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A West Coast Demerara family has been left in mourning after a midday accident claimed the life of their 65-year-old father today. The pensioner, Roy Chanka, was riding his electric motorcycle along the Anna Catherina Public Road when he was hit down and pinned by a heavy duty truck. The father of five was declared […]
A young overseas-based Guyanese man, who was on a visit to Guyana, died tragically on Monday afternoon in an accident along the Number 64 Public Road in Corentyne, Berbice. The dead youth has been identified as 21-year-old Jagdeo Bhimsingh. A police report said he was riding an unregistered motorcycle at a fast rate along the […]
Drug Enforcement agents in Beligum and Colombia have informed their counterparts in Guyana about the discovery of two container shipments from Guyana that were nabbed with cocaine in those two countries. One of the shipments contained rice, while the other contained chemicals. In a statement this afternoon, Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit said while the shipments […]
In a statement late on Wednesday night, the Guyana Police Force indicated that charges will be laid shortly following an operation at the Lombard Street, Georgetown location of Mohamed’s Enterprises, a business place owned by sanctioned businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed. The Police said the Special Organised Crime Unit conducted a targeted joint law enforcement […]
President Irfaan Ali has touted a fully digital Policing system, explaining that the Government’s e-ticketing traffic system has been reaping successes. The President announced that other Policing work will go fully digital, starting with the demerit points system, which will be integrated into the e-ticketing system. The demerit point system for driver’s license is a […]
Police investigators in Region 7 are probing the murder of 55-year-old gold miner, John José Marciano, who is originally from One Mile, Wismar, Linden. The murder took place on Saturday morning at 14 Miles Issano, Middle Mazaruni River. A Police statement said the miner was at his mining camp at 14 Miles Issano when an […]
A 42-year-old businesswoman from Amelia’s Ward, Linden was arrested early this morning after Police investigators found three 9mm pistols with nine .32 rounds of ammunition, as well as marijuana leaves, seeds and stems. A 36-year-old driver was also arrested. In a statement, the Police said its ranks visited a residence in Central Amelia’s Ward based […]
President Irfaan Ali today urged Officers of the Guyana Defence Force and the wider Joint Services to urgently address issues of capacity and capability, explaining that the nature of the country’s defence mandate and architecture is changing. Addressing the opening of the GDF Officers’ Conference this morning, the President said the National Defence mandate is […]
After a failed attempt by one of the Attorneys for Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed to get an adjournment in their extradition matter before the Court, the case continued before Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman this morning at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sharon Roopchand, returned to the witness box […]
Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh has dismissed one of the two cases filed by the Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed in the High Court challenging the ongoing extradition proceedings against them in the Magistrates’ Court. In a ruling yesterday, Justice Singh rejected the claims by the Mohameds that state officials acted with political bias by signing […]
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