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Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine has confirmed that local police have detained two men who are suspected to be linked to last Friday,s high seas attack off the coast of Suriname that left more than a dozen fishermen either dead or missing. Acting Police Chief David Ramnarine said the two were picked up on the […]
When he was first arrested and detained on a murder charge, Ian Henry had just turned thirteen years old. His case dragged on for the next six years and he was only recently released after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions made a decision to drop the charge against the youth and discontinue […]
Two months after 46-year-old porter lost his life due to a speeding car that collided with him while he was standing on the roadside, the driver of that speeding motorcar was today charged. The accused, Sadath Newark, appeared relaxed as he stood before Magistrate Judy Latchman and entered a plea of not guilty when the […]
Surinamese Police have arrested a suspect in the deadly pirate attack on fishermen on Surinamese waters. The bodies of some of the fishermen have since been recovered,several others remain missing. The sixteen Guyanese fishermen were reported missing last week following the attack that saw about twenty of them being forced to jump overboard. Those who […]
Financial crimes and the ongoing fight against them are taking centre stage at a special workshop for Caribbean Judges and Prosecutors. The workshop, which opened this morning at the Pegasus hotel, is organised by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and supported by The Commonwealth and the Guyana Government. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney […]
With the search ongoing for thirteen other Guyanese fishermen who are all feared dead following a pirate attack on the high seas in neighbouring Suriname, Guyana’s President, David Granger today said his government has been in contact with its Surinamese counterparts and is paying close attention to the tragic loss of life. During a brief […]
The bodies of three Guyanese fishermen who were murdered at sea in neighbouring Suriname, have been recovered. Thirteen others are still missing. The identities of the bodies recovered are still to be confirmed. However, authorities in Suriname appear convinced that the bodies are of the Guyanese fishermen. Sixteen fishermen went missing after they were attacked […]
With no senior government or opposition official present, the Ministry of the Presidency on Wednesday afternoon officially launched the Commemorative stamps to celebrate the centennial birth anniversary of late Guyanese President, Dr. Cheddi Jagan. Dr. Jagan’s sister and other relatives were in attendance along with officials of the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre and the Guyana […]
Psychiatrist, Dr. Bhiro Harry has ruled that Guyana Defence Force Officer, Captain Orwain Sandy, is fit to stand trial for his reputed wife’s murder. Sandy’s Attorney had requested a psychiatric report after the man was charged for gunning down his wife on April 1, 2018. That evaluation was recently completed and the Psychiatrist has handed […]
General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress, Lincoln Lewis, used part of his Labour Day address to hundreds of workers in the National Park to encourage the government to change the nature of Guyana’s politics for the better. “Minister Scott on Sunday called on the trade union to be a “game changer.” We are saying to […]
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