Guyana Times

A 17-year-old was on Tuesday slapped with an illegal possession of firearm charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The defendant is accused of having an illegal .22 pistol in his possession on March 12 at East La Penitence, Georgetown. It was alleged that Police stopped and searched the teen, and found...

Selection of Mabaruma Mayor 0The Opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) says it will be moving to the courts today to block the swearing-in of the Mayor of the newly-created town of Mabaruma, Region One (Barima-Waini) who was selected by Communities Minister  Ronald Bulkan, contrary to the Municipal and District Councils Act Chapter 28:01. In the municipality of Mabaruma, the Opposition...

Twenty-year-old Georgry Shoo of Tapakuma Amerindian community in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Tuesday granted ,000 bail after allegedly lashing Troy John with a piece of wood. Shoo made his first appearance before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court on the charge of illegal wounding. Police alleged that on April 1, 2016 at Tapakuma Lake, he unlawfully...

A clothes vendor was on Tuesday granted ,000 bail by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts accused of stealing a gold band. It is alleged that Ceon David, 37, of Lot 164 Charlotte Street, Georgetown, on April 2 at Regent Street, Georgetown, stole from Godfrey Thomas one gold band valued 0,000....

The University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) has not given up on its quest for better service at the country’s top tertiary institution and said that another protest will take place at the gates of the Ministry of the Presidency today. It is not clear whether the Administration of the University has taken note of the cries of the...

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Commissioners are pointing an accusing finger at Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan for allegedly seeking to select Chairmen for six Local Authority Areas where there have been a tie. At a press conference on Tuesday, Commissioners Sase Gunraj and Bibi Shaddick said that the Minister was acting outside the remit of the law. According to them, Section...

Weeks after lifting the West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four-day title for the second year in succession, the Guyana Jaguars re-assembled on Tuesday for a fitness session at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda. Under the watchful eyes of Head Coach, Esaun Crandon, the players were put through their paces as the management staff...

The Guyana Cricket Board became the latest organisation to congratulate the West Indies men and women squads on their World T20 title wins on Sunday in India. The full statement is as follows: The Executives, members and staff of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) congratulate the Windies men and women teams for creating history by winning both the male and...

Rohit Lall and Kavindranauth Sundar, two friends from Devonshire Castle on the Essequibo Coast, have ended up in court over a damaged bicycle. Twenty-year-old Rohit Lall was on Tuesday slapped with two charges after he made his first appearance before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Anna Regina Magistrate’s Court. Lall was charged with threatening behaviour and unlawfully and maliciously damaging...

Dear Editor, Dr Baytoram Ramharack this week penned a scathing critique on PPP governance that partly contributed to its defeat at last May’s polls: the Party alienated too many of its supporters and influential people or was too arrogant as Bharrat Jagdeo put it. And PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee recently roasted me for penning a critique of PPP for...