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The Ministry of Home Affairs announced this morning that the Government has secured the services of retired member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Leonard Mc Coshen to assist with the investigations into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, whose lifeless body was discovered in a pool at the Double Day Hotel two weeks ago. […]
Three months after 27-year-old A’ishah McKenzie was busted with over five pounds of cocaine in her suitcase at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, she has been sentenced to three years in jail and fined $3.7 million. The sentence was handed down on Wednesday at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court following the conclusion of the matter. Back […]
Declaring that it feels compelled to share some of the findings of the preliminary forensic examination conducted on 11-year-old Adriana Younge, the Guyana Police Force late on Wednesday night sought to push back against what it described as a “barrage of misinformation being peddled in the social media intending to confuse and cause public mischief”. […]
Three men were charged and remanded to prison on Tuesday over the September 2024 murder of Aubrey Richardson at Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The three murder accused, 19-year-old Carlton Antwan Sampson called ‘Skeng’, 26-year-old Dwayne Neil Winter called ‘Drizzle’ and 36-year-old Brutus Taylor appeared at the Friendship Magistrate’s Court, where the charge was read […]
By Svetlana Marshall The Government of Guyana has told the UN Human Rights Council that despite rapid growth and development, the country faces many challenges including Venezuela’s ongoing claims to two-thirds of its territory. The statement did not sit well with Venezuela, with the Spanish-speaking country signaling its objection as Guyana underwent its Universal Periodic […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association is raising questions about what it sees as the Government’s increasing use of private security firms, observing that the pattern is setting a dangerous precedent. In a statement, the Human Rights Association hammered the Guyana Police Force for its continued mishandling of high-profile cases, and instances of corruption within the […]
25-year-old contractor, Deon Jeffrey, has filed a $100 Million lawsuit against the state for wrongful detention after he was falsely linked by the Police to the disappearance of 11-year-old Adrianna Younge. Jeffrey was held by the Police on the 23rd April in connection with the disappearance of the young child after the Police issued a […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that as part of the investigations into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, water samples from the pool at the Double Day Hotel were collected and have been sent overseas for independent forensic analysis. The child’s lifeless body was found in the hotel’s pool, one day after she was […]
Thirteen days after the body of 11-year-old Adriana Younge was discovered in a pool at the Double Day Hotel after she was reported missing the previous day, Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken has been unable to provide critical information on the investigation into the death of the young girl which has sparked global outrage, and […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has defended the move by the Guyana Police Force to file terrorism charges against persons who were arrested in connection with last Monday’s unrest and looting in some parts of the country. More than forty persons have been charged and remanded to prison for inciting public terror after violent protest erupted […]
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