By News Source Guyana on September 21, 2024
Crime, News
Police investigators have travelled to Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara to investigate a double-murder incident which took place early this morning. The two dead persons have been identified as 30-year-old Mohamed Kalameeden Nasir of Stewartville and 25-year-old Arvinda Roopram, who was also from the Stewartville community. The two men were stabbed to death […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2024
Crime, News
27-year-old radio host and singer Shaima Muna, pleaded guilty today to trafficking more than 32 pounds of marijuana, hours after she was busted by the Police at Weldaad on the West Coast of Berbice. A police report stated that the Georgetown woman was arrested at around 5:47 this morning along the Weldaad Public Road during […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2024
News, Politics
The Attorney General’s Chambers has responded to the letter that was sent to the Acting Police Commissioner by Attorneys for Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell, seeking information on the Police operation that was conducted at the home of the activist’s mother. In the response, which was signed by Principal Legal Advisor in the Attorney General’s Office, […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2024
News, Politics
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton has poured cold water on an announcement made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo that the government will be launching a Commission of Inquiry into the murders of hundreds of persons during the crime spree in the early 2000s. At a press conference today, the Opposition Leader said such an investigation by […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2024
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Government will soon be launching a Commission of Inquiry in the crime spree and killings of the early 2000’s during the period known as “The Troubles”. Jagdeo was President at the time when the country saw daily murders and execution style killings of hundreds of young men. […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2024
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has denied any involvement of the governing People’s Progressive Party in a Police operation that took place at the home of the mother of Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel”. On Tuesday, the Guyana Police Force raided the Eccles home of Atwell’s mother and grandmother, claiming that they were looking […]
By News Source Guyana on September 20, 2024
Health, News
Well-known Biologist and Conservation Specialist, 30-year-old Meshach Pierre was found dead on Thursday in a camp at the G2 Minerals Compound at Oku Backdam in the Cuyuni-Mazaruni region. The Police said a suicide note was found in his phone and addressed to his family. Pierre, who had documented his mental health struggles in a number […]
By News Source Guyana on September 19, 2024
Crime, News
Lawyers representing the interest of Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel” and her mother, have written to the Acting Police Commissioner seeking information regarding a recent Police operation that was carried out at the home of the activist’s mother. The Police in a statement had indicated that the operation was based on intelligence received […]
By News Source Guyana on September 19, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
With a 36-megawatt power ship connected to the national grid to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s General capacity and the recent purchase of several generating sets, frequent blackouts have returned and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed his concern over the problem. While GPL has blamed the recent outages on a number of issues […]
By News Source Guyana on September 19, 2024
News, Politics
One day after the Ministry of Agriculture stated that there was no theft of sugar at the Rose Hall estate, but rather an overstatement in the sugar production by 243 tonnes, Opposition Member of Parliament Vinceroy Jordan is calling for the full release of the audit report that the Ministry said uncovered the error. In […]