A 20-year-old man from Baramita in the North West District was today remanded to prison over the murder of a Venezuelan national. The accused, Keron Williams called Virgil Henry appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before the Chief Magistrate where the indictable charge was read to him, It is alleged that he stabbed 43-year-old Rafael…
THE HAGUE, March 16 (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top court for disputes between states ordered Russia on Wednesday to immediately halt its military operations in Ukraine, saying it was “profoundly concerned” by Moscow’s use of force. Although the rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are binding, it has no direct means of…
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy With consumers grappling with an increased cost of living over the past few months, economist Richard Rambarran says the government’s decision to absorb some of the increasing costs signals the prudent use of Guyana’s oil wealth. President Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Tuesday, announced that the government will subsidise increased water and…
Almost two weeks after an overseas-based Guyanese was stabbed to death at his brother’s wedding, one of the men accused of the murder was charged today and remanded to jail. The accused, 26-year-old Eon Gonsalves of Corentyne, Berbice appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the #51 Village Magistrates’ Court today where the charge of murder…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
THE Centre for Local Business Development, on Tuesday, officially opened its application process for the second installment of its Accelerate-Her programme. Accelerate-Her is an entrepreneurship programme that offers training, business acceleration workshops and professional mentoring to assist women to grow their businesses. During the virtual opening, the centre’s director, Natasha Gaskin-Peters, stated that it was…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
THE Guyana Economic Development Trust (GEDT) under its initiative, !nnovate Guyana, has launched Startup Huddle, a programme which falls under the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) According to a press release, the programme aims to support the growth of Guyana’s startup and small business community. This initiative comes at a time when businesses in Guyana are…
