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An empty go-fast boat was recently discovered in the North West District of Region One and tests are being conducted to determine if it was involved in any illegal activity, head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh has confirmed.
A suspect was yesterday charged and remanded to prison over the alleged murder of miner Santee Solomon, who was fatally stabbed almost two weeks ago.
Anthony Morrison will now have to face a second retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at verdict at the conclusion of his trial for the murder of his common-law wife, Donna Thomas.
A Sophia teen was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to carrying out an armed robbery.
A second man was yesterday charged with stealing over $17 million in weapons, jewellery and foreign currency during a burglary.
A man was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after making an appearance before a city court for allegedly impersonating a police officer.
A former Special Constable in the Guyana Police Force was charged yesterday with defrauding five persons of over $1.5 million by pretending that he could get them house lots.
Rene Gordon, who was on trial for engaging in sexual activity with a minor, was yesterday freed at the conclusion of his trial in the High Court.
After three visits to Guyana, the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF or Baby Heart) has left behind an important structure necessary for the surgical care of paediatric patients.
Work to rebuild the historic Umana Yana, which was destroyed by a fire in 2014, has begun and the foundation and the flooring are expected to be completed by December 31st.
The Ministry of Social Protection is partnering with the Mayor and City Council, the National Commission on Disability and UNICEF to ensure Georgetown is made more accessible for persons with disabilities, especially children, the ministry has said.
Beginning on Monday, all approved non-immigrant visa applicants will no longer have to return to the United States Embassy to uplift their approved visas.
Teachers and students at the Bartica Secondary School dormitory are in shock after they awakened on Thursday morning to find the body of a male teacher hanging in one of the dormitories.
It has been almost six months since the enforcement of parallel parking along some of the city’s most congested streets and so far 185 persons have been charged with breaching the new traffic rule, according to Traffic Chief Dion Moore.
Ranks of the Police Narcotics Branch have managed to score their biggest haul of marijuana in recent times.
A serving member of the Guyana Police Force was one of two suspects who police say confessed after being arrested on Thursday for the carjacking of a taxi-driver at Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara.
A Hampton Court man was killed on Thursday when a driver lost control of his car and crashed into him along the Exmouth Public Road, on the Essequibo Coast.
Acting on information received, police ranks recovered an unlicensed M16 Rifle and an unlicensed 20-gauge Shotgun at Apicka Landing, Middle Mazaruni, today.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana Jaguars, replying to Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s 210, were nine without loss in their first innings at the close on the opening day of their fourth round match in the Regional First Class Championship at Queen’s Park Oval today.
(US Embassy) GEORGETOWN – Effective December 07, 2015, the Consular Section of the U.S
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