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UPDATE: Mother of race car driver charged with drug trafficking claims he is innocent
Superbike Racer Stephen Vieira and Race Car driver, Tazim Gafoor are among four remanded for cocaine in Lumber bust
They were jointly charged with Sherwayne DeAbreu a Guyana Revenue Authority Enforcement officer and Nazim Gafoor the father of the motor racer. Under tight security, the men were brought before Magistrate Roshelle Liverpool in the Leonora Magistrates’ court this morning to answer to the drug trafficking charges. They were jointly charged with Sherwayne DeAbreu a […]
Eccles man remanded to prison for causing the death of cricket umpire
Elton Carter was the driver of the Toyota Tacoma which collided with a mini-bus at the corners of Durban and Smyth Streets. In that incident Daniel Richmond, a cricket umpire was killed, while 15 other persons were injured. When the matter was called before Magistrate Judy Latchman today in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, Carter denied […]
Two fishermen charged with piracy murder.
Two Rose Hall Corentyne fishermen were today remanded to prison, for the piracy murder of boat captain Mahadeo Ramdial, while a third man was charged with aiding and abetting the men. The men, Khemraj Naraisan and Doodnauth were not required to plead to the indictable charge of murder, when they appeared before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan […]
Mother of 3 succumbs after beating by reputed husband who accused her of “giving blow”
Gomattie Ramsingh, 34 died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Sunday, two days after she was admitted to the institution for injuries she sustained. She related to relatives in a shocking video in the hospital, how her lover beat her with a piece of iron and accused her of “giving blow” with a black man. […]
Clothes vendor dies in Camp and Middle Street accident
The man has been identified as 45-year-old, Dereck Mangal of Diamond on the East Bank of Demerara. Eyewitnesses said the accident occurred just after 7:00 Monday morning. They recalled the man was riding his motorcycle when a speeding car apparently jumped the traffic light and slammed into another car which hit Mangal and sent him […]
“The final price must make the houses accessible” Minister Patterson cautions private housing developers.
Amidst lots of buzz and excitement, the Central Housing and Planning Authority rolled out its “Housing Model Village”, at Perseverance on the East Bank Demerara. Junior Minister of communities, Valarie Patterson said when she first spoke with private contractors, it was made clear to them, that the target group includes low to middle-income earners, youths […]
