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The two soldiers who are accused of raping an Essequibo girl in the presence of her boyfriend were today granted bail. The victim has been severely traumatised since the incident took place over a week ago and no counselling has been…

Kenton Haynes of Mocha, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court this morning, charged with being in possession of 559 Ecstasy pills, weighing 219.7 grams for the purpose of trafficking. He pleaded not guilty to…

Wynette Amsterdam appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court Friday morning, charged with being in possession of 1.160 kilograms of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Amsterdam of Land of Canaan Public Road, East Bank Demerara,…

A Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara man was Thursday evening shot while returning home from a shop in the neighbouring village of Paradise. According to Police reports, Taffy Adam, 31, left his home on a bicycle and went to a shop…

Two ranks, attached to the 6 Infantry Battalion of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), have been charged with the rape of a 26-year-old woman on the Essequibo Coast. Police Headquarters said that 22-year-old Rawlston Reid of Dutch Four…

Former Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee is shocked at the pronouncements of the country’s Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, who boldly declared that he is out of ideas on how to improve security at the prisons and to…

Members of the Rastafarian community protested outside the Parliament Buildings Thursday afternoon to ensure President David Granger sticks to his promise of abolishing custodial (prison) sentence for the possession of small amounts of…

Medical supplies deemed for the country’s health centres were being stored in hotel rooms infested with termites, the Auditor General has stated in his 2017 report. The report was tabled in the National Assembly Thursday. The hotel…

The Government is seeking parliamentary approval to utilise $2.451 billion to pay off the severance owed to hundreds of sugar workers who were retrenched late last year. The supplementary paper, which totals over $7 billion, was tabled…

A 26-year-old man of Block ‘E’ South Sophia, Greater Georgetown was stabbed to death at around 09:00hrs today at the South Sophia, Squatting Area. Police said that Seon Harry borrowed a bicycle from the suspect, a 31-year-old also of…