Taxi driver accused of raping girl,13, freed by jury

Tevin Vickerie, a 23-year-old taxi driver, who was charged last year for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl, was this afternoon freed of the charge...

COVID-19: Convening a physical parliament a worry for AFC, but justifies mass mobilisation of...

One half of the coalition – the Alliance for Change (AFC) – is concerned about having to convene physical sittings of the National Assembly...

Oppos. motion on Adrianna Younge Alert System ill-timed, misplaced as GPF already acted –...

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), headed by Lennox Shuman, the Deputy House Speaker, has labelled the motion brought to the National Assembly today...

Two more succumb to COVID-19

Two more persons, who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, taking the death toll to 549. The latest fatalities are two women: a 54-year-old...

Further psychiatric evaluation for son who confessed to killing bedridden father

Justice Brassington Reynolds this morning ordered that 43-year-old Alli Mohammed be further examined by a Psychiatrist before the court proceeds to impose a sentence...

Labourer charged with Manslaughter over killing of man who borrowed his bicycle

A labourer, claiming self defence after fatally stabbing his alleged attacker who took his bicycle without permission, was this morning charged with manslaughter. Darius Barrington,...

Payara Field to be approved in late 2019 — EPA

The operators of the Stabroek Block — Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), Hess and CNOOC — are moving ahead with plans for...

Hope Estate receives additional 13,000 high-yielding Brazilian Green Dwarf coconut seed nuts

Guyana’s coconut industry is set to benefit from additional inputs as the Ministry of Agriculture’s Hope Coconut Industries Limited (HCIL) recently acquired a shipment...

Sentencing deferred for man who broke into aunt’s boutique

“I does normally go in the boutique and take stuff. I used a chisel and I open the door. I tek two hats, three...

Special Projects Unit to begin $200M upgrade of South Georgetown roads

The government is moving to invest nearly $200 million in upgrading critical roads within the communities of Rasville and Roxanne Burnham Gardens in South...

Recent Updates