By News Source Guyana on May 23, 2024
Crime, News
58-year-old Victoria Village resident, Wayne Summer, and 45-year-old Shawn Baynes of the same East Coast Demerara village, were charged and remanded to jail on Tuesday for harbouring attempted murder suspect, Dexter McDonald aka “Labba”. The two accused appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Fabio Azore, and both pleaded not guilty to the charge. […]
By News Source Guyana on May 22, 2024
Crime, News
After arresting a Guyanese man in the Cummings Lodge area with a quantity of cocaine, CANU investigators traveled to the man’s home in the Lower Pomeroon river area, where a Venezuelan national was found in the house with just over 10 pounds of cocaine. During the Monday operation, the police arrested 35-year-old Venezuelan national, Oritz […]
By News Source Guyana on May 22, 2024
Crime, News
Three persons, including two Venezuelan nationals, are facing drug trafficking charges after they were nabbed on Sunday by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit with just over seven pounds of cocaine in their possession. A statement from CANU indicated that its ranks were conducting an operation in the Cummings Lodge area on the East Coast of Demerara […]
By News Source Guyana on May 21, 2024
Crime, News
Two months after an 18-year-old man was shot dead at his workplace by a security guard at the same workplace, the teen’s parents are still awaiting justice in the matter. The parents of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan, who was fatally shot by a Cerberus Security guard while working at Shaf Auto Sale Inc. on the East […]
By News Source Guyana on May 19, 2024
Crime, News
The murder of a 19-year-old West Bank Demerara man is being investigated as a revenge incident. The youth, Orlando Samaroo of Belle West, WBD, was stabbed to death on Thursday afternoon at a bus shed in the same community. A Police report stated that the suspect is a 31-year-old miner, who had accused Samaroo of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 16, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Businessmen Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed have slapped social media commentator turned contractor, Mikhail Rodrigues also known as “Guyanese Critic” and his company “They Break News” with a $1.2 Billion defamation suit. In the two lawsuits, the Mohameds claim that Rodrigues at various times in February and March this year during his morning programme defamed […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Two months since Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn was shot dead by a fellow Policeman, the Director Public Prosecutions is still to advise on whether charges should be filed against the rank who fired the deadly shots. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum today said the Force is awaiting the DPP’s advice in the matter. The incident took […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
A 39-year-old security guard from Vigilance was shot dead by the Police on Tuesday during what has been described by the Police as an armed confrontation. The Guyana Police Force reported this morning that a party of Police ranks were in the Vigilance area on Tuesday afternoon when they were stopped by a 27-year-old man […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Executive Member of the People’s Progressive Party and former Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall, while being interrogated by the Police today on the latest sexual assault report made against him, repeatedly denied the allegations, which was made by a former employee of the Local Government Ministry. A report was filed last week by the former employee, […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2024
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force, through the Ministry of Home Affairs, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to build the capacity of the local Police Force. The signing ceremony took place this morning at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Deputy Commissioner of the […]