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The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Hicks, appeared in Court this morning where she faced a charge of being involved in a corrupt transaction. Hicks appeared before the Chief Magistrate. She was granted $100,000 bail and told to return to Court on the 20th January for the continuation of the case. […]
Two ranks of the Guyana Defense Force and a businessman were today charged in a $745.5 million fuel theft scheme. The three appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court this morning and were granted bail in the sum of $300,000 each. The fuel racket reportedly went on for about five years. The three accused were identified […]
A 25-year-old man who was being held at the Beterverwaghting Police Station on suspicion of break and enter and larceny was found dead yesterday afternoon in the police station’s lockups. The dead man’s name has been given as Julian Harrison of La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara. A police report late last evening said he […]
Two months after she was arrested following a sting operation by the Police, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Hicks, will have to face the Court to answer corruption charges. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed this afternoon that the Police Force has been advised to go ahead with filing corruption charges […]
After being on the run for over three months, 20-year-old labourer Shane Samaroo called ‘Tanta Boy’ of Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice was today charged with the stabbing death of a Rossignol Man back in August. The accused appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court and was not required to enter […]
A mini-bus tout at the East Coast car park in Georgetown was stabbed to death this morning during a confrontation with another tout over a sum of money. The dead man has been identified as Morven Nurse. The argument and confrontation was caught on camera. In a video that was posted on social media, Nurse […]
The National Assembly late this afternoon amended Section 2 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances (Control) Act, to control the use of new and emerging psychotropic substances or ‘designer drugs’ being abused especially by young people. The amendment means that all designer drugs including ecstasy, molly and others which are popular in Guyana, are […]
The Opposition this afternoon threw its support behind the Police Amendment Bill, which amended the Police Act, CAP, 16:01, after the government made several changes to the earlier proposal. The Government was hammered earlier this year by Civil Society organizations and the Guyana Bar Association when it proposed to amend the Police Act to allow […]
Three years after a woman was attacked and raped in her home, the mechanic charged for the brutal crime has been found guilty. 48-year-old Dingo Emmanuel was found guilty today of raping the 36-year-old woman in her Region 7 home. He broke into the woman’s house and attacked her in her bedroom. During the trial, […]
Two months after he was freed of the murder charge related to the death of his wife, with the Prosecution admitting that it had no evidence tying him to the crime, ex-Police Sergeant Colin Baily has filed a $100 Million lawsuit against the state of Guyana. Through his attorney Nigel Hughes, Mr. Bailey is seeking […]
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