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While dodging questions about whether he intends to extend the Acting Police Commissioner’s time in office as he reaches the retirement age this weekend, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday told News Source that he has not asked the acting Commissioner to proceed on leave, so as it is now, he remains the head of the […]
Four months after she was sentenced to four years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking, former media worker Zaneel Williams is appealing the jail sentence, which she considers to be too harsh. The sentence was handed down in February, but Williams is now hoping for a lighter sentence. While her appeal is being […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and former Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond is calling on the Government to formulate and implement a proper policy to address the current crime situation in the country. While the Police Force reports that overall serious crimes are down, the Force has admitted there has been an increase in cases of murder and […]
The Guyana Police Force has issued a wanted bulletin in the Laing Avenue beating death of a 19-year-old man. South Annandale resident Carlton Waldron is wanted for the murder of Dequan Pyle, who was beaten to death on the 17th June at Laing Avenue in Georgetown. Pyle was reportedly trying to make peace between two […]
The Opposition is questioning the move by the Government to offer a $5 million settlement to the families of the victims of the Mahdia School dorm fire, even before a Commission of Inquiry is held. The Opposition believes the payout should not be accepted at this stage. Twenty children lost their lives in the fire, […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has defended the Government’s decision to offer a $5 million settlement to the family of the children who died and who survived the Mahdia School Dorm fire, and he believes the Government should be complimented for its decision to offer the “financial assistance”. During an interview on state-owned NCN TV on […]
A 38-year-old fisherman from Paradise on the Essequibo Coast, lost his life in a fire last evening at his home. Family members suspect that the man might have deliberately started the fire. He has been identified as Terry Persaud Lall. The man reportedly lived alone in the one-flat concrete house. He was last seen alive […]
In a hush agreement that was drafted by the Attorney General Chambers, the Government of Guyana is offering the families of the victims of the Mahdia School Dorm fire a total of $5 million per child as settlement. Twenty children lost their lives in the fire, and several others were injured. A 15-year-old girl is […]
A small fire in a cell at the Brickdam Police station was quickly doused by a prisoner on Sunday morning and the man has told investigators that he accidentally started the fire. The prisoner, Stephan Howard told investigators that he found a lighter and toilet paper in a cell at the Brickdam lock ups, and […]
A 40-year-old labourer from Timehri was found dead early on Sunday morning, hours after he was involved in a drunken row with a group of men at a Soesdyke bar. A police murder investigation is now underway. Investigators have identified the dead labourer as Yoel Valenzuela of Timerhri, East Bank Demerara. Three suspects have been […]
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