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The Attorney representing the 15-year-old girl who is facing 20 murder charges over the deaths that took place in the Mahdia School Dorm fire, has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a request for the charges against his teenage client to be withdrawn completely because of a lack of evidence. In a letter […]
Three persons have been added to the list of road fatalities in Guyana after losing their lives on Monday night in a smash-up at Craig on the East Bank of Demerara involving a car and a large truck. Police investigators have identified the three dead persons as Eric Christopher Thomas, Annette Williams, and Lynette Chapel. […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit are preparing drug trafficking charges against a 37-year-old Providence man, who was busted near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Sunday with 57.3 pounds of cocaine in his car. A statement from CANU indicated that its officers were conducting routine operations at a cargo company close to the […]
President Irfaan Ali has confirmed that he has extended the Acting Police Commissioner’s time in office beyond his retirement. “I have already issued a letter extending the services of the Commissioner of Police to a date to be determined,” President Ali said. The President made the announcement while speaking to reporters this morning. Acting Police […]
Concerned about the growing crime problem in the country, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry wants the Police to adjust its “laxed” posture on crime. In a statement the Chamber of Commerce said it has noted with intense concern, the level of crime being perpetrated in Guyana, more particularly, in recent times. According to […]
An 18-year-old man from Mon Repos on the East Coast of Demerara has been charged in connection with the murder of his 20-year-old brother. The dead brother has been identified as fisherman, Henry Sam Bowin. Investigators have not released the identity of the brother who is likely to face murder charges. According to a Police […]
The Guyana Police Force is stepping up its monitoring of motor lorries and sand trucks traversing the East Bank Demerara corridor, in wake of a number of accidents involving the large trucks and growing complaints. This morning the Police conducted a traffic enforcement exercise at Friendship Public Road on the East Bank Demerara and a […]
The Vice President has announced that by next Wednesday, the President will appoint all of the persons to serve on the Commission of Inquiry that will examine the Mahdia School dorm fire which claimed 20 lives. While not offering details on the likely Commissioners, Mr. Jagdeo said the full Commission will be named and will […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit discovered more than 134 pounds of marijuana stashed in several parcels in a clump of bushes in the Canje, Berbice village of Palmyra on Wednesday. While CANU agents were working on a tip-off, it appeared as though the owner of the large quantity of marijuana might have also been tipped […]
Fire and Police investigators are continuing their probe into the devastating early Tuesday morning fire that completely destroyed 13 passenger boats that were parked close to the Vreed-en-hoop stelling on the West Coast Demerara. The Guyana Fire Service in a statement yesterday said a cause of the fire is still to be determined. It was […]
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