By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2018
News
As Police Homicide Detectives continue to grill the main suspect in the gunning down of two men in a Pomeroon river community, two guns and several rounds of ammunition have been found. Additionally, the widow of one of the men who was gunned down has also been taken into custody for questioning. In a Tuesday […]
By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2018
Crime, News
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ today, a well-known barber was charged for trafficking over two pounds of cocaine. He was granted bail in the sum of $200,000. Festival City resident and barber, Hosea Jacobs, stood before Chief Magistrate and denied any involvement in the crime. The Court was told, that between 1st November and 29th November […]
By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2018
Crime
35-year-old Mocha Arcadia resident, Nigel Wellington was remanded to jail today after he was slapped with a number of armed robbery charges. He appeared in Court before the Chief Magistrate and denied all charges. The Court learnt that he is accused of stealing two television sets and a mobile phone in one case and also […]
By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2018
Crime, News
One hundred and thirty seven Guyanese were deported from the United States in 2017, according to figures provided by the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In its 2017 report, which was released on the agency’s website, the figures represent an increase in deportations to Guyana when compared to the previous year, 2016. In 2016, ninety-three […]
By News Source Guyana on January 16, 2018
Entertainment, News
The festival that once celebrated authentic Guyanese music, the Carib Soca Monarch competition, has returned to the Mash calendar of events after a two-year absence. This year it will feature 11 newcomers and three overseas-based Guyanese artistes. The Competition, which was exclusively promoted and managed by Ansa Mcal under its Carib Beer brand, is now […]
By News Source Guyana on January 15, 2018
Crime, News
At the High Court today, a 12-member jury returned a guilty verdict against Omardat Persaud who was charged with two counts of having sexual activity with a child family member. The child was 5-years-old at the time of the incident. That verdict caught the man’s Attorney Darren Wade by surprise resulting in an outburst in […]
By News Source Guyana on January 15, 2018
News, Politics
The Alliance for Change, which forms part of the coalition government, is contemplating whether it should enter this year’s Local Government Elections outside of the coalition. On Monday, AFC Leader, Raphael Trotman told reporters that the party is still to make a decision on whether it will go it alone into the 2018 local government […]
By News Source Guyana on January 15, 2018
Crime, News
A Lance Corporal of the Georgetown City Constabulary remains in custody as the probe continues into the Sunday afternoon shooting death of vendor, Marlon Fredericks. A post-mortem examination conducted on the body of the man this morning found that he died from complications to his lower back as a result of a gunshot wound. Fredericks, […]
By News Source Guyana on January 15, 2018
Crime, News
A serving member of the Guyana Defence Force is in custody this morning following investigations into a $5.5 million robbery of a woman in the Kitty area last week. Police investigations into the robbery led them to house in Middle road, La Penitence over the weekend. Once there, investigators found an unlicensed weapon with live […]
By News Source Guyana on January 14, 2018
News
Police investigators have been dispatched to the Grant Stelling area at Hope in the Lower Pomeroon river to investigate a double murder. Two men were shot dead by a gang of men, who escaped in a speed boat this afternoon (Sunday). The two dead men have been identified as Ambrose Baharally and Martin Godette. Information […]