By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2017
Crime, News
Three porters attached to the Cevon’s Waste Management company, were arrested on Thursday morning after they attempted to smuggle a large quantity of marijuana and four cartons of cigarettes into the Lusignan Prison. The three were at the Prison to conduct waste disposal services when the bust was made. Prison Director, Gladwin Samuels, confirmed the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 3, 2017
Crime, News
A Guyanese man who lives in Antigua was shot dead on Wednesday night in his home on the island. According to the Antigua Observer, masked gunmen stormed the home of Guyanese, William Stewart and shot him dead. The newspaper quotes Antigua Police Inspector Frankie Thomas as confirming that around 7:50 pm on Wednesday evening, the […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2017
Crime, News
An 18-year-old man who admitted to breaking into a Lodge, Georgetown house and carting off three television sets will spend the next two years in jail. The man, Joshua Austin, appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and announced that he is guilty of the charges. The Court was told that between the 29th and […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2017
News, Politics
Describing the recently passed Tobacco Control Bill as being “harsh in measures”, the Demerara Tobacco Company on Wednesday called on President David Granger to reconsider the regulations within the piece of legislation before offering his assent. In fact, the company is calling on the President to send the Bill back to the National Assembly and ask for […]
By News Source Guyana on August 2, 2017
Crime, News
The Guyana Prison Service is getting ready to go on a major recruitment drive as it seeks to step up security at the country’s prisons. And the Prison Service is welcoming retired Senior Police officers and soldiers to join its ranks. In a statement yesterday, the Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, announced that in an […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2017
News, Politics
70 single houses will be built to relocate the Broad and Lombard Street squatters, each costing $1.2M, with funding provided by the Ministry of Communities and Food for the Poor. This was disclosed during the Ministry’s mid-term review and budget proposal held at the Regency Hotel, Hadfield Street. Minister within Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams-Patterson […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2017
Crime, News
Nearly over week after an Agricola teen, who escaped lawful custody was caught hiding in a barrel, he made his first appearance in Court to answer to several armed robbery charges along with discharging a loaded firearm. 18-year-old, Melvor Jeffery, stood before the Court and faced seven criminal charges which included five armed robbery charges. […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2017
Crime, News
Denying accusation that he was the instigator of an alleged plot to kill the President, 38-year-old businessman Nizam Khan spent over two hours giving evidence before the Paul Slowe Commission of Inquiry on Monday. The Diamond resident’s posture in the stand appeared self-protective, as he folded his arms and responded to questions put to him with […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2017
Crime, News
Testifying before a packed room, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud on Monday denied allegations that he gave instructions to have Nizam Khan, who faces allegations of plotting to kill President David Granger, released from police custody less than 12 hours after being arrested by police. Several senior police ranks who testified before Persaud, had claimed that he was […]
By News Source Guyana on July 31, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators have arrested a husband and wife from the Mocha Arcadia community after prison escapee, Shawn Harris, was nabbed hiding out in the bottom flat of their two-storey house. The prison escapee was arrested without incident and the husband and wife who were found in the upper flat were also arrested on suspicion of […]