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A 21-year-old porter has been remanded to jail over the gruesome murder of a man in the interior mining region. The accused, Clinton Allen, appeared in Court today and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge. Police investigators said he confessed to the murder of Rodwell Joseph at Kamarang Landing […]
Two weeks after 22-year-old Kevin Rose was charged with the murder of Patrick Fraser aka “white boy”, a second man has been charged with the same crime. At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this morning, 23-year-old Shemar Moore was jointly charged with the murder of the young man. Both of the accused were in Court as […]
Two months after he was fired by the Board of Directors of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, Sherod Duncan is likely to be reinstated as the General Manager of the company following the intervention of Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo. The Chairman of the Board of the Guyana Chronicle, Geeta Chandan-Edmond today received a letter from the […]
Several staff members of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council who are based in the main building int he compound will be relocated as the building continues to be in disrepair. The City Hall building which also houses the Council’s Chambers, has been in a dilapidated state for several years. Almost every week, rotten pieces […]
Although a number of persons claimed that they witnessed the accident that claimed the life of 7-year-old Ciara Benjamin, no one has come forward to provide a statement about the crash to Police investigators. Police Traffic Chief Linden Isles told reporters on Monday that the Force is still trying to get eyewitnesses to come forward […]
Although the Guyana Police Force has a number of officers who have been trained as negotiators, the Force has admitted that during the two recent armed confrontations with criminal elements, there was no negotiator at the scene to get the bandits to surrender. At a press conference on Monday, Police Commissioner Leslie James told reporters […]
The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has flagged the ban on the import of poultry products from Guyana by Trinidad and Tobago as “ill-advised” and “premature”. Although Guyana does not export poultry and poultry products to the twin-island Republic, the Agriculture Ministry in Trinidad and Tobago late last week announced a ban on the importation […]
Police Commissioner Leslie James this afternoon assured that Guyana has not seen any upsurge in crime and that is based on statistics of reported criminal activity. At a late afternoon press conference, the Police Commissioner said while there have been some “sensational crimes”, there has been no upsurge. Commissioner James told reporters that compared to […]
The Guyana Police Force is currently studying video recordings of the aftermath of that fatal accident at Agricola on Saturday and intends to file criminal charges against the persons who attacked the driver of the truck that was involved in the accident. A 7-year-old girl lost her life when the truck slammed into her as […]
30-year-old businessman, Amir Ally, and Canter truck driver, 32-year-old, Baldeo Persaud were today sentenced to four years in jail and fined $25 million each after being found guilty of cocaine possession and trafficking. The sentences and fines were handed down by Magistrate Leron Daly in connection with the cocaine in fish case. The two were […]
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