By News Source Guyana on July 8, 2021
Crime, News
A row between a 51-year-old Leguan farmer and his nephew ended tragically on Wednesday as the farmer was beaten to death by the nephew. The entire incident was caught on camera by another relative. Dead is Aubrey Jonas called “Badja”. According to a Police statement, the man and his 23-year-old nephew got into a heated […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2021
Crime, News
The legal team representing the Chairman of the Police Service Commission has started preparations to begin Court action against Acting Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie over his decision to ignore the Police promotions list that was sent to him by the Police Service Commission. The Police Service Commission last week issued its list of 135 police […]
By News Source Guyana on July 7, 2021
Crime, News
Two men appeared in Court today and were remanded to jail for the murder of taxi driver Kenrick Trim, whose body was discovered dumped at the side of a roadway in Ogle on the 30th June. The two accused were identified as Kenty Bacchus aka “Trini” and Seyon James aka “Lil Alfey”. They were not […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Guyana Police Force has forwarded the file on the Police shooting death of Kitty resident Peter Headley to the Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority for additional investigation. Earlier today, the Public Relations Officer for the Director of Public Prosecutions indicated that the DPP’s office had received the […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Magistrate Peter Hugh this morning ruled that the state had provided insufficient evidence against two Berbice men charged with the murder of Berbice teen Isaiah Henry. However, the two accused Vinod Gopaul and Anil Sanchara will remain behind bars as the preliminary inquiry into the murder of the other teenager, Joel Henry is set to […]
By News Source Guyana on July 6, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The APNU+AFC Coalition today filed two motions of no confidence against two Ministers of the Government. The motions were filed with the Clerk of the National Assembly and they seek the removal of Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony and Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn as the two no longer enjoy the confidence of the opposition […]
By News Source Guyana on July 2, 2021
Crime, News
The US government through its State Department is pressing Guyana to increase prosecutions and convictions in sex and labor trafficking cases. That call is just one of several recommendations for Guyana in the 2021 International Trafficking in Persons report, which was released today by the US Secretary of State. Guyana remains at Tier 1 on […]
By News Source Guyana on July 2, 2021
Crime, News
Less than 24 hours after the Police stated that it did not get any in-person interviews with the witnesses who could provide an alibi for murder accused Glaston Henry in the Haresh Singh case, the Police today arrested six of the witnesses as they presented themselves to the investigators to provide their statements. The six […]
By News Source Guyana on July 1, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force in a statement this evening has responded to the claims by Attorney Nigel Hughes that there is a miscarriage of justice in the Haresh Singh murder investigation with the charge against Glaston Henry. On Tuesday, Glaston Henry who is a relative of the two murdered Henry cousins, was charged along with […]
By News Source Guyana on July 1, 2021
Crime, News
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn has lashed out at Opposition Leader Joe Harmon over Mr. Harmon’s statement that the arrest and questioning of Opposition Member of Parliament Annette Ferguson on a cyber crime investigation amounts to political persecution. In a statement last evening, Benn said everyone in Guyana including the Opposition Members of Parliament are […]