PPP City Councilors wants Public Procurement probe of parking meter contracts

As the Georgetown City Council prepares to renegotiate that controversial parking meter contract with Smart City Solutions, the People’s Progressive Party members on the Georgetown City Council have written to the Public Procurement Commission on the issue. In the letter, the Councilors complained that the contract was signed without any of the councilors being properly […]

Pregnant Linden woman and taxi driver remanded over marijuana bust

Two Lindeners were remanded to jail this morning after being charged with the trafficking of marijuana. The pregnant woman, Rhonda Hercules, and taxi driver, Stanwin Small, both entered not guilty pleas when they appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman to face marijuana possession and trafficking charges. The two were allegedly nabbed with over two pounds of […]

Taxi driver in custody as cocaine in hammock probe continues

A Georgetown Taxi driver, who is a deportee, was arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit as investigators continue to probe the attempt to smuggle cocaine soaked hammocks. News Source understands that the man was arrested after agents received information that he may have been one of two persons fingered by the young woman who […]

Miner dies in Mahdia mining pit collapse at White Hole

Police and Guyana Geology and Mines Commission investigators have traveled to a mining camp in the Mahdia community following a tragic mining pit collapse that has left a young gold miner dead. The name of the miner has not been released but according to report, he is from the Linden community. The incident took place […]

Suspect in armed robberies found murdered in Albouystown

Police investigators are this morning probing the execution style murder of East La Penitence resident and wanted man, Colin Daley, aka “Frog eye” and “Froggy”. The man’s lifeless body was found just after 1 o’clock Saturday morning with a single gunshot wound to the head in Albert Street, Albouystown. According to a Police statement, the […]

Plaisance businessman facing new cocaine trafficking charges following bust of ex-policeman

Two weeks after Police issued a wanted bulletin for him, the Plaisance businessman,who later turned himself in to the Police, was today remanded to prison, after being charged with cocaine trafficking. 27-year-old, Delvor Bunbury, stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and denied the allegation that on the 11th September at BelAir, he trafficked 1.828 kilograms of […]