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A 23-year old woman and a man were Wednesday arraigned and granted GYD$900,000 bail pending trial on a charge of causing the death of city businessman, Derek Mangal by dangerous driving earlier this week. Those charged with the offence are Rajkumarie Ragoobar, of 137 AA Eccles East Bank Demerara and 24-year old Steven Cox of 55 Gordon Street, Kitty, Georgetown. Chief ...

A Guyana Revenue Authority Drug Enforcement Unit agent and two motor racers are among four persons refused bail on a joint charge of trafficking in 84.9 kilogrammes of cocaine. The Drug Enforcement Unit agent is Sherwayne De Abreu. The others are racers Stephen Vieria and Nazim Gafoor as well as his father, Tazim Gafoor. They all pleaded not guilty to ...

Two motor racers were Tuesday afternoon among five persons charged for a more than GYD$500 million cocaine-in-lumber bust earlier this month, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. Those charged jointly with trafficking in the 84.9 kilogrammes of cocaine are racers Stephen Vieria and Nazim Gafoor as well as his father, Tazim Gafoor, and Sherwayne De Abreu. Sawmill owner, Narine Lall, ...

The 20 persons- mainly residents from the Amerindian village of Chenapau- who were earlier this week arrested for allegedly illegally mining at the Kaieteur National Park were released from police custody after they were charged with violating the Mining Act, authorities said Tuesday. Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Newell Dennison told Demerara Waves Online News that ...

Traffic on the eastern carriageway of the East Bank Demerara Public Road will be disrupted from Wednesday (May 31, 2017) to next week Wednesday (June 7) to “facilitate a pile driving exercise”, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure said. Authorities said the traffic disruption would occur at the intersection between the Public Road and the Demerara Harbour Bridge road between 6 ...

The modern Liliendaal Bridge, which includes a pedestrian walkway, is now open to vehicular traffic after engineers from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,Monday evening, completed construction works, one month ahead of the scheduled completion date. In a release by that ministry,  the Minister of Public Infrastructure, Mr. David Patterson said that while the initial deadline was June 2017, the Ministry was ...

For the first time in history 13 child care facilities in Essequibo, Region Two are registered under the Ministry of Social Protection. The issuance of the childcare service licences ceremony done on Monday at the Regional Democratic Council’s boardroom, Anna Regina. Minister of So0cial Protection Amna Ally, Director, Child Protection Agency (CPA), Ann Green, Probation and Services officer, Whentworth Tanner, ...

A new housing development could be built on a site on the edge of Lethem in Region Nine, (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo. Mayor of Lethem Carlton Beckles recently told the Government Information Agency (GINA), that the municipality plans to develop a 2,000-house lot new housing development on a site, which is about six miles away from Lethem. The project which is being ...

A man was busted with three guns, ammunition and 11 kilogrammes of cocaine after police were summoned to his home to probe a report that he had threatened to kill his wife, a City Magistrates’ court heard on Tuesday. Taxi driver, 32-year old Trevor Rodriguez of 6 ‘J’ Duncan Street, Campbelville was charged with having in his possession 11.363 kilos ...

The man, who allegedly slammed a pickup into minibus, resulting in the death of a passenger was Tuesday charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Elton Carter of 50 CC, Eccles, East Bank Demerara was not required to plea to the indictable charge after it was read to him by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman. Police allege that on May 21, ...