By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2017
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Former Minister of Natural Resources under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Robert Persaud has indicated that based on legal advice, he may be willing to settle the Pradoville Two land acquisition issue with regards to him. Mr. Persaud, who was questioned on Tuesday as the Special Organised Crime Unit continued its probe into the Pradoville Two […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2017
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The Guyana Police Force on Thursday confirmed that the Police Corporal at the centre of an AK-47 smuggling probe is on the run. The Police officer has been identified as Shevon Marks. According to a statement from the Police Force, Corporal Marks was under confinement at the Brickdam Police Station “but has since escaped and […]
By News Source Guyana on March 9, 2017
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Police investigators have arrested two relatives of an overseas based Guyanese man who was robbed just after his arrival in the country on Tuesday night. The man, Ganesh Looknauth, was accosted by the bandits as he was about to shut the gate to his Unity, East Coast Demerara house. The armed men who had their […]
By News Source Guyana on March 8, 2017
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He came for a vacation, but must have loved the sweet chirping of the local birds. Now, a Canadian based Guyanese man has been convicted of bird smuggling and is finding out that a bird in the hand, could get you caged. 56-year-old Davendra Narine was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on March 2nd, […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2017
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Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party and former Attorney General, Anil Nandall this afternoon said it will be up to the Special Organised Crime Unit as to what happens next following the questioning of Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo and other former members of the PPP cabinet about the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2017
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Moments after the arrest of former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, Opposition Leader and Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo was escorted to the headquarters of the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force as the probe continues into the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal. Also being held for questioning at the SOCU headquarters were […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2017
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Former Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary under the PPP government, Dr. Roger Forbes Luncheon was this afternoon taken into custody by the Special Organised Crime Unit as the probe into the Pradoville 2 land acquisition scandal continued. The arrest took place at the Office of the Opposition Leader right in front of […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2017
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A 15-year-old youth from Sophia was remanded to the Sophia Juvenile Detention facility this morning after he was charged with murder. The young man, whose name and identity will not be published because of his age, appeared before the Chief Magistrate and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 7, 2017
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Former members of the PPP Civic government who all acquired sprawling land at Pradoville 2, far below what should have been the cost, are refusing to face questioning by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) at its headquarters. Instead, they have indicated that they would be prepared to face questioning at other locations, including Freedom […]
By News Source Guyana on March 6, 2017
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(NYDailyNews) A 32-year-old East Harlem man was convicted Monday of gunning down Guyanese born, NYPD Police Officer Randolph Holder in a pathetic bid to evade arrest after an unrelated shooting last year. It took a Manhattan jury four days to convict Tyrone Howard on charges that included murder, robbery and other charges. Howard was on […]