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The Guyana National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) confirms that a global ransomware attack is currently in progress. The self-spreading ransomware, known as ‘Wanna Cry’ or ‘Wanna Decryptor’, exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. It is believed that this ransomware is spread through phishing emails, malicious adverts on websites, and questionable apps and […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, have taken a number of persons into custody after a large quantity of cocaine was on Friday afternoon discovered in several pieces of lumber in the village of Zeelugt on the East Bank of Essequibo. Up to late Friday night, agents were searching additional pieces of lumber that […]
Unable to hold back tears, a 40-year-old East Coast Demerara man appeared before the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court today, charged for the murder of his 18-year-old son, Azeem Khan. Better Hope resident, Omar Khan, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge, but tears flowed from his eyes as the charge was […]
The Guyana Police Force is reporting the discovery of unlicensed firearms, ammunition and cannabis in the town of Linden and have arrested two residents during three separate searches over the last 24 hours. One of the men was arrested with a quantity of ammunition and an unlicensed firearm, at his home early Wednesday morning. The police did […]
Eighteen year old, Parfait Harmonie resident, Mark Gravesande, was remanded to prison this morning after he was charged with being in possession of over one pound of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The youth appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, to answer to the charge of the possession of the illegal […]
The reputed wife of convicted drug trafficker, Barry Dataram, is finding out that while love is blind, it can also get you some prison time. The 21-year-old woman, Anjanie Boodnarine, was this morning sentenced to nine months in jail for attempting to smuggle illegal items into the Mazaruni Prison. It was back in March, that […]
A Better Hope, East Coast Demerara man is expected to face murder charges over the death of his 18-year-old son. The son, Azeez Khan, died last Friday at the Georgetown Hospital, one day after being rushed there in an unconscious state. At the time, the 40-year-old father, claimed that the youth had fallen from a […]
A gold miner was remanded to prison today after being charged for the murder of another miner. Haslington resident, 26-year-old, Jumar Ralph, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder. The Court was told that on the 2nd October, 2016 at Sand Hills, Cuyuni Mazaruni (Region Seven), Ralph murdered, mining colleague Richard […]
High Court Judge, Navindra Singh, today handed down a 65 year jail sentence to a Linden farmer who was found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law. Citrus Farmer, Lakeraj Fredericks, little signs of emotion as he stood before the Judge and listened attentively to the sentence being handed down. A jury found the farmer guilty of the […]
Two youths, who are accused of stabbing a 16-year-old boy to death at a school fair recently, were charged and remanded to prison today for the teenager’s murder. In the Courtroom of the Chief Magistrate today, 20-year-old, Shonnon Cox and 17-year-old, Andy Peter, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of […]
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