Cellphone found in prison officer’s cell, further remanded for victim safety

Prison officer, George Selman was today once again remanded to prison for the safety of the victim. Forty-three-year-old Selman was hauled before the courts a...

Labourer gets six months for chopping man

A 20-year-old labourer whom the court heard escaped from custody and was on the run for over a month was today sentenced...

Court of Appeal rules: GECOM cannot relinquish supervisory powers over elections to another body

The Court of Appeal this morning ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to hear an application by APNU+AFC Candidate, Ulita Moore who has...

One fined and sentenced, other remanded for trafficking $2M worth of cocaine

One of two men slapped with a drug trafficking charge following a Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) bust earlier this week, has been sentenced to...

Conspiracy charge against GECOM Chairman, Coalition Commissioners dismissed

The conspiracy charge against the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice James Patterson and the body’s three coalition-appointed commissioners was dismissed...

Eleven charged with breach of COVID-19 measures in Bartica

Eleven persons were charged today for breaching the anti-COVID measures. The following cases were called at the Bartica Magistrate's Court before Her Worship Crystal Lambert...

Persons complain about touts at the G/Town Magistrates’ Courts

Several persons who frequently visit the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts have complained to the Guyana Standard about persons seeking to secure legal business for lawyers....

Two women on bail after scuffle over birthday dress refund

A designer and a full-time University of Guyana student were this morning, cross charged with unlawful and malicious wounding. Keisha Edwards, the owner of Shasha...

Deportee charged with trafficking cocaine, ganja

A man who told the court he was deported from America was today charged and released on $50,000 bail when he stood...

Brazilians charged following unauthorized helicopter landing in Guyana

Today, two Brazilian nationals, Alexandre Felix Plan, a helicopter pilot, and Ricardo Brags Silva, a laborer, were charged with multiple offences before Magistrate Allan...

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