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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall is defending President Irfaan Ali’s decision to extend Mr Clifton Hicken’s tenure as Acting Commissioner of Police, pointing out that there is nothing unconstitutional about the extension. “I wish to confirm, in my humble and respectful view that His Excellency, the President complied with the Constitution […]
The Rose Hall town in Berbice has been plunged into mourning with the double murder of a woman and her son. The bodies of Melissa Arokium and her son Anthony Arokium were found in their Rose Hall home this midday with multiple chop wounds. The bodies were discovered by a brother of the dead woman, […]
In a step up from previous attempts to smuggle marijuana into the prisons, two persons were nabbed in separate smuggling attempts and will now face the Courts on marijuana trafficking and smuggling charges. In one incident, there was an attempt to smuggle marijuana into one of the prisons in the soles of slippers, while another […]
The Mahdia School Dorm Fire Commission of Inquiry will travel to Mahdia, and other neighbouring villages on Wednesday to conduct a familiarization visit. In a press briefing today at the COI Secretariat, Secretary to the Commission Javed Shaddick, explained that the visit is not intended to facilitate public hearings, but to have an assessment of […]
Confronted by an alarming increase in gun related crimes, Law enforcement agencies plan to intensify their campaign to rid the streets of illegal firearms, according to the Home Affairs Minister. In a recent interview with News Source, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn said the Police Force has seized a number of firearms in recent […]
A post-mortem examination was this morning conducted on the body of 19-year-old Malinda Niewenkirk by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul SIngh. In his report, Dr. Singh gave the cause of death as compression injury to the neck, consistent with hanging. The post mortem examination also found no other marks on her body, the Police said. The […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of 29-year-old West Bank Demerara driver, Bharrat Gendalall. The Canal #2 man was stabbed to the chest on Saturday evening, when a group of masked men attacked him in his yard. The motive behind the attack remains unknown. The Police statement indicated that moments before Gendalall was stabbed to […]
Two days after he was reported missing by his family, the Police on Saturday discovered the body of 34-year-old, Ovril Adamson Pedro. The body was found in a clump of bushes at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara. According to the Police, the body was found by a fisherman who was heading to the backlands at Soesdyke. […]
Timehri resident, Andrew Rodriguez was today sentenced to four years in jail and fined $3.2 million after he pleaded guilty to trafficking just over four pounds of cocaine. Rodriguez was arrested on Tuesday after agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit found four parcels of cocaine at his residence. In Court today, he opted not […]
33-year-old Linden resident, Akali Moore, was charged and remanded to jail today for the murder of his sister, Cheryl Moore and his niece, 12-year-old Eikiela Adams. The two died in a fire at their Silvertown, Wismar home that was reportedly set by the 33-year-old man. In Court today, the accused was not required to enter […]
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