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A mini-bus tout at the East Coast car park in Georgetown was stabbed to death this morning during a confrontation with another tout over a sum of money. The dead man has been identified as Morven Nurse. The argument and confrontation was caught on camera. In a video that was posted on social media, Nurse […]
The National Assembly late this afternoon amended Section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances (Control) Act, to control the use of new and emerging psychotropic substances or ‘designer drugs’ being abused especially by young people. The amendment means that all designer drugs including ecstasy, molly and others which are popular in Guyana, are […]
The Opposition this afternoon threw its support behind the Police Amendment Bill, which amended the Police Act, CAP, 16:01, after the government made several changes to the earlier proposal. The Government was hammered earlier this year by Civil Society organizations and the Guyana Bar Association when it proposed to amend the Police Act to allow […]
Three years after a woman was attacked and raped in her home, the mechanic charged for the brutal crime has been found guilty. 48-year-old Dingo Emmanuel was found guilty today of raping the 36-year-old woman in her Region 7 home. He broke into the woman’s house and attacked her in her bedroom. During the trial, […]
Two months after he was freed of the murder charge related to the death of his wife, with the Prosecution admitting that it had no evidence tying him to the crime, ex-Police Sergeant Colin Baily has filed a $100 Million lawsuit against the state of Guyana. Through his attorney Nigel Hughes, Mr. Bailey is seeking […]
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony has announced that the Guyana Police Force is gearing up to go after persons who purchased fake vaccination cards as Health Authorities look to crack down on what appears to become a lucrative business in the Health sector. A number of healthcare workers have found themselves before the Courts […]
Two nurses attached to Diamond Health Centre on the East Bank of Demerara and a Screening Personnel attached to the Ministry of Health were today charged with fraud over their alleged sale of COVID-19 vaccination cards. The three healthcare workers were nabbed last week during a Police sting operation after investigators received information about the […]
The Alliance for Change which is one of the partners in the APNU+AFC Coalition, lambasted the PPP Civic Government today over the arrest of former Finance Minister Winston Jordan and the plan to file charges against him in relation to the sale of wharf facilities by the former Government to local contracting company, BK International. […]
An investigation by the Guyana Revenue Authority into the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a rum shipment from Guyana has revealed that when the shipment left Guyana, there were only boxes of rum in the container. The cocaine bust took place in The Netherlands. In a statement today, the GRA said […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is convinced that the cocaine which was found in a rum shipment from Guyana in The Netherlands, was placed in the shipment after it left Guyana. More than 1100 pounds of cocaine was found in the container of rum that originated in Guyana. However, the shipment made two stops for […]
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