By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
News
Acting on intelligence information, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit carried out a major drug raid at a house in the Diamond Housing Scheme on Thursday afternoon. The agents found and seized over 225 pounds of cocaine along with a large sum of money and ammunition for assault rifles. The cocaine was found in frozen seafood […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
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The Guyana Police Force is reporting a 15% increase in murders and a massive 62% increase in rape cases across Guyana for the year so far. According to the Police, 47 murders have been recorded for 2015 as of Monday April, 13. There were 41 murders for the same period last year. In many of the incidents, the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
While guests sipped on champagne and wine on the inside, close to 25 protesters gathered on the outside in protest during the official ribbon cutting ceremony of the Guyana Marriott Hotel on Thursday morning. The construction of the ultra modern seaside hotel was largely funded by taxpayers dollars to the tune of over US$52 Million. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
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A wide scale investigation has been launched into the murder of well known city businessman, Farouk Ghanie who owned and managed the Hamson’s Hardware Store on Regent Street. The 56-year-old businessman was found stabbed to death in his back yard early Thursday morning at his Collingwood Avenue, Nandy Park residence. Investigators suspect an ex-employee who […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
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It appears as though the drug pushers in Guyana are not letting up in their efforts to get the cocaine out. Agents attached to the Narcotics Branch of the Guyana Police Force busted an American citizen with just over five pounds of cocaine stashed in his suitcases. The 28-year-old man was a New York bound […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
Caribbean & International
Three students and a 35-year-old Clarendon man were on Wednesday night shot dead in the Monymusk Housing Scheme, Hayes in the parish. The police have identified them as: 14-year-old Raymond Givens, a student of the Bustamante High School; Ricardo Brisco, also 14 years old, of Garvey Maceo; and 15-year-old Alex Turner of Central High. Turner was […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
Caribbean & International
(BBC) The treasurer of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party, Joao Vaccari, has stepped down, after being arrested over corruption at oil giant Petrobras. Mr Vaccari is charged over an alleged scheme in which the party received dirty money from inflated deals between oil executives and construction firms. Party president Rui Falcao said he still had confidence […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
Elections, News, Politics
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have signed an agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the 2015 General and Regional Elections. The agreement was compiled by the OAS. The signing took place on Wednesday when the OAS Chief of Mission, Ms. Lisa Shoman visited GECOM Secretariat and held discussions […]
By News Source Guyana on April 16, 2015
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The government on Wednesday disclosed that corrective work on the contentious fibre optic project was ongoing even as the administration continues to shy away from being exclusively responsible for the collapse of the project. The project was being headed by President Donald Ramotar’s son, Alexie Ramotar when it had to be halted in December, reportedly due […]
By News Source Guyana on April 15, 2015
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On the same day that the Guyana Police Force reported on the post mortem examination results of the prisoner who committed suicide by hanging in the Lethem Police Station lock ups, another prisoner but this time at the Mazaruni prison decided to end his life the same way. According to a police statement, convicted prisoner […]