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An early Sunday morning accident along the #11 Public Road in East Berbice has claimed the life of a 19-year-old motorcyclist. The dead youth has been identified as Rahul Thakoor. The fatal accident took place at around 1 o’clock this morning. A Police report said Thakoor was riding his motorcycle along the Public Road at […]
Two 21-year-olds and a 19-year-old lost their lives late on Saturday night in a smash-up involving two cars a truck and a motorcycle. The accident occurred just after 10pm on Saturday along the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara. The three dead persons have been identified as 21-year-old motorcyclist Elijah Pellew and his pillion rider, […]
Four teenagers lost their lives early this morning in a smash-up involving a car and a parked truck at Canal #2, West Bank Demerara. The incident took place at around 1:30 this morning. Police investigators have identified the dead teens as 17-year-old Daveanand Singh, who was the driver of the car, 19-year-old Ameisha Jaikarran, 18-year-old […]
The Guyana Police Force this afternoon confirmed that four persons remain in custody being questioned about the murder of 31-year-old Rose Hall resident, Melissa Arokium and her 8-year-old son, Anthony Arokium. The badly chopped bodies of the mother and son were found yesterday midday in her Mangrove Street, Rose Hall home. The Guyana Police Force […]
A row between a gambler and a gaming center employee turned deadly on Wednesday night in Bartica when the gambler was beaten to the head with a hammer and died. A Police statement said, the gambler, 40-year-old Mark Braithwaite was a regular at the Gaming Facility in Bartica. On Wednesday night, he was scolded about […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall is defending President Irfaan Ali’s decision to extend Mr Clifton Hicken’s tenure as Acting Commissioner of Police, pointing out that there is nothing unconstitutional about the extension. “I wish to confirm, in my humble and respectful view that His Excellency, the President complied with the Constitution […]
The Rose Hall town in Berbice has been plunged into mourning with the double murder of a woman and her son. The bodies of Melissa Arokium and her son Anthony Arokium were found in their Rose Hall home this midday with multiple chop wounds. The bodies were discovered by a brother of the dead woman, […]
In a step up from previous attempts to smuggle marijuana into the prisons, two persons were nabbed in separate smuggling attempts and will now face the Courts on marijuana trafficking and smuggling charges. In one incident, there was an attempt to smuggle marijuana into one of the prisons in the soles of slippers, while another […]
The Mahdia School Dorm Fire Commission of Inquiry will travel to Mahdia, and other neighbouring villages on Wednesday to conduct a familiarization visit. In a press briefing today at the COI Secretariat, Secretary to the Commission Javed Shaddick, explained that the visit is not intended to facilitate public hearings, but to have an assessment of […]
Confronted by an alarming increase in gun related crimes, Law enforcement agencies plan to intensify their campaign to rid the streets of illegal firearms, according to the Home Affairs Minister. In a recent interview with News Source, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn said the Police Force has seized a number of firearms in recent […]
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