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An all black party on Durban Street ended on Saturday morning tragically as gunmen opened fire on a group of persons standing outside the venue of the event, moments after the music was turned off and persons were heading home. At least six persons were shot and two of them have since died from their […]
Almost five years after he allegedly hit down a 67-year-old man in Queens, New York, killing him on the spot and fleeing the scene, businessman turned race car driver, Ravindra Dharamjit, was recently arrested in Guyana and handed over to the US authorities. Dharamjit had reportedly been hiding out in Guyana since 2019 and blended […]
Six Brazilian nationals were arrested on Sunday during an operation by the Joint Services and the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission to clamp down on illegal gold mining. In a statement on Sunday night, the Guyana Police Force announced the arrest of the 4 Brazilian men and 2 Brazilian women in the Amatuk Potaro River […]
Popular local photographer, Keron Bruce was today found guilty of the cyber crime of using a computer to embarrass and humiliate. The verdict was handed down by Magistrate Sunil Scarce, and comes more than two years after he was initially charged. The charge was filed against him following a complaint by journalist Leroy Smith, who […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs today handed over contracts totaling more than $270 million to three contracting companies that will begin work on the construction of new training facilities for the Police Force’s Academy at Dora, along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway. The three companies awarded contracts for the job are D&S Construction, Orin’s Supreme, and Green […]
52-year-old US-based Guyanese, Ganesh Rampersaud, is having his visit to Guyana extended, but he is spending the extra time behind bars. Rampersaud, who was holidaying in Guyana, was arrested by the Police on the 2nd August in the Corentyne area, after lawmen found him with an unlicensed weapon along with unlicensed ammunition. The man reportedly […]
The Guyana Police Force announced this evening that the woman who was found dead in the Eccles Dumpsite road trench has been identified as Angela Andrea Sooknanan. Her body was identified this afternoon by her father. The father explained to investigators that his daughter was last seen alive on Friday. She suffered from a mental […]
A 53-year-old miner from Imbaimadai Landing in the Upper Mazaruni River area, has been taken into custody over the alleged attempted murder of another miner in the same area. The victim has been identified as 44-year-old James Thomas. The Police have not released the name of the suspect. However, according to the Police report, the […]
A businessman from Herstelling on the East Bank of Demerara, is facing serious charges after Police ranks found an AK-47 assault rifle in his home with matching ammunition and a large quantity of local and foreign cash. 42-year-old Weston Pickering was arrested on Sunday after the illegal AK-47 assault Rifle and matching rounds of ammunition […]
The Guyana Police Force today reported that a post mortem examination conducted on the body of Police Sergeant, Tony Sulker, has confirmed that he died from poisoning. Sulker was the main suspect in the murder of Attorney Richard Layne, who was found dead with a stab wound to the neck in his car last Wednesday […]
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