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An 18-year-old man was stabbed to death early on Saturday morning in Leopold Street during a brawl involving several persons. The dead teen, Noel Fraser, was reportedly trying to break-up a fight when he was attacked and stabbed. Police investigators are looking for 25-year-old man who is being considered as the prime suspect. The suspect […]
Three young children died tragically on Saturday in a river accident in Region Nine, according to Police sources in the area. The three children, ages 12, 3 and 1, were passengers of a small boat that was traversing a part of the Essequibo river in Region Nine when the boat reportedly hit a large rock […]
A suspected bandit was shot dead this morning at the corner of King Street and North Road. His accomplice was arrested by the Police at the same area. According to information, the two young men reportedly attempted to snatch a phone from a woman in the busy area while riding their motorbike, and an undercover […]
Moments after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for a South Ruimveldt resident in connection with yesterday’s shooting death of a bystander in West Ruimveldt, the man contacted News Source to reveal that he has been in the United States since the end of June and had nothing to do with the incident […]
The Guyana Police Force, through the Ministry of Home Affairs has been allocated just over $2 Billion in supplementary funding. The additional money for the Guyana Police Force has been approved at a time when the country is experiencing an increase in gun related crimes. However, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn told the Assembly that […]
A 43-year-old construction worker from West Ruimveldt was shot dead on Thursday afternoon, as he observed a confrontation between his neighbour and another man over a property. A second bystander was also shot, and is hospitalised with serious injuries. The dead man has been identified as Dexter Horsham. A Police report indicated that just before […]
Faced with calls from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce for the Police Force to step up its response to the growing crime problem in the country, and a recent travel warning from the US government about crime in Guyana, President Irfaan Ali today maintained that crime in the country is actually on the decline. Speaking […]
Three men who have emerged as suspects in an East Bank Demerara robbery have been arrested by the Police and are likely to face criminal charges as early as Friday. According to a Police statement, the three were part of a group of four persons who held a security guard at gunpoint and robbed him. […]
Three days after he was arrested near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with 57 pounds of cocaine in his car, Providence and Albouystown resident, Christopher Douglas, appeared in Court today and pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking charge. With the guilty plea, Magistrate Sunil Scarce sentenced him to 4 years in jail and fined him […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, who covers the security sector, is not supportive of the President’s decision to extend the tenure of Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken beyond his retirement age. Mr. Hicken reached the retirement age of 55 in July, but President Irfaan Ali announced on Monday that he has decided to extend […]
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