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SARA recovers over $40M for two land cases, eight other matters pending

The State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) has been accused on several occasions of being unable to reclaim properties and money...

Ramotar maintains award of oil blocks aboveboard, but still welcomes probe

Former President Donald Ramotar is maintaining that the award of the Kaieteur and Canje oil blocks to Ratio Guyana and...

29 matters completed at April session of Demerara Criminal Assizes

The April session of the Demerara Criminal assizes concluded today (May 31) at the High Court in Demerara and, according...

Mangal sets record straight on who’s to blame for GGMC’s inability to review data...

In previous Guyana Standard articles, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman and former Presidential Advisor Dr Jan Mangal provided their...

Jamaican gets one year for sharing nude video of girlfriend

A Jamaican man who pleaded guilty to posting a pornographic video of his girlfriend on WhatsApp was today sentenced to...

CXC says no resit for any 2019 CSEC exam

The Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) today issued a statement regarding its investigation into possible examination breaches. The...

Ex-soldier who boiled ganja to treat prostate cancer jailed 18 months

A former member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who told the court he boils ganja with lemon juice and...

“Gangster Rass” gets two years for illegal gun, ammo

A man who told the court he had an unlicensed gun along with matching rounds in his possession to protect...

Harmon justifies transfer of US$18M signing bonus to Consolidated Fund over two years later

After keeping the controversial US$18M signing bonus at a special account in Central Bank for over two years, the Guyana...

Labour Dept. announces plans for new private sector minimum wage

Minimum wage in the private sector is set to receive another boost as consultations for an increase progress. The Ministry...

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