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A woman and a taxi driver found themselves before the Chief Magistrate on Thursday jointly charged for allegedly trafficking ecstasy. The duo, Kelder Halley, 21, of Gibson Street, Guyhoc Park, Georgetown and Samuel Bruce called Samie Waltz, 25, of Tucville, Georgetown both denied the allegation brought against them. It is being alleged that they, on October 25, 2018, at Gibson Street, Guyhoc Park, had some 63 grams of ecstasy in their possession for the purpose of trafficking. Custom Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Prosecutor, Konyo Sandiford told the Court that the duo…

Amid the controversy surrounding the proposed increase in tolls at the Berbice River Bridge, outspoken political activist and former Presidential Advisor Ramon Gaskin is suggesting a total buyout of the bridge by Government so as to resolve the issue. Gaskin on Wednesday said the situation has reached a point where the Government should seek to buy all the shares within the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) as opposed to allowing the company to impose massive increases on the travelling public, which they can ill afford at this point. On Tuesday,…

…Opposition Leader says in response to proposed increase in Berbice Bridge tolls The move to increase tolls for the Berbice River Bridge has been dubbed a political gimmick by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, which was orchestrated by the coalition Government. Addressing his weekly press conference on Wednesday at his Church Street, Georgetown office, the Opposition Leader gave several key explanations for his argument. According to him, the toll increases seemed to have come as a result of collusion between Government and the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI). He is of the…

An eloquent convicted fraudster, Troy Webster, was on Wednesday afternoon handed a prison sentence of 30 years by Sexual Offences Court Judge Jo-Ann Barlow after a majority jury found him guilty of sexually penetrating a woman without her consent. The jury produced the 11-1 verdict after a few hours of deliberation. The rape survivor was 25 years old at the time of the attack, which was said to have occurred on November 21, 2015 at a community in the county of Demerara. The prosecution contended that Webster had also tricked…

By Jarryl Bryan Guyana on Monday cemented its diplomatic relations with Canada, following Newfoundland and Labrador Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady signing a business cooperation agreement with the Government. The agreement was inked between Coady and Business Minister Dominic Gaskin at the Ministry of the Presidency. After signing the agreement, Gaskin noted the importance of Guyana being able to benefit from the wisdom and expertise of oil-producing States. “It’s important for Guyana; that we do develop long-term relations and partnerships with partner Governments, with partner organisations and as we explore…

As the Guyana Prison Service continues its quest to stamp out corruption, the route to success has been spiced up with prison officers now being rewarded with incentives valuing as much as G$25,000 to expose criminal activities. This was announced on Monday by Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, via a statement to the media. “The Ministry of Public Security and the Guyana Prison Service would like to see officers speak out on corruption at all levels. As such, Officers are encouraged to help in this fight. For all those officers…

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday announced plans to contest only 38 Local Authority Areas (LAA) at the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) set for November 12. This announcement follows previous statements made by the party, where they had initially said the AFC had planned to contest the elections in more than 50 areas. AFC member Michael Lenard told a media conference that his party is now contesting in less Local Government Areas than it had intended earlier in the year. The minority party in the coalition Government blamed…

– lagging behind Jamaica, other countries in effective investigations The Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB’s) recently released report — ‘Smart Spending on Citizen Security, Beyond Crime and Punishment’ — is warning that the latest statistics on Guyana’s crime fighting show that the Guyana Police Force has a below-average capacity to speedily tackle crime. Last year, a state-of-the-art 911 emergency system was commissioned as part of the reform of the security sector This IDB report compares the various security capacities of different countries in the region. In statistics that detail countries’ capacity…