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(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-A Guyanese teenager charged with buggering his five-year-old cousin has been ordered not to return to Guyana. This was one of several conditions imposed on the 15-year-old boy, who was granted $70,000 bail with his uncle as surety to cover all charges. The five offences spanned over a two-year period and allegedly took place at the child’s home. The ...

A GUY$30 million recycling plant is to be built in Guyana when the land is provided by the government, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Monday. “The ministry is currently seeking the appropriate land space and once approved by Cabinet, work will start immediately,” said the state-run entity. A memorandum of understanding was Monday signed between the Ministry of ...

A car driver was Monday granted GUY$400,000 bail on a charge of causing the death of security guard, Roy Harilall. 26-years old Ramon Brito of 106 Section C Block Y, Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara pleaded innocent to causing the death of Harilall, a motor cyclist, on November 7 on the Prospect Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Prosecutor Bharat Mangru ...

A man who allegedly struck down and killed Alliance For Change (AFC) Economist Nolan Boodhoo was Monday slapped with a charge of causing death by dangerous driving. Boodhoo was also the owner of Horizon Book Store. 37-year old Otis Jamieson of 290 Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. After ...

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Director-General of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova,on Monday committed to strengthening relations between the two organisations with the signing of a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Caricom headquarterse said the signing ceremony took place in Paris, France, at the Thirty-Seventh General Conference of UNESCO, ...

A restaurateur was robbed of GUY$3.5 million dollars on the Mabura Road by gunmen Sunday night, police said. He is 58-years old Peter Rajmangal of Friendship Public Road, East Bank Demerara. Police said Rajmangal was driving a minibus on 58-miles Mabura Road when an oncoming car swerved and blocked his path. Two gunmen exited, held him up and took away ...

Three policemen were among seven persons still in custody on Monday in connection with a massive heist of gold and cash from a mining company in Port Kaituma, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud also told Demerara Waves Online News that all of the undisclosed amount of gold and cash has been recovered. All the gold have been found ...

Several persons were up to early Monday morning in police custody in connection with heist of at least 100 ounces of raw gold and cash from a mining company in Port Kaituma, according to well placed sources. Sources confirmed that a quantity of the booty was located in Berbice and those arrested include three employees. At least GUY$5 million have ...

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – The police have rescued three teenage Guyanese girls who were kept as sex slaves in a brothel in a gold mining township in the Suriname’s interior. The police report that during a raid of the brothel, three individuals including a Guyanese woman, allegedly the owner of the brothel, her husband and a bodyguard were arrested. The ...

President Donald Ramotar says he will be re-considering relations with the parliamentary opposition following defeat of the key anti-money laundering legislation in the National Assembly on Thursday. “With last night’s development, all hope is now lost that the opposition has any intention in being a partner in developing our country. It is in this context that I am forced to ...