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The Guyana Police Force, through the Ministry of Home Affairs has been allocated just over $2 Billion in supplementary funding. The additional money for the Guyana Police Force has been approved at a time when the country is experiencing an increase in gun related crimes. However, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn told the Assembly that […]
A 43-year-old construction worker from West Ruimveldt was shot dead on Thursday afternoon, as he observed a confrontation between his neighbour and another man over a property. A second bystander was also shot, and is hospitalised with serious injuries. The dead man has been identified as Dexter Horsham. A Police report indicated that just before […]
Faced with calls from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce for the Police Force to step up its response to the growing crime problem in the country, and a recent travel warning from the US government about crime in Guyana, President Irfaan Ali today maintained that crime in the country is actually on the decline. Speaking […]
Three men who have emerged as suspects in an East Bank Demerara robbery have been arrested by the Police and are likely to face criminal charges as early as Friday. According to a Police statement, the three were part of a group of four persons who held a security guard at gunpoint and robbed him. […]
Three days after he was arrested near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with 57 pounds of cocaine in his car, Providence and Albouystown resident, Christopher Douglas, appeared in Court today and pleaded guilty to the drug trafficking charge. With the guilty plea, Magistrate Sunil Scarce sentenced him to 4 years in jail and fined him […]
Opposition Member of Parliament, Geeta Chandan-Edmond, who covers the security sector, is not supportive of the President’s decision to extend the tenure of Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken beyond his retirement age. Mr. Hicken reached the retirement age of 55 in July, but President Irfaan Ali announced on Monday that he has decided to extend […]
The Attorney representing the 15-year-old girl who is facing 20 murder charges over the deaths that took place in the Mahdia School Dorm fire, has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions with a request for the charges against his teenage client to be withdrawn completely because of a lack of evidence. In a letter […]
Three persons have been added to the list of road fatalities in Guyana after losing their lives on Monday night in a smash-up at Craig on the East Bank of Demerara involving a car and a large truck. Police investigators have identified the three dead persons as Eric Christopher Thomas, Annette Williams, and Lynette Chapel. […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit are preparing drug trafficking charges against a 37-year-old Providence man, who was busted near the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Sunday with 57.3 pounds of cocaine in his car. A statement from CANU indicated that its officers were conducting routine operations at a cargo company close to the […]
President Irfaan Ali has confirmed that he has extended the Acting Police Commissioner’s time in office beyond his retirement. “I have already issued a letter extending the services of the Commissioner of Police to a date to be determined,” President Ali said. The President made the announcement while speaking to reporters this morning. Acting Police […]
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