By News Source Guyana on October 4, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Upset with the pace of the investigations into the gruesome murders of teen cousins, Joel and Isaiah Henry, a group of West Berbice residents blocked roads and set fire to tyres this morning. The road blockage in #5 village West Coast Berbice, resulted in vehicles being forced to seek new routes and others turning back. […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2020
Crime, News
A 50-year-old man from Port Kaituma, North West District who was caught engaged in a sexual act with the corpse of a woman who died from COVID-19 has pleaded guilty to the crime. He will be sentenced today. The unemployed man, Leroy Chacon, appeared before the Matthew’s Ridge Magistrates’ Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to […]
By News Source Guyana on September 30, 2020
Crime, News
Police and Prison officials are seeking the public’s help in locating convicted prisoner, James Moore who escaped from the Lusignan prison on Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement from Prison Director Gladwin Samuels, the 23-year-old prisoner who was serving a three-year sentence for armed robbery was discovered missing after conducting duties in the prison’s kitchen. […]
By News Source Guyana on September 29, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Evidence gathered as part of the probe of the murders of Berbice teens Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh, have been sent to St. Lucia for detailed tests and analysis, according to President Irfaan Ali. A team of investigators from the Regional Security System is currently in Guyana to assist in the probe. During […]
By News Source Guyana on September 12, 2020
Crime, News
A 47-year-old taxi driver was badly beaten and chopped about his body on Friday night during an invasion by bandits at his home. The injuries have resulted in the man’s death and investigators have arrested his wife on the suspicion that she was part of the planning of the invasion. Dead is Mohamed Haniff of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 11, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
In an unannounced trip this morning, President Irfaan Ali traveled to West Coast Berbice where he met with the families of murdered teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh. According to a release from the President’s Office, he wanted to personally express his condolences to the families and to assure them of his Government’s […]
By News Source Guyana on September 9, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali in an address to the nation this afternoon as the protests in West Coast Berbice area continued, condemned attacks on innocent citizens and their properties. The President said he spoke this afternoon with the family of 17-year-old young man Haresh Singh who was found murdered, according to the Police in the backdam […]
By News Source Guyana on September 9, 2020
Crime, News
Police investigators in the West Coast Berbice area have found themselves investigating yet another murder in the area, as protest action and reports of violent attacks have been increasing in the area. The body of 17-year-old Haresh Singh was found around midday in the backdam of #3 village, West Coast Berbice. According to Crime Chief […]
By News Source Guyana on September 9, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
The post mortem examination on the bodies of teenage cousins, Joel and Isaiah Henry was completed this morning at the Memorial Gardens Mortuary in Georgetown. The post mortem examination found that the two young men died from multiple chop wounds to various parts of their bodies, including to their backs which resulted in their spines […]
By News Source Guyana on September 8, 2020
Crime, News, Politics
Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has disclosed that three additional persons are being sought for questioning into the double murder of West Berbice teens, Isaiah and Joel Henry. During an afternoon press conference, Mr. Blanhum stated that the three additional suspects are from the same West Berbice area, but the protest action which has resulted in […]