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Naresh Ramdeen

Man gets two years for cannabis

Naresh Ramdeen yesterday appeared before Magistrate Esther Sam at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of the offence of trafficking in narcotics to wit 13.348 kgs of cannabis.

A wildfire

Man, 93, dies in north west wildfire

The Guyana Fire Service today said that a wildfire yesterday claimed the life of 93-year-old Alexander Josephine, a  member of the Parakies Village community in the North West District.

Shannielle Hoosein-Outar (left) with other members of the Ministry of Education delegation.

GTU, ministry talks collapse

By Abigail Headley The GTU yesterday announced the collapse of talks with the Ministry of Education (MoE) while the latter accused the union of walking out again on the collective bargaining process.

Akeem Wong

Police sergeant fatally shot at Karrau

Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn, who was part of a team searching for prison escapee Akeem Wong, was fatally shot yesterday in the area of Karrau, Region Seven and detectives are en route to investigate.

GPL hit by another major power failure

Yesterday at approximately 6.45 am, customers in Demerara and a section of West Coast Berbice experienced an interruption in electricity supply due to a fault on the L4 Transmission Line, which connects the company’s Garden of Eden Power Plant to its Sophia Substation.

Michael Adams

Security guard, 60, charged with rape

Michael Adams called ‘Crocklie’, a 60-year-old security guard of Lot 28 Goedverwagting Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, was arrested on 2024-03-07 and charged yesterday with the offence of rape.

Driver, two farmers charged with simple larceny

Wazir Asgar, a 29-year-old driver; Ramdat Alfred, a 46-year-old farmer and Naresh Alfred, a 23-year-old farmer, all from Martyrs Ville, Mon Repos, ECD, were arrested on 2024-03-10 by a rank from the Beterverwagting Police Station and charged jointly yesterday  with the offence of simple larceny.

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