Admitted ganja seller gets two and a half years
“I went selling the weed when the police came and conducted a search,” a miner admitted when he pleaded guilty to trafficking 81 grams...
Youths remanded for attempting to kill drinking partner
Two youths who allegedly tried to kill a man whom they were consuming alcohol with were today charged and remanded on a joint attempted...
State to pay $28M for police killing of Agricola teen
A wrongful death lawsuit brought against the state by the mother of 17-year-old Agricola youth Shaquille Grant, who was shot and killed by police...
Bandit who wanted money for Father’s Day gets 3 years in jail instead
“He who takes the benefit must also take the burden," were the words of a city magistrate before a 22-year-old man was sentenced to...
Youth sentenced to three years for robbing man “because things wasn’t going well” for...
A 22-year-old man from Enmore who told the court he decided to rob a man of a phone and $700 because things weren't going...
ExxonMobil’s “illegal” possession of 600 blocks works out in Guyana’s favour against Venezuela —...
Guyana’s petroleum laws stipulate that an oil company should not be awarded more than 60 oil blocks but ExxonMobil and its partners Hess and...
Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for serial rapist
After he pleaded guilty to raping two minor girls and a woman, 22-year-old Leon Jordan was this morning ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation...
ExxonMobil contract offers way more than crumbs — Ramson
While it has been said ad nauseam that ExxonMobil stands to get the lion’s share from Guyana’s oil wealth, thereby leaving citizens with only...
Duo on trial for murder of Sophia bread vendor
The trial of two men who are accused of murdering Sophia bread vendor Andre Alexander commenced this morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a...
Midwives re-educated on appropriate care for mothers and newborns
Even as the issue of maternal and infant mortality remains high on the Ministry of Public Health’s agenda, a recent one-day workshop was conducted...
