By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2022
Crime, News
The discovery of the lifeless body of a woman hanging from a mango tree in Yarrowkabra is being probed as a murder, according to the Police. The woman’s body was discovered yesterday morning hanging from the tree in her yard in the Linden/Soesdyke highway community. She has been identified as 48-year-old Edith Reuben. Police investigators […]
By News Source Guyana on February 9, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Local fashion photographer and video producer Keron Bruce has filed a $100 Million lawsuit against social media commentator, Mikhail Rodrigues, who is known as the “Guyanese Critic”. Mr. Rodrigues was served with the Court documents this morning. In the lawsuit, Mr. Bruce is claiming that Rodrigues has degraded his character in social media commentaries about […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2022
Crime, News
22-year-old national volleyball player, Kristoff Shepherd has been hospitalized in a critical condition with serious injuries to his head and chest following a smash-up between his car and a truck last evening on Mandela Avenue in Georgetown. Two other persons, including national table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill, who were in the car that was driven […]
By News Source Guyana on February 8, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
With Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo denying claims by a Chinese businessman and lobbyist that he has accepted bribes to facilitate Chinese business dealings in Guyana, the Leader of the People’s National Congress, Aubrey Norton has issued a call on the Guyana Police Force to launch a full investigation into the allegations. “I will like to […]
By News Source Guyana on February 7, 2022
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing the shooting death of 24-year-old Carlos Waithe. The man was shot dead in Leopold Street, Georgetown early this morning as he reportedly attempted to break up a fight between two other men. Waithe collapsed at the scene and died. At first, persons attempted to resuscitate him after he was shot but […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2022
Crime, News
One day after he made a dash for his freedom from the Lusignan jail, 18-year-old robbery accused Kavin Singh was recaptured this afternoon in the Good Hope canefields, still shackled at the feet. The man was found in a swampy section of the canefield by members of the Joint Services, who received information that he […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2022
Crime, News
Days after being busted with over $1million worth in marijuana by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit(CANU) in a Corentyne house, three persons were taken before the Court today to face drug trafficking charges.  Appearing in the New Amsterdam Magistrates’ Court were 54-year-old Veronica Walker, 34-year-old, Neshella Walker, and 30-year-old Simeon Lawson. The Magistrate was told […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Despite a spate of recent fires with many of them being blamed on arson, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn told the National Assembly on Thursday that the prevalence of fires is actually on the decline in the country. On the issue of the fire that gutted the Brickdam Police station, the Minister said it […]
By News Source Guyana on February 4, 2022
Crime, News, Politics
Opposition Member of Parliament with responsibility for the security sector Geeta Chandan-Edmond has condemned the government for using the Cybercrime Act for going after its critics, saying that was never the original intention of the legislation. She said the argument that the Act was passed under the coalition is outdated. According to the Opposition MP, […]
By News Source Guyana on February 3, 2022
Crime, News
An 18-year-old man who was on remand at the Lusignan Prison on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition escaped from the facility this morning. A search is now underway in the efforts to capture him. The prisoner Kavin Singh was among seven prisoners who were picked up from their cell at around […]