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Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, is not taking any blame for this morning’s escape by three inmates of the Lusignan jail. At a press conference this afternoon, Mr. Samuels explained that the prison guards on duty in the towers must have been asleep or “not alert” when the three prisoners scaled the fence of the […]
The self proclaimed “Bishop” who stabbed his wife to death during an argument in Trinidad and Tobago was arrested last evening at a friend’s home in the twin-island republic. The man has been identified as Melroy Corbin and he is a Guyanese national. The dead woman, has been identified as Alisa Ali aka “Mother Alisa”. […]
A manhunt is underway for three prisoners who escaped from the Lusignan jail this morning. Acting Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, confirmed to News Source that the escape took place early this morning around 4:30. One of the prisoners has been identified as murder accused, Travis Evans. The other two have been identified as Sudesh Dyal […]
The Queenstown village in Corriverton, Berbice was sent into shock this morning when a man, known to villagers as someone who is mentally unstabled, stabbed his lover to death. 38-year-old Iranda Frank, did not have a chance of survival as she was brutally stabbed three times to the neck at her Crane Street home. A […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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