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40-year-old GDF Corporal, Edward McCalmont and 24-year-old Lance Corporal John Johnson, were marched before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon to face drug trafficking charges. The two were charged in connection with the discovery of 316 pounds of marijuana in a mini-bus that is owned by Corporal McCalmont. The two GDF ranks were nabbed by […]
Police investigators have traveled to the interior mining district of Quartzstone Backdam in Cuyuni to probe the brutal murder of a Venezuelan woman, who was a sex worker in the area. The dead woman was identified as 26-year-old Miracarmen Rodrigues Serrano. She was found choked to death in a mining camp. A 25-year-old man from […]
Five days after he was arrested at his Sandy Babb, Kitty home following the discovery of high powered guns and ammunition, 46-year-old Eon Fagundes, appeared in Court today and was charged with the offenses of Possession of Firearm without License and Possession of Ammunition without License. He appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate […]
By Svetlana Marshall The Electoral Fraud trial opened today with State Prosecutor, Darshan Ramdhani, telling the Court that the Prosecution will prove that former Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield; former Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers and Region 4 Returning Officer (RO), Clairmont Mingo conspired with others, in an attempt to defraud the […]
Albouystown resident, Marlon Marcus aka “Mice Man” was charged and remanded today for the attempted murder of 6-year-old Jeremiah Gustave. The young boy was shot to the head two weeks ago, while sitting next to his mother’s food stand in the Charlestown community. He remains hospitalised in a critical condition. In Court today, the accused, […]
A 26-year-old man from Goedverwagting squatting area on the East Coast of Demerara died on Sunday after being shot by the Police in the Cummings Lodge community. The Police said the man, Gordon Sancho, opened fire on ranks who were investigating a discharging a firearm matter. A statement from the Police Force indicated Police ranks […]
Less than a week after two senior non-commissioned Officers of the Guyana Defence Force were remanded to jail for marijuana trafficking, two other ranks were nabbed over the weekend with a large quantity of marijuana, and are now set to face similar marijuana trafficking charges. On Saturday night, 40-year-old GDF Corporal, Edward McCalmont and 24-year-old […]
The Alliance for Change today called for the Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken and other senior ranks under his command to proceed on leave, amid growing allegations of corruption including financial impropriety and possible cases of money laundering. Hicken, who reached the retirement age since last year, had his tenure as Acting Commissioner of […]
A 52-year-old New York based, Guyanese man who is originally from Durban Street in Georgetown has been charged with attempting to export gold without being the holder of a gold export license and failing to declare his gold and gold jewellery to the Guyana Revenue Authority. The accused, Ivan Anthony Scipio, was arrested at the […]
24-year-old construction worker, Shawn Davidson, was charged and remanded to prison today over the attempted murder of his 1-year-old stepson. Davidson is accused of beating the child badly, resulting in the child suffering a broken leg and other injuries. The man was also accused of burning the child to his feet and other parts of […]
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