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The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition met virtually with the Guyana Elections Commission on Tuesday and while describing the meeting as “cordial”, the Opposition said GECOM needs to start working on its reforms. The Opposition was represented in the meeting by PNCR Chairman, Shurwayne Holder, PNCR General Secretary, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, AFC General Secretary David Patterson, and AFC […]
Two days after the US Embassy issued a crime alert warning US Citizens and Embassy staffers against visiting the Stabroek and Bourda Markets in Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force is moving to implement new strategies to increase security at the two locations and in other parts of the city. The US Embassy in its warning […]
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded […]
Days after the Guyana Police Force bragged about a decrease in criminal activity across the country, the United States Embassy in Guyana has issued a security alert for the capital city of Georgetown with a specific focus on the Stabroek and Bourda markets. In the alert which was issued on Monday, the Embassy indicated that […]
Two men lost their lives in an early morning accident along the Borlum turn in Corentyne, Berbice. The accident involved a motor car and a truck. The two dead persons have been identified as 20-year-old Latchman Sukhan who was the driver of the car and his passenger 26-year-old Yujisteer Puran. A Police report said the […]
Alberttown resident and mini-bus driver Richard Anthony was today remanded to jail for manslaughter, related to the death of his younger brother, Moses Anthony. The accused appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and the Court was told that on the 10th March at Third Street, Alberttown Richard Anthony unlawfully killed his brother, Moses Anthony. He […]
A wedding house celebration turned tragic early this morning when a 28-year man was stabbed to death during a row over the music. The murdered man has been identified as Chaves Mangal who was a Corporal in the Guyana Defence Force. The incident took place at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara early […]
The Brickdam Police Station became a crime scene this morning after a 49-year-old woman shot herself dead after arriving at the station to be interviewed about a domestic complaint. Dead is Trudy DeHaarte who was an animal rights activist and worked at the Society for the Prevention of Animals. Family members said she was also […]
The 19-year-old driver who was behind the steering wheel of a speeding car that ran off of the road and slammed into three men, at De Willem, killing them instantly has been charged for causing death by dangerous driving. The accused, Matthew David Ambedkar of the Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo appeared before Magistrate Seepaul Ali […]
As the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) steps its fight against narco-trafficking, two men were taken before the Court today on drug trafficking charges and have both been remanded to jail. The two were held earlier this week following a $6 million cocaine bust in the Tucville area. Appearing in Court today, 43-year-old Devon Simon and […]
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