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Moments after a Laing Avenue, Georgetown man was placed on bail for discharging a loaded firearm, he found himself before the same Court and was remanded for being in possession of an illegal firearm. 24-year-old Jermaine Phillips stood before Magistrate Leron Daly and pleaded not guilty to three separate gun related charges. It was alleged […]
Millions of dollars spent without evidence of contractual agreements and unaccounted vouchers were just two of the oversteps revealed within the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs when it appeared before the Public Accounts Committee on Monday. On what was its third appearance before the PAC over the last month, the Ministry came under heavy criticism for […]
A man suspected to have been a known bandit who terrorized person in the Tuschen area, was found dead last night with a bullet wound to his head. He has been identified as 33 year old Eon Currency also known as “muscle”. His body was found last night with his bicycle on the roadside in […]
The Guyana Police Force on Friday night announced the capture of prison escapee, Desmond James. The wanted man was nabbed just after 11:00pm in the Canal #1 area in an abandoned house. He reportedly had a knife and pieces of clothes in his possession. The arrest was made by ranks of D’ Division following a […]
The Guyana Police Force announced on Friday night that it has launched a search for a male suspect in the death of a 75-year-old, Crabwood Creek woman. The elderly woman, identified as Jasodra Kalisar, died at the New Amsterdam Hospital today after she was attacked, beaten and raped in her home in the wee hours of […]
Three persons died on Friday night following yet another tragic accident along the Linden Soesdyke Highway. The Police Public Relations Department confirmed the number of fatalities. The accident occurred just around 8 o’ clock in the Kairuni area along the highway, when the motorcar, that the persons were in, slammed into a parked truck that […]
Five men, including two bank employees and two policemen, were today slapped with a slew of attempted robbery and gun and ammunition possession charges in the July 4th attempted robbery at Republic Bank, on Water Street. The men, Jamal Haynes, Keron Saunders, Gladston George, Anfernee Blackman and Shawn Grimmond made their way into the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court […]
Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud has reported that investigators have found no reason to cast doubt on the information that was provided by abducted 22-year-old Matthew Shivtahal about him being taken hostage by the prison escapees. The young man was abducted by four inmates of the Georgetown Prison just after they busted out on Sunday. After […]
As the United States promises to continue building close ties with Guyana, the US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Halloway, revealed on Thursday evening that the local embassy granted 72,000 non-immigrant visas (visitor) and 7,000 immigrant visas (permanent) in 2016. Speaking at the Embassy’s celebration of the U.S Independence, Mr. Halloway told invitees at the Georgetown […]
Three former staff members of the Medicare Pharmacy were today slapped with embezzling money from the company. 23-year-old Vanwattie Ramnarine of Area D’William, West Coast Demerara, 20-year-old Celina Sookdeo of Good Fortuin, West Coast Demerara and 43-year-old Zalena Khan of East Street, Georgetown were each charged and released on $150,000 bail each. It is alleged […]
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