Daily Archives: January 19, 2024
BREAKING: Killer boyfriend ‘Izwe’ confesses to murder; claims it was an accident
By Sharda Bacchus Shardabacchus@newsroom.gy Investigators on Friday made a breakthrough in the almost three-year-old murder of 20-year-old Shonnette Dover, after...
CCJ Grants Jagdeo’s Appeal in Ferguson Libel Matter
In a 29-page ruling handed down this afternoon, the Caribbean Court of Justice granted Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s appeal reversing...
‘Tough love needed’ – President Ali says after receiving Mahdia COI report
A report flowing from the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the events and circumstance connected with and concerning the Mahdia...
Utility operator shot, robbed at Cemetery Road
A 36-year-old utility operator is now nursing two gunshot wounds to his feet after he was shot and robbed of...
Coconut vendor shot next to ‘known drugs block’
A 32-year-old coconut vendor was shot twice on Thursday night by two men on a black XR motorcycle. Injured is...
Improved efficiency promised as GWI launches WhatsApp Chatbot
In an effort to enhance customers’ experience and provide ‘fast pace’ services, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Friday launched...
DCB Inter-Association T20 final and third place playoff shifted to January 27
Inclement weather in the city has forced the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) to shift its final and third place playoff...
‘Enough with the violence’ – Dr. Persaud declares as first ‘Hope & Justice’ Centre opens
By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy In an auspicious ceremony, attended by several high-ranking members of the government, judiciary and those piloting...
Labourer fined $75K for cannabis possession
David McDonald, the labourer who was arrested at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport for possession of 84 grams of...
9 months jail, $153k fine for trafficking ecstasy
Joshua Josiah Mentore, the Pattensen, Georgetown resident who pleaded guilty to trafficking a quantity of ecstasy pills last month, was...
Jewel Andrew hits superb ton, but West Indies start U-19 World Cup with defeat
A counter-attacking century from Antiguan Jewel Andrew could not secure West Indies victory in their opening match of the ICC...
4 years jail, $49.6 million fine for Sister’s Village man busted with ganja
Days after he was arrested, 39-year-old Latchman Sankar was on Thursday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $49.6 million...
