By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2022
Crime, News
A gold miner who is originally from Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara was today charged and remanded to jail for the murder of 26-year-old mining camp chef, Mariam Edwards. Appearing at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court today, 25-year-old Keron Hope was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge, which accused […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2022
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During a joint operation, today between the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Enforcement Division of the Guyana Revenue Authority, a 48-year-old man was busted with a number of ecstasy pills. CANU said that during the operation at Corriverton in Berbice, the ranks intercepted a motor vehicle and during a search, four parcels containing 400 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2022
Crime, News
A post-mortem examination conducted today on the body of the Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus who was shot dead by the Police confirmed that he was shot six times. According to the dead man’s family, the post-mortem exam found that Bacchus was shot five times to the back and once to the chest. All six […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Amid loud protests from residents of the East Coast Demerara village of Golden Grove this morning, Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken visited the home of the 25-year-old man who was shot dead by the Police last Friday in Haslington. The Commissioner met with the mother and other relatives of Quindon Bacchus and expressed his sympathy […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2022
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force on Sunday afternoon announced that the Special Branch Police rank at the centre of the shooting death of Haslington youth Quindon Bacchus has been placed under close arrest as the Police Complaints Authority is set to investigate the incident. Bacchus was shot dead on Friday afternoon by the Special Branch Officer […]
By News Source Guyana on June 12, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
The family of the Haslington youth, Quindon Bacchus, who was shot dead by the Police on Friday afternoon during an alleged armed confrontation, is calling for an impartial investigation to be conducted into the deadly shooting. The Guyana Police Force provided two versions of the events that led to the death of the 25-year-old man. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2022
Crime, News
A Haslington, East Coast Demerara family is crying out for justice following the Police shooting death of 25-year-old Quindon Bacchus. Details surrounding the latest Police shooting death are sketchy. However, in a brief statement, the Guyana Police Force claimed that a party of Police ranks was in the Haslington community when they saw a man […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Three weeks after the Director of Public Prosecution discontinued the private criminal charge against Attorney Nirvan Singh over his alleged use of racist language towards a Police Constable, the Attorneys for the Police Constable have filed another private criminal charge against the Attorney who is the son of former Acting Chancellor Carl Singh. In the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2022
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Citing the recent shooting off of guns and bottle pelting that took place at a recent stage show while Jamaican Dancehall star, “Skeng” was performing, the Minister responsible for public security in Guyana, Robeson Benn has announced that artistes “like Skeng” will no longer be allowed in Guyana at events in public places. “I have […]
By News Source Guyana on June 10, 2022
Crime, News
One man band performer, 53-year-old Daniel Melbourne who is known as “Love Vibrations” appeared in Court today and was slapped with six charges related to the death of construction worker Reonol Williams, who was hit down by a speeding car on the 23rd May. In Court, Melbourne was charged with causing the death of Williams […]