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Police Commissioner (ag) Nigel Hoppie has reported that while the country has seen a 4.3% decrease in serious crimes, the murder rate has seen a significant increase of 27.69%. Between the 1st January and the 7th December 2020, the country recorded 141 murders. The majority of the murders have been described as the disorderly type. […]
The Police Commander at the center of a Guyana Revenue Authority investigation into smuggled liquor has offered to pay the taxes on the uncustomed commodity, sources familiar with the probe have told News Source. The Police Divisional Commander for Region 9 and two other Police Ranks were intercepted on Tuesday by GRA Enforcement Officers with […]
Four years after the gunning down of 25-year-old Gregory Garraway during a robbery, his killer has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. 26-year-old Joshua Meredith who was charged for murder back in 2016 opted to enter a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter when he appeared before Justice Priya Beharry this morning. […]
An elderly couple who dedicated their lives to helping others as Missionaries of Christ, died last evening in an accident along the Linden/Soesdyke highway. The couple, 75-year-old Cornelius Rozema and 79-year-old Bernice Rozema were heading to their home at Hauraruni along the highway when tragedy struck. The husband was driving when he reportedly lost control […]
The Argentine Forensic Expert who was brought to Guyana by the Guyana Human Rights Authority to assist in the probe of the Berbice teen murders will be leaving Guyana tomorrow and is still to receive any technical information on the Police investigation. Forensic Expert, Dr. Luis Fondebrider who visited the scenes where the bodies were found […]
Recently convicted private school teacher, Mohammed Wazir Khan, is appealing his three-year jail sentence and conviction for the sexual assault of an underage girl. Following a trial last month, Magistrate Leron Daly found Khan guilty of the crime. The Magistrate sentenced him to three years imprisonment. The convict was also ordered to pay a fine […]
Tragedy and shock gripped the town of Bartica late on Saturday night when the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters were found in the ashes of their old wooden house that was set ablaze by the woman’s reputed husband. Persons at Four Miles Squatting Area, Bartica noticed the house on fire at […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has arrested a 33-year-old Corentyne man after more than 100 pounds of marijuana was found in the trunk of his car during an operation at Moleson Creek on Thursday night. The suspect has been identified as taxi driver, Imran Johara of Line Path Corentyne. An underage youth was also in […]
A 28-year-old man from Shell Road, Kitty will face the murder charge for the gunning down of 60-year-old Peter Gonsalves. The elderly man was gunned down on Monday night in Garnett Street, Kitty after being attacked by two men who demanded his motorcycle. After allegedly putting up a fight, Gonsalves was shot multiples times by […]
Three months after two serving members of the Guyana Police Force were charged for murder over the shooting death of Festival City resident, Cecil Sampat, the Director of Public Prosecutions has withdrawn the murder charges. The DPP reviewed the file against the two policemen, Corporal Godwin Thomas and Constable Troy Munroe. A decision has been […]
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