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A man who is suspected to be one of the masterminds behind pirate attacks on Guyana’s high seas, was today charged and remanded to prison, after being slapped with two armed robbery charges. 39-year-old, Nakool Manahar, a businessmen, of Number 43 Village, Corentyne, Berbice, stood before Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan to answer charges of armed […]
Two Lindeners were remanded to jail this morning after they were charged for being in possession of 26 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. 35-year-old, taxi driver, Michael Bascom and 18-year-old, Reva Bovell stood before the Chief Magistrate this morning and pleaded not guilty to the charges. The young woman claimed in Court […]
Police in the mining town of Linden were called to the scene of a murder early this morning in Amelia’s Ward. At that scene, they found the lifeless body of Claude DeJounge aka “Sonno”. Investigators were told that the man was stabbed to death in the home he shared with his girlfriend, by the woman’s […]
With eighteen suspects still in custody for the deadly pirate attack on Guyanese fishermen in Suriname, there is still hope that those fishermen who are still missing will be found alive. Hope is however, fading as this week marks two weeks since the attack on the high seas in the neighbouring country. Guyana’s Public Security […]
Deputy Senior Superintendent of Police, Motie Dookie has returned to his job in that capacity, but will not longer serve as Head of the SWAT Unit. Acting Commissioner of Police, David Ramnarine, today confirmed Dookie’s return to work. Dookie was held for questioning last December when he was found traveling in a bus with smuggled alcohol, […]
Three weeks after the popular White Castle Fish Shop was gutted by fire, the reputed wife of the owner, Jermaine Langevine, found herself before a City Magistrate facing arson charges. The woman, Alexio Keizer, appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates Court and pleaded not guilty to setting the business place ablaze. The […]
With reports of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) planning to file more charges against former Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh and former Head of the Privatisation Unit Winston Brassington, the two former Government Officials spent several hours at the SOCU Headquarters this morning being questioned about their further involvement in the sale of several […]
Less than an hour after appearing in Court and being placed on $6 Million bail each for misconduct in public office, former Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh and former Head of the Privatisation Unit Winston Brassington posted bail and emerged declaring “we did nothing wrong.” Brassington and Singh left the Courthouse after bail was […]
A 70-year-old Guyanese man was today remanded to prison in Grenada after he made his first appearance in Court for trafficking of cocaine. Guyanese national Haniff Bacchus of Georgetown, a retired construction worker appeared at the St. George’s Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday 8th May after a quantity of cocaine was found in his wheelchair at […]
Former President of Guyana, Donald Ramotar, has described as “political vindictiveness”, the charges filed against his former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh and the former head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Ltd., Winston Brassington. The two men returned to Guyana overnight and appeared in Court this afternoon, where they were handcuffed and […]
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