Year: 2019

…accused to spend 19 years in jail for raping teen Sixty-six year-old George Robin, once highly respected for being a leader in his community, was found guilty on a rape charge and sentenced to 19 years in prison on Tuesday. The No 30 Village, West Coast Berbice resident was recently found guilty by a 12-member jury of the offence, which detailed that on February 6, 2017 he engaged in sexual penetration with a child under the age of 16. A probation report presented to the Court revealed that the convicted…

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The accused in the Berbice River revenge murder was on Monday remanded when he appeared in a New Amsterdam, Berbice court. Roy Gladstone appeared unrepresented before Magistrate Peter Hugh and was not required to plea to the indictable charge. It is alleged that on June 18, 2019, at Sand Hills, Upper Berbice River, the 28-year-old man murdered Elvis Benedict, a 40-year-old chainsaw operator. He was remanded to prison until Thursday. Reports are the two men had an ongoing feud, which dates back several years. According to reports, Benedict allegedly went…

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…once elected PPP Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali has outlined several initiatives which he plans to introduce to improve the standard of living for all Guyanese once his party returns to power. With thousands of jobs lost under the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government and the rising cost of living in Guyana, PPP Presidential Candidate Irfaan Ali in a recent interview explained his plan to correct this situation, starting with employment creation. He added that as a party, the PPP has already said that it will be…

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The police constable who was nabbed earlier last month with several Guyana passports in his home is expected to face disciplinary charges soon. This is according to Deputy Police Commissioner and Crime Chief, Lyndon Alves, who told Guyana Times International on Sunday that this has to be done now that the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has directed such. “He will be charged departmentally; it is a disciplinary charge that is under the Police Act and that is what he is being charged under…. Under this charge,…

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The Police have reportedly arrested three suspected bandits in Ruby Backdam, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) on Sunday evening while two escaped. Based on reports received, a resident of Ruby Backdam was driving along the main access road heading home when he came under gunfire. He reportedly attempted to overtake two cars – a Carina 212 and a Toyota Premio when the occupants opened fire. The man managed to escape and immediately contacted the Police. A cousin of the traumatised man explained that the Police took close to an hour before…

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In light of People’s Progressive Party/Civic Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira writing Police Commissioner Leslie James over recent comments made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in defiance of the CCJ ruling, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is confident that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will do what it is mandated to do. But in the same breath, he stated that while he has confidence in the country’s security forces, there are attempts in certain quarters to treat issues in a “political fashion” especially when the Government is…

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Even as the Administration continues to downplay the deteriorated state of the Linden to Lethem road, which has been creating hardships for road users, particularly minibus operators and businesses, the condition of the trail continues to worsen. With no efforts being made by the Administration to remedy the issue, road users are left to push through by any means necessary to secure their daily bread. Minibus operators, who over the past two weeks were forced to park their buses due to the state of the road, are now back on…

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As the 11th Caribbean Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI) Congress opened on Monday morning IN Georgetown, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential Candidate and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Irfaan Ali urged regional leaders to analyse the existing gaps that would, in turn, help their respective countries to leapfrog into the future. The official opening ceremony of the five-day regional conference was held at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel. The event is being hosted from June 23 to June 27, under the theme “Vision of Performance; for Relevance and Success”. According…

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