Crime

US to provide security training to Guyana Police Force ahead of September elections

By Svetlana Marshall The United States Government will be deploying security experts to Guyana to train members of the Guyana Police Force ahead of the September 1 General and Regional Elections, US Ambassador Nicole Theriot disclosed today. Those experts, according to Ambassador Theriot, will either come from the Las Vegas or Miami Dade Police Department. […]

Woman freed of charge of killing husband

Seven years after she was charged for manslaughter over the death of her reputed husband, 36-year-old Melissa Cylus walked out of the High Court a free woman this morning, after the jury returned a not guilty verdict. The husband, Julian Anthony Reberio, was found dead at the couple’s Soesdyke home on the 13th November 2018. […]

Alexander village man dies in accident at Mahaica, ECD

Alexander village resident, Kevindra Tularam, died tragically on Saturday night in an accident at Mahaica on the East Coast of Demerara. Police investigators were called to the scene, where Tularam’s body was still pinned in his SUV. The accident occurred along the Mahaica Public road, which still has some sections under construction. Tularam’s vehicle reportedly […]

Shopkeeper gunned down in Agricola

A 33-year-old shopkeeper in Agricola was found shot to death on Monday morning, with multiple gunshot wounds to his body. A statement from the Guyana Police Force identified the dead man as 33-year-old Romel Bollers. His body was discovered around 8:30 on Monday morning at Titus Street in Agricola. Bollers was last seen leaving his […]

Daughter and son-in-law remanded to jail for woman’s brutal murder

Two weeks after her brutal murder, the daughter and son-in-law of 46-year-old Jenny Mohamed, were on Tuesday charged and remanded to jail for her murder. Appearing before Magistrate Sunil Scare at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court, 23-year-old Saffia Mohamed and her 24-year-old reputed husband, Austin Ramchand, were not required to enter a plea after the murder […]