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Five persons appeared in Court today to face fraud charges related to over $19 million in bogus GRA cheques that were cashed at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry. Appearing in Court today were Anush Khan, Komalram Persaud, Romeschand Singh, Devindra Moteeram and Shareesa Tappin. According to the first charge sheet, between the 28th […]
The post-mortem examination conducted on the body of 45-year-old Peter Headley who was killed in police custody has found that he died from a single gunshot wound that perforated his lungs. Headley was shot dead by a Police officer while being taken in his own car to the Police station on suspicion of being involved […]
A businesswoman and a security guard in Port Kaituma who initially claimed that they were robbed of $500,000 by foreign-speaking men are now under arrest after admitting that the robbery never took place and they lost the money. The two filed a report on Sunday claiming that they were approached and robbed by two armed […]
The Guyana Police Force has reportedly made a decision to reduce the number of crime reports it releases to the media on a daily basis, as concern continues to mount about the ongoing crime situation in the country. For two straight days, there were no crime reports released by the Corporate Communications Department of the […]
The former Commissioner of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Trevor Benn was back in Court today where he faced a third charge of misconduct in public office, related to the sale and lease of state lands by the Lands Commission while he was in charge The latest charge alleges that as Commissioner of the […]
The Panamanian registered fuel tanker which brought in over 1 million gallons of heavy fuel in a controversial arrangement between an importer and some officials of the state-owned Guyoil, remains in the custody of the Guyana Revenue Authority. The tanker was detained by the revenue collection agency after it arrived in Guyana’s waters and was […]
The taxi driver who is accused of murdering a young father over a $700 debt, was this morning committed to stand trial at the High Court in Demerara for the capital offence. 28-year-old Kester Lewis was initially charged last December for manslaughter related to the death of 29-year-old David Barclay. However, the DPP later advised […]
Guyanese businessman Andrew Mekdeci has denied having investments in Superior Concrete Inc., the company which has been embroiled in controversy over the past few days related to an illegal concrete plant. Meckdeci, who was named in other sections of the press as being linked to the company is out to clear his name. In a […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has issued a wanted bulletin for a 47-year-old man in connection with the discovery of 207 pounds of marijuana at #68 Village, Corriverton. The wanted man’s name has been given as Omesh Lakeram from Corentyne, Berbice. According to a statement from CANU, at around 4 o’ clock this morning, during […]
A 34-year-old farmer and a 39-year-old housewife of Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara were charged today for being in possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The two, Shelroy Clarke and Patricia Grant, were allegedly held with just over one pound of compressed marijuana. During their appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court today, they both […]
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