Author: Savitri Laikram
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Challenges in Sugar Sector Prompt Government Scrutiny
December 30 2024 – The Ministry of Agriculture held its end-of-year press conference today at their Georgetown office at Regent Street. Minister of Agriculture ... -
State Challenges $22.5M Judgment in Quindon Bacchus Unlawful Killing Case
December 30 2024 – The State has filed an appeal against a $22.5 million judgment awarded in the unlawful killing case of Quindon Bacchus, a ... -
Sophia Woman Arrested Following Husband’s Murder
December 27 2024 – Authorities are probing the alleged murder of 36-year-old Ivor Thornhill, a labourer from ‘E’ Field Sophia, who succumbed to injuries on Thursday, ... -
Fraudlent Importation of Ford Raptor Motor Vehicles
Statement from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) “Incorrect declarations made for importation of luxurious types Motor Vehicles Georgetown, December 21, 2024: In its diligence ... -
CoA Upholds 23-Year Sentence for Manslaughter
December 24 2024- The Court of Appeal of Guyana has upheld the 23-year prison sentence of Daveanand Dhandharie, convicted of manslaughter for the 2016 killing ... -
CoA Overturns Child Rapist’s Conviction, Orders Retrial
–Amid Prejudicial Evidence Concerns December 23 2024 – The Court of Appeal has overturned the conviction and life sentence of Sheldon Lynch, a man ... -
CoA Grants Former Prison Escapee Parole Eligibility
December 23 2024 – The Court of Appeal (CoA) on Thursday revised the life sentence of former Camp Street Prison escapee Stafrei Alexander, granting him ... -
Mon Repos Man Dies After Brutal Assault by Tenants
December 20 2024 – 50-Y-O Kenrick Hakim, of Lot 142 Fourth Street, Martyrs’ Village, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was brutally murdered on Thursday, December ... -
Toshao’s Killer Charged, Remanded to Prison
December 20 2024 – Noah Beaton, 26, who reportedly confessed to fatally stabbing Toshao Ridley Joseph, was formally charged with murder and remanded to prison ... -
CoA Reduces Jail Sentence for Convicted Child Rapist
Decmber 20 2024 – The Court of Appeal has upheld the 20-year prison sentence for convicted child rapist Murphy Noorhan but reduced his total prison ...
