By News Source Guyana on May 28, 2024
Crime, News
Two men are nursing serious stab injuries after they rushed to the aid of a woman who was being beaten by her boyfriend on Saturday night. A Police report stated that Leroy Goriah and Alonzo McLean, both of Albouystown, were having drinks at a local bar in La Penitence, when they observed 34-year-old Jason Lespoir […]
By News Source Guyana on May 26, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
At the national flag raising ceremony, which was held in the mining town of Linden on Saturday night, President Irfaan Ali recommitted himself and his government to building a more “resilient” Guyana that will work to deliver on the dreams and aspirations of its citizens. In a 45-minute speech that reflected budget-like details of the […]
By News Source Guyana on May 25, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has dismissed a challenge filed by former Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfield and his former Deputy, Roxane Myers over a perceived breach of their constitutional right to a fair trial. Through their attorneys, Lowenfield and Myers, who are currently facing a number of electoral related fraud charges, had […]
By News Source Guyana on May 24, 2024
Crime, News, Politics
The Guyana Police Force today said based on the legal advice of its own Legal Advisor, Attorney Mandel Moore, there is insufficient evidence to charge former Government Minister Nigel Dharamlall in relation to rape and sexual assault allegations that were filed against him recently by a former employee of the Ministry of Local Government. In […]
By News Source Guyana on May 24, 2024
Crime, News
A 27-year-old man from Tucville in Georgetown lost his life on Thursday night in a smash-up with a large truck at Mahaicony on the East Coast of Demerara. The dead youth has been identified as Jonathan Gomes. A Police report of the accident stated that at around 8:15pm on Thursday, as Gomes was driving his […]
By News Source Guyana on May 23, 2024
Crime, News
Police investigators in the Berbice region are probing the murder of 25-year-old Joshua Hardatt aka “Money”, of Bloomfield Village, Corentyne. The young man’s lifeless body was found in the back seat of his parked Toyota Premio car on Wednesday morning along the Auchlyne Cultivating Dam. Investigators said he was found lying face down in a […]
By News Source Guyana on May 23, 2024
Crime, News
Buxton resident, 31-year-old Dexter McDonald aka “Labba”, appeared in Court on Tuesday to face a robbery under arms charge and a charge of discharging a loaded firearm with intent. McDonald, who was also wanted in connection with a number of other crimes, was arrested a few days before his Court appearance on Tuesday. In Court, […]
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 […]