By News Source Guyana on March 18, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
The U.S. Department of State, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, has made an additional US$300,000 available to Guyana under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative to combat a number of security challenges, including the trafficking of narcotics. At a signing ceremony this morning at Ramphal House, U.S Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole […]
By News Source Guyana on March 17, 2024
Crime, News
One month after he escaped from the Mazaruni jail and just a week after he slaughtered an elderly woman and her son, rape convict, Akeem Wong was shot dead on Sunday afternoon by members of the Joint Services during an operation in the Essequibo region. The Joint Services were on the hunt for the prison […]
By News Source Guyana on March 15, 2024
Crime, News
A post-mortem examination carried out on the body of Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn who died after being shot by a fellow policeman during an operation, has revealed that he suffered from three gunshot wounds, with one of them proving fatal. According to the findings of the post-mortem examination, the 53-year-old Police Sergeant suffered from a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
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A Chinese national who owned and operated a supermarket in the border community of Eteringbang was slashed to death today during a robbery at his supermarket. The dead businessman has been identified as Yang Lisong. He died after his throat was slit by one of the three bandits who attacked the business place and carried […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2024
Crime, News
Nine months after he was dragged before the Courts and slapped with 16 counts of trafficking in persons, businessman and airline pilot, Orlando Charles has been freed of the charges. The Bartica Magistrates’ Court found that the charges were without merit and there was no evidence to support the charge of trafficking in persons against […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali has warned that Guyana is facing intense cyber-security threats and has charged the University of Guyana, the Guyana Defense Force and its international partner—the William J. Perry Centre, to assist the country in shutting down those threats. Addressing a ceremony at the University of Guyana today, where the University received the 2023 […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2024
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Police investigators have rushed in to the interior location of Karrau in Region 7 to probe the shooting death of Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn. Vaughn was part of a Police search party on the hunt for prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong. While reports of the shooting death of the Police Sergeant are […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2024
Crime, News
The Police are on high alert in a number of Region Seven communities where they suspect prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong, may be hiding out. Wong was last spotted in the Saxacalli area, where he attacked and chopped a 75-year-old woman and her 49-year-old son to death at their home. The double […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2024
Crime, News
The second annual Women in Law Enforcement Summit got underway at the Police Officers’ Mess on Monday under the theme “Inspiring Inclusion, Advancing Women in Law Enforcement”. The forum is examining the role that women play as leaders to maintain safe communities, while shining a spotlight on the challenges faced by women in law enforcement. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2024
Crime, News
A security guard was shot dead on Monday afternoon as he tried to fight off three armed bandits during a robbery at a Chinese supermarket in Vreed-en-hoop on the West Coast of Demerara. The security guard’s name has been given as Paul Waterman. He was attached to the Sheriff Security Company. According to a Police […]