Attempted murder charge against Sophia man, who set girlfriend afire, upgraded to murder

One month after a man allegedly set his girlfriend afire after an argument, he was today charged with murder and remanded to prison. The murder...

Man who posted photo wearing stolen jewellery gets two years

“I was drunk so I pick up the chain and the ring. Let me be honest with you I sold them to buy baby...

Teen remanded for stealing three motorbikes, phones

A teenager was today slapped with four armed robbery charges. Eighteen-year-old Leon Patterson, who had escaped from the juvenile facility in 2016, appeared before Principal...

Guyana’s first drug treatment court opens

With the aim of rehabilitating and reintegrating addicts back into society, Guyana's first drug treatment court was this morning commissioned in the Georgetown Magistrates’...

$362M GRBD fraud case would have still been dismissed even if Special Prosecutor appeared...

The dismissal of a $362M Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) fraud case was not hinged on the absence of special prosecutors. In fact, even...

Labourer found guilty of beheading uncle

Twenty-nine-year-old Dwayne Tappin was this afternoon found guilty, by a jury, of murdering his 51-year-old uncle Randolph Seenauth whose head he hacked off on...

Seeraj recalls losing visa over “painful” GRDB fraud case, leaning towards suing Govt.

General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association (RPA), Dharamkumar Seeraj, is in talks with his family as well as his lawyers to sue the...

Case closed in trial of Deeds Registrar charged with procuring $4.5M by false pretence

After being on trial for two years, Acting Deeds and Commercial Registrar, Azeena Baksh yesterday called her final witness to testify on her behalf...

Lieutenant found with 11 lbs ganja, unlicensed gun, granted $450,000 bail

Two weeks after a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard Lieutenant was charged and remanded after being busted with a quantity of marijuana and...

No-show of SOCU prosecutor sees $362M fraud charges being thrown out against six former...

The absence of Special Prosecutor, Lawrence Harris has resulted in Senior Magistrate, Leron Daly dismissing several fraud charges against six former high-ranking officials of...

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