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Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit arrested Tuschen resident Ryan DaSilva with over 38 pounds of cocaine which carries. astreet value of $113.1 Million. The man was arrested on Saturday as CANU carried out an operation in the East Bank Essequibo community of Tuschen. DaSilva was driving in the area when his car was […]
Six persons lost their lives in an early morning three-vehicular accident in Ross Village, West Coast Berbice early this morning. The impact of the crash saw one of the vehicles bursting into flames. The six dead persons have been identified as Gary Blair, Joel Jacobs, Jamal Lynch, Linden McFarlene, Jason Saul, and Keanna Dow. At […]
Guyana today received 55,000 doses of the Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines which were procured through support from the Government of Canada. High Commissioner of Canada, Mark Berman applauded the efforts of the Government of Guyana to ensure that vaccines are available in the country. He said Canada is committed to continuing to support Guyana’s efforts. “The […]
Almost a month after a fire gutted a section of a building that housed the Police Force’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the Guyana Fire Service is still to release the official findings of its investigations. A preliminary report was completed, but Fire Chief Kalamadeen Edoo today told News Source that the Fire Service is awaiting […]
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Hicks, appeared in Court this morning where she faced a charge of being involved in a corrupt transaction. Hicks appeared before the Chief Magistrate. She was granted $100,000 bail and told to return to Court on the 20th January for the continuation of the case. […]
Two ranks of the Guyana Defense Force and a businessman were today charged in a $745.5 million fuel theft scheme. The three appeared at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court this morning and were granted bail in the sum of $300,000 each. The fuel racket reportedly went on for about five years. The three accused were identified […]
A 25-year-old man who was being held at the Beterverwaghting Police Station on suspicion of break and enter and larceny was found dead yesterday afternoon in the police station’s lockups. The dead man’s name has been given as Julian Harrison of La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara. A police report late last evening said he […]
Two months after she was arrested following a sting operation by the Police, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, Sharon Hicks, will have to face the Court to answer corruption charges. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum confirmed this afternoon that the Police Force has been advised to go ahead with filing corruption charges […]
After being on the run for over three months, 20-year-old labourer Shane Samaroo called ‘Tanta Boy’ of Rosignol Village, West Coast Berbice was today charged with the stabbing death of a Rossignol Man back in August. The accused appeared before Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court and was not required to enter […]
A mini-bus tout at the East Coast car park in Georgetown was stabbed to death this morning during a confrontation with another tout over a sum of money. The dead man has been identified as Morven Nurse. The argument and confrontation was caught on camera. In a video that was posted on social media, Nurse […]
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