By News Source Guyana on August 9, 2018
Crime, News, Politics
President David Granger today said that in addition to the substantive Police Commissioner being someone of good character and intelligent, the person should also be “unbribeable”. Speaking to reporters just after administering the oath of office to the new members of the Police Service Commission, the President said when it comes to the person he […]
By News Source Guyana on August 8, 2018
Crime
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, the owner of the Tourist Villa Hotel in Subryanville, Erwin Bacchus, was charged with the unlawful killing of his neighbor, Jason De Florimonte. The unlawful killing charge is a bail-able one and following representation by his attorney, Nigel Hughes, the businessman was granted bail in the sum of $1.5 […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2018
Crime, News
In the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate today, three men who were involved in that daring emancipation day shoot out with the Police in the city, were charged and remanded to jail for discharging a loaded firearm at police officers. The three, Junior John, Akeem Jeriah and Carlton Bourne are facing a joint charge. However in […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2018
Crime, News
The Ministry of Natural Resources has ordered an “immediate probe” into an incident that was captured on video showing an armed foreign security guard assaulting a local miner. The security guard reportedly works for a Russian company that is involved in mining. The Ministry said the video clearly shows the armed security guard behaving in an […]
By News Source Guyana on August 7, 2018
Crime, News
Police in the Corentyne region are probing yet another murder-suicide case. Twenty nine year old, Subrina Lakhan was slashed to death by her husband yesterday at her Corentyne home and the man then turned on himself and took his own life. The dead man has been identified as 42-year-old labourer, Ramesh Ramdeen. According to investigators, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 6, 2018
Crime, News
After being slapped with six fraud charges just a few weeks ago, Former Guyana Gold Board Accountant, Rosanna Ramnarine along with her former colleague, Debra Forbes found themselves before the Court facing three new fraud charges. The two women were granted bail in the sum of $450,000 each. They appeared before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman […]
By News Source Guyana on August 4, 2018
Crime, News
The owner of the Tourist Villa hotel in Fifth Street, Subryanville is in Police custody after he shot his neighbour, 30-year-old, Jason De Florimonte (in photo above) dead this morning. The dead man was shot four times to the body. According to a Police statement, at around 1:45 this morning, the now deceased man and […]
By News Source Guyana on August 4, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the lower Pomeroon area are probing the murder of a 73-year-old man in his own home. The dead man has only been identified as Deonarine, who is known to villagers as “Russian”. According to a Police statement, the Friday night killing took place just after the elderly man and his 46-year-old girlfriend […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2018
Crime, News
Two prisoners who are on remand at the Lusignan Prison for murder are under extra security after prison officials unearthed a plan being made by the two men to escape from the prison. According the Acting Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, prison officers on duty were able to disrupt the escape plan over the past […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the murder of 21-year-old, Ronsely Clarke, of 181 Timehri, EBD. The shooting death occurred around 7:30 last night at ‘C’ Field Access Road, Sophia allegedly by a man who was known to the deceased. The investigations have so far revealed that the victim was in company of […]