By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has released its monthly statistics of the crime situation in the country and while the force reports a 22% increase in robberies where no instruments were used, it also notes that there has been a 9% decrease in serious crimes at the end of September when compared to the same period […]
By News Source Guyana on October 12, 2018
Crime, News
The Government Analyst –Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) is advising consumers to pay closer attention to the expiry date on products sold at local market places. However, the Department has sounded the alarm on those markets and supermarkets along the East Coast, East Bank, and West Coast Demerara areas. In a statement today, the Department […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2018
Crime, News
A Venezuelan National, who claimed that he fired several gunshots as part of a celebration in an apartment building, will have to celebrate differently behind bars after pleading guilty to a number of gun related charges today. 27-year-old, Jesus Rodriguez told the Court that he came to Guyana to conduct business and upon the successful […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2018
Crime, News
Officials of Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have been working with their counterparts in Suriname to track down the Guyanese businesswoman who remains on the run from the drug enforcement authorities. Last week, a wanted bulletin was issued for the woman, Rosemary Singh, aka “Rose” of Annandale, East Coast Demerara. Reports in another section of […]
By News Source Guyana on October 11, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has reported that 90 persons have lost their lives in accidents on the country’s roadways so far for this year. The figure climbed to that number late yesterday when a young woman was hit down by a motor vehicle, while she was crossing the road at Industry along with her boyfriend. […]
By News Source Guyana on October 9, 2018
Crime
Drug addict Quincy Henry also known as ‘Fix it’ was yesterday slapped with a 13-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to stabbing a man to his neck for refusing to give him $100 three years ago. Henry, who is now 33 years-old, stood before Justice Brassington Reynolds pleaded guilty to the attempted murder charge. According […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
Crime, News
A 19-year-old man from Corentyne, Berbice is in Police custody and will be facing a murder charge after admitting to stabbing his 24-year-old friend to death. Dead is Mahdendra Sooknanan of #69 village. He was last seen alive by his family on Sunday when he left home to attend a horse racing event in the […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
Crime, News
27-year-old, Albouystown Resident, Christopher Gonsalves, who allegedly attempted to bribe a Police sergeant to evade a drug trafficking charge, found himself before the Court today facing not just the drug trafficking charge, but also a bribery charge. Gonsalves appeared before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and with a smile on his face, he denied the allegations […]
By News Source Guyana on October 8, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the Lethem area are probing the murder of a 22-year-old Guyanese man in the town. The dead man has been identified as Morgan Gonsalves. He is Guyanese national, but lives in the neighbouring Bonfim area in Brazil. According to a Police statement, the man left his home in Brazil on Saturday night […]
By News Source Guyana on October 6, 2018
Crime, News
The Director of Public Prosecutions has been asked by the Police to offer advice following an investigation into a matter involving High Court Judge, Narendra Singh and businesswoman, Savitree Sharma. Mrs. Sharma is the wife of talk show host and politician C.N Sharma. Traffic Chief Lynden Isles has confirmed that the matter has been sent […]