By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2018
Crime
Four months after a Diamond Housing Scheme Pastor was charged with the rape of one of his congregation members, he was today committed to stand before a jury in the High Court. City Magistrate Leron Daly today ruled that she has found enough evidence to commit the man to stand trial. The self-proclaimed Bishop, Joseph […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2018
News
The Guyana Private Sector Commission welcomed the Hard Rock Cafe with open arms this afternoon as the officials of company met with executives and members of the leading private sector representative body in the country. Hard Rock Cafe is getting set to open its first branch in the english speaking Caribbean in Guyana. The first […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2018
News
Piles of expired food items were confiscated and removed from the Stabroek Market Bazaar this afternoon as the Meat, Food and Hygiene Section of the Mayor and City Council conducted a special exercise, which targeted expired goods. Mostly confectionaries were seized and taken to a location to be destroyed. The Assistant Chief Meat and Food […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2018
News
The Guyana Government is being called upon to state clearly, as a matter of urgency, how it intends to deal with Guyanese retuning from Venezuela and Venezuelans who are seeking refuge in Guyana in wake of the crisis in the neighboring country. The matter came up on Wednesday during a meeting of the Parliamentary Sectoral […]
By News Source Guyana on June 14, 2018
News
A Berbice Magistrate is coming under fire after he allegedly described Police investigators as a “pack of jokers” during a Court case yesterday. The Springlands Magistrate reportedly made the remark during the appearance of an alleged high seas pirate who is facing several murder charges. There was reportedly some confusion in the courtroom with regards […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2018
News, Politics
Over 17,000 Cubans and 5000 Haitians who entered Guyana between 2013 and April 2018 are unaccounted for, according to an official correspondence from Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix. The revelation has prompted the Parliamentary Opposition to call on the Government to launch a serious investigation into the possibility of human trafficking. Felix wrote the Parliamentary […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2018
Crime, News
APNU+AFC Region Five Councillor, Abel Seetaram will be spending the next eighteen months in jail after being found guilty of felonious wounding. The 36-year-old man was handcuffed and handed over to Prison authorities this afternoon in Berbice after the Magistrate handed down the sentence. The sentence came following a probation report. His Attorney was hoping […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2018
Crime, News
Just days before Father’s Day, a father and his son found themselves before the Chief Magistrate facing a murder charge. The two will now spend Father’s Day in jail. 54-year-old, James McKenzie and his 21-year-old son, Timothy McKenzie, who both worked as bus conductors, stood before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan this afternoon and were not […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Revenue Authority has announced that with the assistance of the Guyana Police Force, it has apprehended four (4) persons in connection with the shooting of GRA’s Law Enforcement and Investigation (LEID) Officers at Beehive, East Coast Demerara. The incident took place last Thursday as the Enforcement Officers were moving in on a property […]
By News Source Guyana on June 13, 2018
Crime
Police have arrested three bandits who were caught red-handed early this morning during a robbery of the Number One Supermarket at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force reported that just around 4:30 this morning, the three men attacked, robbed and tied up a security guard at the […]