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Two houses have been gutted and 13 persons have been rendered homeless following a Monday afternoon fire of unknown origin in Hadfield Street, Georgetown. Guyana Times International understands the fire started in a one-storey wooden house located at Lot 69 Hadfield Street, where one of the occupants of the home – an elderly woman — was at home with her grandchildren. Neighbours say smoke was seen emanating from the house, but its occupants managed to escape unharmed. Alarmed at the flames, residents immediately called the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), which…

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A Haslington, East Coast Demerara (ECD) man, who alleged that he is a cancer patient, found himself slapped with a narcotics trafficking charge when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Tuesday morning. Sixty-year-old Edgar Bollers of Lot 949 Haslington, ECD, denied he had 27 kilograms 170 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking on May 7, 2018 at Haslington. Reports are the man was arrested after the cannabis was found hidden in a freezer at his ECD home. Reports are an intelligence-led operation saw members of the…

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Alexio Keizer, the reputed wife of the owner of the White Castle Fish Shop, who allegedly torched the hangout spot on April 14, 2018, causing the inside of the building to be destroyed was on Wednesday charged. Keizer, 30, a manager, denied that she committed the act at the John and Hadfield Streets, Georgetown building, which is owned by Krishnandra Beharry, a pensioner of Camp Street, North Cummingsburg. Reports are some G$8.8 million was lost in the fire. Keizer and Jermaine Langevine, her reputed husband, are owners of the fish…

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Esaun Abrams, of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was on Wednesday freed on one count of sexual activity with a 14-year-old boy, who said that the 38-year-old man had sex with him at the National Park, Georgetown between June 21 and June 22, 2015. Abrahams, who worked as a liaison officer at the Public Health Ministry at the time he was charged, has always maintained that he was innocent. He was sobbing uncontrollably from the prisoner’s dock when the jury foreman announced the 10-2 verdict in favour of not guilty. However, presiding…

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Former prime minister Bruce Golding says Jamaica’s trade imbalance could be one of the factors that hinder their future with the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). Golding made the assertion during his address at the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC) exclusive Breakfast Conversation on April 26 at the Knutsford Court Hotel, where he spoke to private sector businesses about the critical consideration that must be given to determine the extent and nature of Jamaica’s future involvement with CARICOM. According to a release from the JCC today,…

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Not only has Guyana’s economic growth rate for the last financial year been poor, it has proved to be extremely disappointing, as the economy has been in a bad state especially over the past three years ever since the coalition took over Government from the People’s Progressive Party/Civic(PPP/C). This point was underscored by Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo, who recently criticised the David Granger-led Government for a lack of policies to support growth, both at the national and regional levels. Citing the recent statements made by the…

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As authorities in Guyana and Suriname continue the probe into uncovering the horrific spate of recent piracy attacks for which 12 men are still missing and three bodies have been recovered, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan has observed the need for improved Coast Guard warning systems and information-sharing. He made these comments on Sunday in Suriname, where he is leading a team of senior Police officials who are meeting their counterparts with the aim of addressing the recent deadly attacks that occurred some 40 miles off the Surinamese coast in…

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The heavy arm of the law came down on domestic violence when jail time was imposed on a man who beat his wife with a rolling pin during a family dispute. Forty-three-year-old Collin Millington appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Monday charged with unlawful wounding. He admitted to the court that he beat his wife with a rolling pin on May 5, 2018 at their Austin Street, Campbellville, Georgetown home. According to Police Prosecutor Arvin Moore, Millington is in the habit of beating his wife when angered. On the…

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Anthony Morrison, the man who was accused of murdering his common-law wife, Donna Thomas between May 25 and 26 2012, is expected to soon know his fate as the defence and prosecution concluded their closing arguments on Wednesday. On Monday, a 12-member jury was empanelled at the Demerara High Court before Justice Sandhill Kissoon to hear the retrial of Morrison’s case. At Wednesday’s hearing, the accused led his own defence via an unsworn statement from the prisoner’s dock, which meant that he could not be questioned, or cross-examined. He however…

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…CoI hears The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the June 2008 massacre at Lindo Creek heard that a then 15-year-old member of the notorious Rondell “Fine Man” Rawlins gang told Police investigators that the gang was responsible for murdering the eight men at their mining camp. When Special Superintendent of Police Trevor Reid took to the stand on Tuesday, he testified that he was the one who took the caution statement from then 15-year-old gang member, Dwayne ‘Small Friend” Williams. Despite failing to produce the original statement to the CoI,…

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