By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2017
News
(GINA) Traffic Chief, Superintendent Dion Moore, is calling on citizens to be cognizant of private cars operating as taxis for their own safety. During an interview with the Department of Public/ Government Information Agency (DPI/GINA) he said that Guyana Police Force Traffic Department has charged 369 persons thus far who used their cars for a […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2017
Crime
In his first appearance in court after being charged for theft, a handyman was today sentenced to 18 months behind Bars after pleading guilty to the charges. The convict, Kevin Grey, appeared in Court and pleaded guilty to breaking into the house of Teneka Joaquin and carting off a flat screen television, valued at $80,000 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2017
News
As diversification efforts continue at some sugar estates, government announced today that Wales Estate is expected to harvest between 7000-8000 bags of seed paddy in September. The crippling performance of the sugar industry had prompted government to find creative ways to cushion the effects by either scaling down production and or diversifying the sector. One […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2017
Crime, News
The suspects in the murder of remand prisoner, Neshan Jagmohan, have been identified but are refusing to cooperate with Police investigators, according to prison officials. The three suspects remain in the custody of the Guyana Prison Service. Multiple efforts by the Police to question them have failed, as they continue to refuse to cooperate with […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2017
Crime, News
The Governments of Guyana and Colombia have signed an agreement on mutual exemption of visa for holders of ordinary passports. The agreement was signed in the margins of the 47th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Cancún, Mexico. It will allow holders of Ordinary Passports to enter and […]
By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2017
News, Politics
The Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport is requesting that more youths become involved in the $50M Youth Innovation Project (YIPoG) entrepreneurial opportunity as the entry closing date of submission draws near. The Ministry has set the YIPoG closing date of submission for June 30. The programme, launched last month during the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators and Prison officials have rushed to the New Amsterdam Prison following an afternoon attack on two inmates, which resulted the death of one of the inmates. Dead is Neshan Jagmohan, who was a remand prisoner on trial for the 2013 murder of businessman, Devindra Deodat. His brother, Ramnarine Jagmohan, who is on remand […]
By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2017
News
Two fish vendors found themselves in deep trouble on Wednesday, when they appeared before a city Magistrate, charged with stealing property from a businessman. The two men, 46-year-old, Keon Allicock and his 19-year-old employee, Leon Singh, were slapped with multiple break and entering charges when they appeared in court, but they pleaded not guilty to […]
By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2017
Crime, News
Days after being nabbed at the Eugene Correia Airport, Ogle with 72 pellets of cocaine in his stomach, an East Coast Demerara man was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $1.5 million after entering a guilty plea to the drug trafficking charges. 32- year-old, Rudolph Muir aka “Roach”, of Enterprise, Mahaicony, appeared before […]
By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2017
News
Police in Canje, Berbice are probing the death of a woman from the Sheet Anchor area, who was beaten to death by her husband. The woman’s name has not been released, but according to reports out of the area, she was attacked and beaten and chopped to death by the husband during an argument. The […]