necessary to send a clear message about the abhorrence ...

The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) Wednesday morning busted a Guyanese woman with cocaine in achar shortly before she was about to board a flight to Canada where she resides, the airport said in a statement. The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) said the 24 year-old woman was arrested after anti drug agents “discovered a quantity of cocaine in the ...

Thieves early Tuesday morning carted off close to GUY$1 million in cash and equipment from the KFC outlet at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara. Managing Director, Deo Singh said the burglars blow-torched a metal safe from the ground where it was bolted down and carted it off with at least GUY$700,000. Singh said the thieves also took away with the video ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Tuesday pledged to help the Walter Rodney Inquiry Commission in its probe into the killing of the politician-historian in a bomb-blast near the Georgetown Prison more than 30 years ago. During discussions, COS Brigadier Phillips and his team, which included Deputy COS Col Kemraj Persaud and other senior officers, presented a synopsis of the ...

A member of the  Guyana Sex Worker Coalition, Tishana Edwards was Tuesday remanded to prison on a charge of being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Twenty-three year old Tishana Edwards of Lot 1 Victoria Road, Plaisance pleaded not guilty to the charge when she appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.  The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) ...

A three-member commission was Monday sworn in to probe the bomb-blast death of Guyanese politician, Dr. Walter Rodney at the height of a civil rebellion against the then administration of late President Forbes Burnham. Chairman of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry, Sir Richard Cheltenham, however, said he was unsure when sittings would begin because it all depended on the accumulation ...