By News Source Guyana on November 14, 2017
Crime, News
Guyana has received some flak from the President of the Caribbean Court of Justice, Sir Dennis Byron over the continued situation where the top officials of the Judiciary have not been substantively appointed in over a decade. During a recent address to the Guyana Bar Association, Sir Dennis said “it was a most unfortunate state […]
By News Source Guyana on November 13, 2017
Crime, News
A Guyanese man who works as a baggage handler at New York’s JFK Airport has been arrested and charged for conspiracy to import cocaine into the U.S following a sting operation. According to documents seen by News Source, Guyanese national, Marlon Joseph, works at the JFK Airport with the Dnata company as a baggage handler […]
By News Source Guyana on November 13, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators believe they will be able to crack the case of the murdered teacher and file criminal charges as early as this week. Twenty-two year old, high school teacher, Kescia Branche, was found in an unconscious state last Sunday morning in Le Repentir cemetery close to Princes Street and Louisa Row. She was taken […]
By News Source Guyana on November 13, 2017
Crime, News
A cashier and a security guard, who were both attached to the Woodlands Hospital, appeared in Court this morning and were both slapped with larceny charges. It is alleged that the two, Susan Daniels of Canal #1 and Haniff Peters of La Penitence conspired and stole $1.4 million from the private hospital back in August. […]
By News Source Guyana on November 12, 2017
News, Politics
On a day set aside to show respect and honour for the soldiers who fought and died in the two World Wars, the Opposition People’s Progressive Party, continued its non-cooperation campaign against the Guyana government and stayed away from the national wreath laying ceremony at the War Memorial in Georgetown. Wreaths were laid by the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2017
Crime
A man who is well-known to law enforcement made yet another appearance in Court today and was charged for armed robbery. He was immediately remanded. The Accused, Antonio Marai stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and denied the allegation, which stated that on the 2nd November at Durban Backlands, while being armed with a handgun, he […]
By News Source Guyana on November 10, 2017
News, Politics
The Guyana Gold Board on Friday said that while major financial irregularities have been unearthed within the system, there has been no evidence of gold theft and the purity of gold within its possession has not been affected. Board Chairman, GHK Lall confirmed that two employees have been sent home following the results of an internal investigation, […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2017
Crime, News
National swimmer, Earlando McRae, has found himself in hot water after being busted at New York’s JFK Airport with just over five pounds of cocaine. According to Federal Court documents, the 28-year-old arrived in New York on Sunday, 4th November on a flight from Guyana. He presented a suitcase to Border Patrol agents and during […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2017
Crime
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, a businessman was charged and remanded to prison for allegedly trafficking four Venezuelan women. The Courtroom of Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan was told that, businessman Kenneth Summon was found trafficking the women as a means for them to pay back money they had borrowed from him. He denied the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 9, 2017
News, Politics
-by Kurt Campbell- Two days after a Regional Commission on the use of Marijuana established by the CARICOM Heads of Government, wrapped up a one day visit to Guyana, Guyana’s Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams, said there have been no discussions at the Cabinet level on decriminalizing marijuana use here. While two other CARICOM […]