By News Source Guyana on May 2, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The Alliance For Change (AFC) which is part of the APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for a full Police investigation of the fuel import scandal that has rocked the state-owned oil company, GUYOIL. Last Wednesday, President Irfaan Ali announced that a Board Director and the Finance Director of the company were removed for their […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
Crime, News
The Opposition APNU+AFC coalition has condemned the arrest of online talk show host Gavin Matthews, who was taken into custody on Thursday for statements made on his talk show about Culture, Youth, and Sports Minister Charles Ramson Jr. Matthews was arrested at the Square of the Revolution while he was covering and participating in a […]
By News Source Guyana on April 30, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
The body of the 21-year-old Linden woman who went missing three weeks ago has been found buried in a shallow grave in her boyfriend’s backyard in Canvas City Linden. The young woman, Shonette Dover was last seen alive on the 3rd April when she reportedly left home for work. Her workplace however said she never […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2021
Crime, News
For the third time within a month, a Guyanese traveler to the United States has been busted while attempting to smuggle whistling birds into the US. While in the two previous incidents, the bird smugglers were fined at the JFK Airport and sent back to Guyana, in the latest case, the smuggler has been charged. […]
By News Source Guyana on April 25, 2021
Crime, News
Police in Essequibo on Saturday arrested the lone suspect in the gunning down of Charlestown youth, Odingo Haywood. The wanted man, Lenroy Forde, was arrested by the Police while he was being transported in a boat to the mining community of Devil Home in the Cuyuni/Mazaruni region. A woman who was traveling with the murder […]
By News Source Guyana on April 23, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
Sophia mini-bus driver, Collis Whyte, who was caught on camera earlier this week chasing a Traffic Police Officer with a cutlass during a traffic stop, will be spending the next 12 months in jail. Whyte appeared in two different Courtrooms this morning to face a total of 14 charges in relation to the traffic stop […]
By News Source Guyana on April 22, 2021
Crime, News
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Thursday said it has noted with tremendous concern the escalating crime situation occurring in the country. While reporting a 29.8% decrease in serious crimes for the year when compared to the same period last year, the Guyana Police Force stated that it plans to tackle the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 22, 2021
Crime, News
A 25-year-old Charlestown resident was gunned down on Wednesday evening in his yard and investigators believe his killer was known to him. Dead is Odingo Anthony Haywood of Drysdale Street, Charlestown. Persons in the area said moments before Haywood was shot dead, he was overheard having an argument with a man in his yard. The […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
Crime, News, Politics
As the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) continues to investigate several allegations of fraud within the Guyana Police Force, three Senior Police officers were slapped with fraud charges today. One of the Officers is already facing fraud charges in the Court. Police Finance Officer, Woman Senior Superintendent Marcelene Washington, former Deputy Finance Officer, Deputy Superintendent Frank Jackman […]
By News Source Guyana on April 21, 2021
Crime, News
With the Finance Minister calling in the Auditor General’s office to probe the allegations of a fuel purchase scam at the state-owned Guyana Oil company, the fuel import company that triggered the probe has now written to GUYOIL, demanding that the company comes clean on the agreement between the two, within the next 48hrs. In […]