By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
Crime, News
27-year-old, Albouystown Resident, Christopher Gonsalves, who allegedly attempted to bribe a Police sergeant to evade a drug trafficking charge, found himself before the Court today facing not just the drug trafficking charge, but also a bribery charge. Gonsalves appeared before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and with a smile on his face, he denied the allegations […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
News
With Digicel Guyana facing some data connectivity issues since the Surinamese authorities discontinued an unauthorized bypass connection with Digicel Suriname, local telecommunications provider, GTT is assuring that it has the capacity to accommodate the Digicel data needs. ‘ Earlier this year, GTT had complained about the move by Digicel to bypass the Guyana network and […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
News, Politics
In wake of the GTU threatening strike action once again, President David Granger convened a meeting with the executive members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry and a team from her Ministry. According to the Ministry of the Presidency, the two sides are now closer to a […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the Lethem area are probing the murder of a 22-year-old Guyanese man in the town. The dead man has been identified as Morgan Gonsalves. He is Guyanese national, but lives in the neighbouring Bonfim area in Brazil. According to a Police statement, the man left his home in Brazil on Saturday night […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2018
Crime, News
The Director of Public Prosecutions has been asked by the Police to offer advice following an investigation into a matter involving High Court Judge, Narendra Singh and businesswoman, Savitree Sharma. Mrs. Sharma is the wife of talk show host and politician C.N Sharma. Traffic Chief Lynden Isles has confirmed that the matter has been sent […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2018
Crime, News
The three men who were arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit during an alleged cocaine handover on Wednesday found themselves before a City Magistrate this afternoon facing drug possession and illegal gun charges. The three men were all remanded to jail. Appearing in Court this afternoon, Aundre Singh of Diamond, Clifford Gouveia of Little […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2018
Crime, News
The US based Guyanese private jet pilot, who had pleaded guilty to bulk cash smuggling into the United States, has now been convicted on drug trafficking charges. Two years ago, the man, Khamraj Lall was charged by US authorities for being in possession with intent to distribute cocaine and importation of cocaine into the United States. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2018
News, Politics
A clearly incensed and frustrated Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, today complained that the Elections Commission has found itself facing “designs and machinations to stymie the operation and coming into force, the coming elections”. GECOM Chairman, Justice James Patterson, told reporters at a press conference today that there is “mischief afoot internal and as […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2018
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for an East Coast Demerara woman who it wants to question about the shipment of a large quantity of cocaine to Canada in a bauxite ship from Guyana. Last evening, CANU announced that it wants to speak to Rosemary Singh aka “Rose” of Annandale East […]
By News Source Guyana on October 5, 2018
Crime, News
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has announced the arrest of three men following the discovery of over 12 pounds of cocaine during an operation. The three have been identified as Aundre Singh of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, Clifford Gouveia of Little Abary, East Coast Demerara and Oneil Charran of Sandy Babb Street Kitty. In a […]