By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2024
Crime, News
A midday fire at Puruni Landing in the Mazaruni River, Region 7 completely destroyed 15 buildings and claimed two lives. An alarm was raised in the gold mining community just after 11 o’clock this morning as one of the buildings was seen engulfed in flames. There is no fire service in the area, so the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
Crime, News
Former Commissioner of Police, Winston Felix, who also served as a Minister of Government under the David Granger Administration, believes the recent kidnapping of Joshua David is a serious security concern for citizens. David was snatched just outside a Main Street restaurant in two weeks ago, and has not been seen or heard from since […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
Crime, News
With two suspects already before the Court on abduction charges, the Guyana Police Force has sought and been granted additional time to detain five other suspects in the abduction and disappearance of Georgetown resident, Joshua David. This coming Thursday will mark two weeks since David was last seen. He was snatched from outside a Main […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2024
Crime, News
A Chinese supermarket owner is hospitalised with multiple gunshot wounds after coming under attack during a suspected robbery attempt this morning. The incident occurred just after 7am, according to the Police. A Police report stated that the businessman was sitting in his vehicle just outside his Durban Street “First Choice” supermarket, when a security guard […]
By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2024
Crime, News
Two Georgetown men, Alpha Poole and Osafo Peters were charged and remanded to prison today for the abduction of Joshua David. David was snatched just outside a Main Street restaurant last Thursday, and has not been seen or heard from since then. The entire incident was captured on camera. The two men who appeared in […]
By News Source Guyana on October 3, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton today threatened legal action if President Irfaan Ali goes ahead in appoint acting Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken to the substantive position just before Mr. Hicken proceeds on his retirement. In an interview with News Source today, Mr. Norton said he has already approached his Attorneys to look at the issue following […]
By News Source Guyana on October 3, 2024
Crime, News
34-year-old electrician, Sharmo Jones, will be spending the next year in jail after pleading guilty to stealing 24 street lights from the community of La Bonne Intention on the East Coast of Demerara. The Plaisance man was nabbed with the 24 street lights at his home and immediately admitted to stealing them from the power […]
By News Source Guyana on October 3, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali appears set to appoint Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken substantively to the top position in the Police Force, despite the Opposition Leader still withholding his support. In a letter to the Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Wednesday, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira noted that the Opposition Leader’s decision not […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2024
Crime, News
Almost a week since a Georgetown man, Joshua David, was snatched and abducted from outside a Main Street Restaurant, searches are ongoing by the Guyana Police Force for him. So far, police investigators have carried out searches in a number of areas across Georgetown and the East Coast of Demerara, but have come up empty […]
By News Source Guyana on October 2, 2024
Crime, News
Police Constable, Mark Forde, who was caught on camera punching away on his 17-year-old son, has been placed under close arrest over the incident. A statement from the Guyana Police Force explained that the incident took place on Monday. According to the Police report, the Police Constable and his teenage son got into an argument […]