By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2018
Crime, News
Months after over $3M in cash and cheques went missing from a local company, three security guards attached to Massy Securities, have been charged in connection with the heist. 50-year-old Patterson Clarence, 48-year-old Cosmo Chichester and 43-year-old Shawn Goodluck, all stood before Principal Magistrate, Judy Latchman and denied the allegation made against them. The Court […]
By News Source Guyana on March 14, 2018
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has announced the arrest of US Fugitive, Troy Anthony Thomas, who is wanted in New York for the 2011 murder of Keith Frank in New York. The man was arrested during an early morning operation by local investigators. At the same time, Police also arrested his lady friend and social media […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
Recently retired Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud took the witness stand at the Lindo Creek Commission of Inquiry this morning and testified that he supported advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Police to close the investigation into the murder of the eight miners and not proceed with further action. Although the DPP’s […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
Exactly one year after he was found guilty on two fraud charges and ordered deported from Guyana, a Trinidadian man has made his way back into Guyana and has now opened an etiquette school. The man, Miguel Nestor, has been fingered in several other fraud cases locally and in his homeland of Trinidad and Tobago. […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
JAMAICA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — According to police, one traveler to New York carried a little secret cargo under his wing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agriculture specialists at John F. Kennedy International Airport made an unusual discovery on March 3 after inspecting the luggage of a Guyanese national who had just arrived on a […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
News, Politics
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Guyana later this year. That announcement came last evening from the Ministry of the Presidency. President David Granger met with the Indian Prime Minister over the weekend in New Delhi and the two had extensive discussions on cooperation and improving bilateral relations. During the meeting, the two […]
By News Source Guyana on March 13, 2018
Crime, News
Police investigators in the mining town of Linden are probing the shooting death of businessman, Romel Gomes. He was attacked and shot dead at his home in Wismar Housing Scheme. He operated a grocery shop at the same premises. The man was found with his hands tied up. There are reports that a woman contacted […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News
Without a debate on the No-Confidence Motion against him, Town Clerk Royston King triumphed at this afternoon’s Statutory Meeting of the City Council when based on a legal advice he secured, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green ruled that the no confidence motion in its current form is disallowed. The ruling led to an immediate walk out by […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News
Two days after the Private Sector Commission objected to the appointment of businesswoman, Allison Butters-Grant’s appointment to the University of Guyana Council, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry has come out in full support of the businesswoman and longstanding member of the GCCI. In a statement on Friday, the PSC said it is “extremely […]
By News Source Guyana on March 12, 2018
News, Politics
The Caribbean Court of Justice started to hear the Guyana Presidential Term Limit’s case this morning and the state’s appeal of the ruling in the matter. Former Guyana Chief Justice Ian Chang had ruled that the Presidential term limit was unconstitutional, although it was passed and put into law by the full National Assembly. The […]