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The Guyana Police Force has reported that one of its own senior officers, Superintendent Karl Wilson, is facing two sexual assault charges. Wilson appeared in Court on Wednesday where the sexual assault charges were read to him. He pleaded not guilty to the two charges, and was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 on […]
The Government as well as small and large businesses are losing out on billions of dollars annually in revenue due to the smuggling of goods, alcohol, poultry and other items, Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Komal Singh complained today. Speaking at a PSC organised seminar on illegal trade, Mr. Singh said Guyana has been […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has cautioned members of the Guyana Police Force against locking up persons who are in possession of 30 grams of marijuana or less stating that it is against the law. The statement from the Attorney General follows a report of the Police arresting and locking up a man who was allegedly […]
The Guyana Police Force has announced that the second suspect in the Leonora double murder case has turned himself in, and is being questioned by investigators. 23-year-old Terry Thorma from Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, surrendered to law enforcement at the Leonora Police Station in the presence of his Attorney, Dexter Todd on Monday evening. The […]
The Audit Office of Guyana will be undertaking a special audit into Old Age Pension books, as well as the Public Assistance booklets, according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma. Last week, the Ministry of Human Services announced the launch of a Police Force investigation into the presence of unauthorized copies of Old Age Pension and […]
Police investigators believe they have finally been able to close the case on the 2012 murder of 25-year-old Levoy Taljit, almost 12 years after his disappearance. In Court today, 46-year-old Ryvan Francis, was charged and remanded to jail for the murder of Taljit. He was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder […]
Police investigators have travelled to Leonora on the West Coast of Demerara to investigate a double-murder incident which took place early this morning. The two dead persons have been identified as 30-year-old Mohamed Kalameeden Nasir of Stewartville and 25-year-old Arvinda Roopram, who was also from the Stewartville community. The two men were stabbed to death […]
27-year-old radio host and singer Shaima Muna, pleaded guilty today to trafficking more than 32 pounds of marijuana, hours after she was busted by the Police at Weldaad on the West Coast of Berbice. A police report stated that the Georgetown woman was arrested at around 5:47 this morning along the Weldaad Public Road during […]
Lawyers representing the interest of Rights Activist, Melissa Atwell aka “Melly Mel” and her mother, have written to the Acting Police Commissioner seeking information regarding a recent Police operation that was carried out at the home of the activist’s mother. The Police in a statement had indicated that the operation was based on intelligence received […]
With a 36-megawatt power ship connected to the national grid to boost the Guyana Power and Light’s General capacity and the recent purchase of several generating sets, frequent blackouts have returned and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed his concern over the problem. While GPL has blamed the recent outages on a number of issues […]
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