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The Bahamas, Jamaica, Belize and Haiti are the CARICOM member states which have been listed by the US President as Major Drug Transit or Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries for Fiscal Year 2025. In a statement, The White House explained that a country’s presence on the list is not necessarily a reflection of its government’s […]
A total of 20 Venezuelans have been arrested and charged for illegally fishing in Guyana’s waters and operating unlicensed vessels in Guyana. The twenty were arrested earlier this week and appeared in Court on Tuesday and Wednesday. During their appearance, the Court was told that the twenty Venezuelans were arrested between the 20th August and […]
US-based, Guyanese Rights activist, and social media personality, Melissa Atwell aka Melly Mel, is accusing the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Police Force of trying to silence her by targeting and intimidating her family in Guyana. On Tuesday afternoon, a party of Policemen swooped down on the Eccles home of Atwell’s mother and grandmother […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is urging the Judiciary to address the delays with the Election Fraud trial, and have the matter speeded up. On his “Issues in the News” television programme last evening, Mr. Nandlall reacted to the further adjournment of the criminal trial into alleged election fraud until the end of October. The presiding […]
34-year-old sawmill operator, James Lord, was charged and remanded to prison today for the murder of his former reputed wife. He is accused of stabbing 29-year-old Alexis Roxanne Harris to death on the 8th September. In Court today, the murder accused was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge, and was immediately […]
Three teenagers have been arrested over the murder of a 24 year old man at Kairuni, along the Soesdyke Linden Highway. The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Harry Brown from the same community. A Police report stated that Brown was in the company of a friend at the Heritage Month celebrations in the […]
The Office of Professional Responsibility of the Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into the shooting of a bystander during the Police pursuit of two men on Saturday morning. The bystander, 27-year-old Cassel Nurse, was shot to his right leg and has been listed as being in a stable condition. In a statement, the […]
A drug eradication that was conducted by the Police in the Upper Berbice River area unearthed a number of large marijuana farms and led to the destruction of $41 Million worth of marijuana, according to a Police statement. The Police said ranks from Police Division 10 carried out the operation on Monday, which lasted for […]
The Guyana Police Force has replaced the Commanding officer in Region One, just two weeks after an illegal airstrip and 4.4 tonnes of cocaine was discovered buried at that airstrip by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit. The Police Force has confirmed that Senior Superintendent, Himnauth Sawh has been replaced as the Commander of the Police Division […]
An investigation into a Monday afternoon fire in a cell at the Camp Street jail has revealed that the fire was deliberately started by a prisoner. Two prisoners were injured in the blaze. In a statement today, the Guyana Fire Service said that it received a call about a fire at the location at around […]
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