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A speeding East Bank Demerara (EBD) man died late Tuesday night after the car he was driving crashed into a parked truck on the Yarrowkabra Public Road, Soesdyke/Linden Highway. Dead is 24-year-old Ryan Wilson of Lot 982-11th Avenue, Great Diamond, EBD. According to reports, the accident occurred at about 23:00h. Reports are Wilson was driving motorcar PWW 1114 and was proceeding east along the highway, allegedly at a fast rate of speed, when his vehicle collided with the right-side front of motor lorry GPP 2777 with trailer TTT 1610, which…

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A 38-year-old miner was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts slapped with a murder charge. James Allen, of Two Friends Village, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was not required to plead to the indictable charge. The Court heard that between June 28, 2018, and July 8, 2018, at Thomas Island, Bartica, Allen murdered his ex-lover, Petal Hafez. According to facts presented, the woman’s skeletal remains were recently discovered along a trail in Bartica, Puruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni). He…

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Ariskar Maniram of Lot 121, Number 73 Village, Corentyne, Berbice on Monday appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Judy Latchman on a charge alleging that he had forged his own adoption papers. The charge specified that between July 17 and July 20, 2018, with intent to defraud, Maniram conspired with a person or persons in Georgetown to forge a Certificate of Adoption in favour of himself, purporting to show that it was issued by the General Registrar’s Office. Police Prosecutor Quinn Harris told the court that the 30-year-old resident of the United…

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Thirty-three-year-old Mark Gomes and 38-year-old Mohamed Kadir who were jointly charged for the possession of 2.25 kilogram of cocaine found hidden in a gas cylinder were on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison after they appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The men were charged, along with Ryan Fowler, who had pleaded guilty to the allegation and was jailed for four years. It was reported that two vehicles parked in the vicinity of Sheriff Street, Georgetown were being observed by ranks attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). At…

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With the release of the Bank of Guyana (BoG) Quarterly Report and Statistical Bulletin, the National Insurance Scheme’s financial position raises several questions, as it has gone from a multimillion-dollar surplus to a multimillion deficit in just one year. According to the report, NIS’s overall balance reflected a surplus of G$152 million at the end of March 2017. This good fortune has dramatically turned around, however, because at the end of March 2018, the entity was in the throes of a G$296 million deficit. “This was reflective of increases in…

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Despite local courts having not yet ruled on the Parking Meter Project’s legal challenge, advocate Jonathan Yearwood, during a recent interview with Guyana Times International, has said the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) is willing to take the matter all the way to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to ensure that they are not being exploited by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown. Yearwood informed that MAPM has halted its protest at this time, since the matter is presently in the hands of the Court, something he…

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Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson is currently awaiting legal advice from Attorney the General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, before engaging the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI). BBCI Chairman Dr. Surendra Persaud disclosed two weeks ago that the company is facing bankruptcy, and as such had made proposals to increase its tolls by as much 300 per cent in some cases, to keep the Berbice Bridge afloat. Toll increases have been strongly opposed by Government, but Minister Patterson has said due consideration may be given to this matter.…

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A vendor was on Wednesday arraigned before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan after he reportedly had sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl. Twenty-five-year-old, Stephon Belle of Port Kaituma, Water Front, North West District (NWD) was not allowed to plead to the indictable charge against him. It is being alleged that he engaged in sexual penetration with the girl on July 14 2018 at said Port Kaituma Water Front. According to the case facts, he invited the minor to his place of abode and forcefully had sex with her. As such the…

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Francisco De Mattos, 27, of Monkey Mountain was on Thursday further remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when he reappeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts charged with the murder of a Venezuelan citizen. De Mattos was not required to plead to the indictable charge which alleged that on June 23, 2018 while at a bar at Black Water Landing in the Cuyuni River he murdered Rafael Angel Gonzalez Prieto. According to facts presented to the court, on the day in question around 01:50h Prieto was stabbed to death…

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…Jordan urges Police Officers A little over a week after the West Coast Demerara (WCD) highway was officially opened to the public, Finance Minister Winston Jordan has expressed his concerns over the way the roadway is being utilised by commuters. During a visit to Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) on Saturday, the Finance Minister stated that he was not pleased at what he saw along the highway. According to him, many vehicles were parked haphazardly along the roadway and vendors were operating along the shoulders of the roadway. “I believe…

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