A taxi-driver was on Monday charged with rape of child under 16 years of age and was released on $250,000 bail. The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday said Decorcy Hatton, 25, of Company Road, Buxton, East Coast Demerara was appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court where…
A pedestrian who was doing roadwork along the Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara, died after a pickup truck crashed into him on Monday. Dead is Daniel McCalmon, 29, of West La Penitence, Georgetown. Police headquarters said that about 22:05 hrs, the NIS pick-up, PAD 1720, was speeding when the…
England’s players have been sequestered in their Port of Spain hotel after a man was shot dead yards from the front door of the building during their first night in Trinidad. The England and Wales Cricket Board’s security staff had already advised the players not to leave the Hyatt Regency…
Four teams remain in the KFC International Schools Football tournament, and the feature semi-final will be Chase Academic Foundation of Guyana against St. Benedict’s College of Trinidad and Tobago. The knockout matches are scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue. The group stage concluded on…
The British Minister for the Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories David Rutley has reaffirmed the United Kingdom’s support for Guyana’s territorial integrity given threats by Venezuela. Mr. Rutley, during an interview with reporters on Monday, said the UK is working to get more of its partners to similarly support Guyana…
Works have commenced at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) sub-station at Colombia, Mahaicony, East Coast to install the new generators and transformers which arrived in the country last week and the engines are expected to be connected the grid before the end of this week. This is according to…
Having lost a retrial, Julius Brunker, initially sentenced to 40 years for the brutal rape of a woman in 2014, has now been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The sentence was handed down on Monday by Justice Navindra Singh at the Sexual Offences Court in the Georgetown High Court….
A 27-year-old father of one was on Monday sentenced to two years imprisonment for the possession of an illegal firearm. Earlier this month, Akeem Bristol of North Sophia Squatting Area, Greater Georgetown appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weever at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts and pleaded guilty to the crime. He admitted…
Guyana’s Court of Appeal on Monday threw out the appeal filed against Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling which dismissed Elections Petition 88 of 2020. The Chief Justice’s ruling dealt with the recount of the 2020 General and Regional Elections. The case was presided over by the Chancellor of the Judiciary…
The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel has made two changes to the 15-member squad ahead of the fourth and fifth T20 Internationals (T20Is) against England. The Selection Panel is resting fast bowler Alzarri Joseph in consideration of his workload, including the forthcoming all-format tour of Australia in January and February. He is replaced in the squad by fellow pacer Oshane…
