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February 21, 2024

18 months jail, $115,000 fine for ganja

Odingo Marks, a 30-year-old Vendor of Sand Reef, Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, was sentenced on Tuesday to 18 months imprisonment, with a fine of $115,200 for possession of 76.8 grams of Cannabis. Marks was nabbed with the marijuana at…

Nine new Magistrates sworn in

Nine new magistrates took the oath of office to serve the people of Guyana and to tackle the backlog of cases at the level of magistracy on Wednesday morning in a simple but significant ceremony. They took their oaths of office before…

Duo remanded on simple larceny charge

Two men on Tuesday appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Grove Magistrate’s Court charged with the offence of Simple Larceny. Emmanuel Glasgow, a 19-year-old fisherman of Grove Seadam, East Bank Demerara, and Mark Pooran, a…