By News Source Guyana on July 1, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators are hunting for two men, who they say are identifiable and responsible for the murder of a 64-year-old security guard on Friday night. The shooting incident took place at a Liliendaal supermarket on the East Coast where the guard was on duty. According to a statement from the Police, the security guard, Gerald […]
By News Source Guyana on June 28, 2017
Crime, News
A Bagotstown resident will spend the next three years behind bars, after admitting of being in possession of marijuana for the purpose of “hussling”. 25-Year-Old Carlsdale Arvon, today made his first appearance before Magistrate Faboyo Azore and entered a plea of guilty when the charge was read to him. The charge stated that on the 26th […]
By News Source Guyana on June 27, 2017
Crime, News
A Former police officer appeared in Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today and was charged with falsely giving evidence in a matter that was before the Weldaad Magistrates Court. He was released on $50,000 bail and will make his next court appearance in the new month. 28-year-old Marlon Chatterpaul stood before the Chef Magistrate and was not required […]
By News Source Guyana on June 27, 2017
Crime, News
The Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, has dismissed as false a front page report in the Stabroek News today, which states that the housing allowance for Government Ministers has been increased to $500,000 per month. In a telephone interview with News Source from his office at Parliament Buildings, the Clerk explained that Government […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2017
Crime, News
Two Linden men were today remanded to prison after being charged with the chopping death of miner, Carlos Wong. 25-year-old, Dwayne Washington and 22-year-old, Dorwayne Hollingsworth, both of Wismar, Linden, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder. City Magistrate Fabayo Azore was today presented with the facts of the […]
By News Source Guyana on June 26, 2017
Crime, News
An armed bandit was nabbed by Police moments after he committed a robbery on the East Coast of Demerara on Sunday night. The Guyana Police Force reported on Monday that swift action by its ranks resulted in the apprehension of the suspect who was still in possession of the firearm and most of the articles […]
By News Source Guyana on June 23, 2017
Crime
In his first appearance in court after being charged for theft, a handyman was today sentenced to 18 months behind Bars after pleading guilty to the charges. The convict, Kevin Grey, appeared in Court and pleaded guilty to breaking into the house of Teneka Joaquin and carting off a flat screen television, valued at $80,000 […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2017
Crime, News
The suspects in the murder of remand prisoner, Neshan Jagmohan, have been identified but are refusing to cooperate with Police investigators, according to prison officials. The three suspects remain in the custody of the Guyana Prison Service. Multiple efforts by the Police to question them have failed, as they continue to refuse to cooperate with […]
By News Source Guyana on June 22, 2017
Crime, News
The Governments of Guyana and Colombia have signed an agreement on mutual exemption of visa for holders of ordinary passports. The agreement was signed in the margins of the 47th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), in Cancún, Mexico. It will allow holders of Ordinary Passports to enter and […]
By News Source Guyana on June 21, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators and Prison officials have rushed to the New Amsterdam Prison following an afternoon attack on two inmates, which resulted the death of one of the inmates. Dead is Neshan Jagmohan, who was a remand prisoner on trial for the 2013 murder of businessman, Devindra Deodat. His brother, Ramnarine Jagmohan, who is on remand […]