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President Irfaan Ali appears set to appoint Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken substantively to the top position in the Police Force, despite the Opposition Leader still withholding his support. In a letter to the Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Wednesday, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs, Gail Teixeira noted that the Opposition Leader’s decision not […]
Almost a week since a Georgetown man, Joshua David, was snatched and abducted from outside a Main Street Restaurant, searches are ongoing by the Guyana Police Force for him. So far, police investigators have carried out searches in a number of areas across Georgetown and the East Coast of Demerara, but have come up empty […]
Police Constable, Mark Forde, who was caught on camera punching away on his 17-year-old son, has been placed under close arrest over the incident. A statement from the Guyana Police Force explained that the incident took place on Monday. According to the Police report, the Police Constable and his teenage son got into an argument […]
A mother of two from Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara died on Monday as a result of multiple injuries sustained in an early Sunday morning accident along the La Bonne Intention Railway embankment. The dead woman has been identified as Salima Heeralall. She was the passenger in a mini-van being driven by […]
The Guyana Police Force said the search is ongoing for the man who was snatched and abducted from outside the New Thriving Restaurant last Thursday. The incident was captured by someone who was in a vehicle outside the restaurant. In the video recording, you can observe, five men accosting Joshua David and pushing him across […]
Three men from the East Coast of Demerara were charged and remanded to jail earlier this week on gun possession and armed robbery charges. The trio made two different Court appearances. During the first appearance on Wednesday, 23-year–old Lushawn Crawford, 25-year-old Renaldo Persaud and 20-year-old Anton Fraser were charged for robbery under and possession of […]
Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit, Matthew Langevine, has warned that the country could face serious consequences if it does not comply with international anti-money laundering standards. Speaking at a private sector led, Illicit Trade forum on Wednesday, Mr. Langevine said although the country feared relatively well at its last round of mutual evaluation by […]
The Guyana Police Force has reported that one of its own senior officers, Superintendent Karl Wilson, is facing two sexual assault charges. Wilson appeared in Court on Wednesday where the sexual assault charges were read to him. He pleaded not guilty to the two charges, and was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 on […]
The Government as well as small and large businesses are losing out on billions of dollars annually in revenue due to the smuggling of goods, alcohol, poultry and other items, Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Komal Singh complained today. Speaking at a PSC organised seminar on illegal trade, Mr. Singh said Guyana has been […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has cautioned members of the Guyana Police Force against locking up persons who are in possession of 30 grams of marijuana or less stating that it is against the law. The statement from the Attorney General follows a report of the Police arresting and locking up a man who was allegedly […]
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