By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2021
News, Politics
(BBC) Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has been killed in an attack on his home in the nation’s capital, according to the country’s interim prime minister. Claude Joseph said the president’s residence in Port-au-Prince was stormed by unidentified armed men at 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT). The First Lady was reportedly also injured in the attack. […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Guyana Police Force has forwarded the file on the Police shooting death of Kitty resident Peter Headley to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority for additional investigation. Earlier today, the Public Relations Officer for the Director of Public Prosecutions indicated that the DPP’s office had received the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
News, Politics
The Director of Public Prosecutions has requested Court documents from Magistrate Peter Hugh after he dismissed the charges filed against two of the three suspects in the murder of Berbice teen, Isaiah Henry. Hours after the Magistrate’s decision today, DPP Shalimar Ali-Hack made her request for the Court documents. The DPP said the request will […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Magistrate Peter Hugh this morning ruled that the state had provided insufficient evidence against two Berbice men charged with the murder of Berbice teen Isaiah Henry. However, the two accused Vinod Gopaul and Anil Sanchara will remain behind bars as the preliminary inquiry into the murder of the other teenager, Joel Henry is set to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The APNU+AFC Coalition today filed two motions of no confidence against two Ministers of the Government. The motions were filed with the Clerk of the National Assembly and they seek the removal of Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony and Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn as the two no longer enjoy the confidence of the opposition […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
News, Politics
The Director of Public Prosecutions has requested that the Police conduct additional investigations into the Police shooting death of Kitty resident, Peter Headley. The man was shot by the Police at close range while he sat in the front passenger seat of his car after being arrested. Two Police Officers were initially placed under close […]
By News Source Guyana on July 5, 2021
News
Chairman of the Police Service Commissioner, retired Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Slowe has dispatched a letter to Deputy Police Commissioner, who is performing the functions of Police Commissioner, Nigel Hoppie, informing him to activate the process to formally promote the ranks who the PSC recently promoted. The Government has indicated that it will be ignoring […]
By News Source Guyana on July 4, 2021
News
Two armed bandits who posed as mourners made off with the payroll of the Lyken Funeral Home on Friday afternoon. The two men who were dressed in dark coloured jeans and white shirts pulled up outside the funeral parlous just before 2pm on Friday. The pillion rider made his way into the office of the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 2, 2021
Crime, News
The US government through its State Department is pressing Guyana to increase prosecutions and convictions in sex and labor trafficking cases. That call is just one of several recommendations for Guyana in the 2021 International Trafficking in Persons report, which was released today by the US Secretary of State. Guyana remains at Tier 1 on […]
By News Source Guyana on July 2, 2021
Crime, News
Less than 24 hours after the Police stated that it did not get any in-person interviews with the witnesses who could provide an alibi for murder accused Glaston Henry in the Haresh Singh case, the Police today arrested six of the witnesses as they presented themselves to the investigators to provide their statements. The six […]