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President David Granger on Thursday said attempts by successive People’s Progressive Party governments over the last 20 years to reform the security sector were “all bluff” and were not intended to work. Mr. Granger was at the time receiving the Report on the United Kingdom Security Sector Reform Programme from British Expert Mr. Russell Combe […]
Fifty-one year old, Lance Corporal of the Georgetown City Constabulary, Gregory Bascom was placed on $800,000 bail today after a charge of manslaughter for the death of a mentally ill vendor, was laid against him. Bascom appeared before the Chief Magistrate in a packed courtroom and pleaded not guilty to the charge. Several of his […]
Once entrusted with safeguarding the security of the nation, a young member of the Guyana Defence Force found himself on the other side of the law today as he was slapped with a number of armed robbery charges, including a $5.5 million robbery. 21-year-old soldier, Jamal Hazel, wore a grim look on his face as […]
Guyana’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Shalimar Ali-Hack and the Police Legal Adviser, retired Justice Claudette Singh are both brushing aside claims by the British Adviser on financial crimes investigations, Sam Sittlington, who recently complained of delays into ongoing financial crimes investigations being pursued by the Special Organised Crime Unit. Days after returning to Guyana to […]
The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Wednesday launched a new initiative, which intends to offer free legal services to members of the local Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. SASOD said it has been providing informal legal services to members of the community over the years, but will now do so under […]
Confusion reigned in Leopold Street, Georgetown just after 11 o’ clock this morning as a row between two men quickly escalated and ended with gunfire. According to reports, two men appeared to be involved in a heated argument when one of them left the scene and returned with a group of other men in a […]
At the Georgetown Magistrates’ today, a well-known barber was charged for trafficking over two pounds of cocaine. He was granted bail in the sum of $200,000. Festival City resident and barber, Hosea Jacobs, stood before Chief Magistrate and denied any involvement in the crime. The Court was told, that between 1st November and 29th November […]
35-year-old Mocha Arcadia resident, Nigel Wellington was remanded to jail today after he was slapped with a number of armed robbery charges. He appeared in Court before the Chief Magistrate and denied all charges. The Court learnt that he is accused of stealing two television sets and a mobile phone in one case and also […]
One hundred and thirty seven Guyanese were deported from the United States in 2017, according to figures provided by the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In its 2017 report, which was released on the agency’s website, the figures represent an increase in deportations to Guyana when compared to the previous year, 2016. In 2016, ninety-three […]
At the High Court today, a 12-member jury returned a guilty verdict against Omardat Persaud who was charged with two counts of having sexual activity with a child family member. The child was 5-years-old at the time of the incident. That verdict caught the man’s Attorney Darren Wade by surprise resulting in an outburst in […]
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