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Ranks from the Guyana Police Force (GPF)’s Major Crimes Unit on Tuesday found two handguns in a barrel that had been shipped to Guyana. The police were notified after authorities at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) became suspicious when the unclaimed barrel was left on the wharf without being claimed for several months. Crime […]
Police investigators moved swiftly this afternoon and have arrested a suspect for the afternoon gunning down of mini-bus driver, Tedroy James. The 38-year-old man was shot dead as bandits attacked his mini-bus at McDoom and attempted to rob his passengers. Within hours, the Police moved into the villages of McDoom and Agricola after being tipped […]
Two days after the devastating fire and jail break at the Camp Street Prison, President David Granger led members of his cabinet on a visit to the burnt out facility on Tuesday afternoon. The visit was unannounced, but the President spoke to News Source as he prepared to leave. He explained that the government will […]
22-year-old Matthew Shivtahal, is happy to be alive. On Sunday afternoon, his entire life took a threatening twist when he was accosted by four of the inmates who escaped from the Camp Street jail. His friend and her children who were in his car were thrown out, and he found himself as the getaway driver […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has blasted the David Granger led government as inept and incompetent following Sunday’s fire and jail break at the Camp Street prison. In a statement on Monday evening, the Opposition Leader said the nation has once again, witnessed “an outrageous spectacle of a bumbling, inept, incompetent Granger Government in full display.” […]
In an Address to the Nation on Monday evening, President David Granger outlined government’s emergency plan to address the Camp Street jail situation. Most of the prison buildings were gutted by fire on Sunday during a jail break. Prisoners were moved to the Lusignan prison, but some were eventually transferred to other prisons around the […]
The 22-year-old man who was reportedly kidnapped by four of the prison escapees on Sunday afternoon and forced to drive them away from the prison, has been found alive and safe. Family members got a call from investigators late last night that Matthew Shivtahal had been found. He was questioned by Police then taken for […]
A North East La Penitence was today charged and granted bail for stabbing his girlfriend to her buttocks. The woman had to be hospitalised for the injuries. 52-year-old Marton McKenzie made his first appearance in court before Magistrate Judy Latchman, and entered a plea of not guilty after the charge was read. The Charge stated […]
Twenty two remand prisoners who were behind bars for minor non-violent offences were offered bail today as six Magistrates held special bail hearing at the Lusignan Prison, where hundreds of prisoners were taken following Sunday’s devastating fire and prison break at the Camp Street jail. The decision to hold the special hearings was taken at […]
As more details continue to unravel in the Camp Street prison break probe, Police investigators today questioned a woman who claims that four men, believed to be the prison escapees, forced her and her children out of her friend’s car on Sunday afternoon and took the friend hostage. The 22-year-old man, Matthew Shivtahal, has not […]
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