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The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in Guyana and the Rights of the Child Commission plan to work together to see the operationalization a Youth Court in Guyana. UNICEF Representative Ms. Sylvie Fouet said the move to establish the Court, which is being spearheaded by the Chancellor of the Judiciary Justice Yonnette Cummings Edwards, will address […]
The bodies of two more Guyanese fishermen were found in Suriname today and taken ashore as the investigations continue into the deadly pirate attack. The identities of the two men are still to be verified. At least ten other fishermen are still missing and are feared dead. Yesterday in Suriname, a survivor surfaced in a […]
The preliminary inquiry into the murder of school teacher Kescia Branche, has started. Taxi Driver, Matthew Monroe is facing the murder charged. Over 20 witnesses are likely to testify during the preliminary inquiry. A number of police witnesses are expected to offer evidence in the case. The battered and unconscious body of the young teacher […]
Declaring that he was “most proud” of Guyanese living and working in Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana’s Honorary Consul there, Robert ‘Bobby’ Reis, believes that any Guyanese national who is living on the island illegally deserves to be sent back home. It is estimated that there are between 10,000 to 15,000 Guyanese nationals living on the […]
Police investigators in Suriname have arrested a total of six men as they continue to probe last week’s deadly pirate attack on Guyanese fishermen in the neighbouring country. Those arrested are also believed to be Guyanese nationals. Two other suspected pirates have been arrested in Guyana by Guyanese Police stationed in Berbice. Those two arrests […]
Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine has confirmed that local police have detained two men who are suspected to be linked to last Friday,s high seas attack off the coast of Suriname that left more than a dozen fishermen either dead or missing. Acting Police Chief David Ramnarine said the two were picked up on the […]
When he was first arrested and detained on a murder charge, Ian Henry had just turned thirteen years old. His case dragged on for the next six years and he was only recently released after the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions made a decision to drop the charge against the youth and discontinue […]
Surinamese Police have arrested a suspect in the deadly pirate attack on fishermen on Surinamese waters. The bodies of some of the fishermen have since been recovered,several others remain missing. The sixteen Guyanese fishermen were reported missing last week following the attack that saw about twenty of them being forced to jump overboard. Those who […]
Financial crimes and the ongoing fight against them are taking centre stage at a special workshop for Caribbean Judges and Prosecutors. The workshop, which opened this morning at the Pegasus hotel, is organised by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force and supported by The Commonwealth and the Guyana Government. Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney […]
With the search ongoing for thirteen other Guyanese fishermen who are all feared dead following a pirate attack on the high seas in neighbouring Suriname, Guyana’s President, David Granger today said his government has been in contact with its Surinamese counterparts and is paying close attention to the tragic loss of life. During a brief […]
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