Teen charged with murdering Hamson’s owner
Teenager Kemo Evans was yesterday charged with the murder of Regent Street businessman Farouk Hamid.
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Teenager Kemo Evans was yesterday charged with the murder of Regent Street businessman Farouk Hamid.
Facing criticism from the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) that obtaining pre-commercial production payments from oil company ExxonMobil can foster corruption, Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman yesterday denied that he said that government plans to ask for upfront payments but his comments prove otherwise.
Akiem Balgobin, the father of the new-born who fell from a cot at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), has filed an over $20 million lawsuit against the hospital.
The family and friends of Travis Bollers, the 17-year-old biker who died after a collision in the city last week, yesterday staged a protest for justice, while police finally managed to locate the pick-up that was involved in the crash.
During yesterday, the police say that the body of Roshini Phagwah was recovered from the bottom of the Kaieteur Falls and brought out to the Memorial Funeral Home with assistance from ranks of the Guyana Defence Force.
Peter Glen, age 63, of Grant Perseverance, Lower Pomeroon River and Westbury, Essequibo Coast was yesterday placed on bail after being charged with raping a 12 year old girl.
During yesterday, the police say that the suspect in the murder of miner Shanti Solomon of New Amsterdam, Berbice, was arrested by police ranks at Piari Landing.
Troy Resources Inc last week Friday poured its second gold bar, completing testing of its entire operation.
The trial of Balram Singh, who is accused of murdering taxi driver Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, yesterday heard that the deceased’s vehicle was found at a Herstelling body shop, where work was done to hide the original chassis number.
Michael Alfred, the headmaster of the Sand Creek Primary School in Region Nine who was accused of physically assaulting three of his students has been dismissed from the job after admitting to the incident.
Accounting firm Ram and McRae has already begun processing the 36 applications for the post of Go-Invest Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and will be submitting the names to the investment agency by today.
A 48-year-old Reliance, Essequibo Coast man was yesterday remanded to prison after he allegedly confessed to the police that he murdered 74-year-old Surspattie Ramlakhan called `Aunty Carmen’ between February 19 and 20 at Richmond.
A verdict on the gun and ammunition possession and escaping custody charges against Regan Rodrigues has been postponed to January.
Three weeks after pedestrian Julian Leitch was fatally struck down by an attorney, relatives continue to express their dissatisfaction with what they say is the slow manner in which the police are dealing with the case.
The De Kinderen Community Group has successfully completed its first project, construction of a bridge to link De Kinderen and Meten-Meer-Zorg, GINA said yesterday.
A Lusignan resident is calling for action to be taken against her neighbour, whose daily burning of wood, she says, is affecting her health.
Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman on Monday re-commissioned the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) branch office at Bartica and urged its staff to always have integrity and accountability as the foundation of their operations.
City Constable Aaron Henderson, who was shot during a $2 million robbery at Bourda Market on Monday, has been discharged from the hospital.
Five out 67 potential sites are currently being assessed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the development of hydropower generation facilities, according to Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson.
Two youths, who were charged in February with multiple counts of armed robbery, had the cases against them dismissed yesterday after it was found that an identification parade was not conducted properly.
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