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Soldier held in $5.5 million robbery and admits -Police

A serving member of the Guyana Defence Force is in custody this morning following investigations into a $5.5 million robbery of a woman in the Kitty area last week. Police investigations into the robbery led them to house in Middle road, La Penitence over the weekend. Once there, investigators found an unlicensed weapon with live […]

Police destroy four-acre Berbice marijuana farm

As the Police Force continue with its efforts to stamp out marijuana cultivation and trafficking, a drug raid in the Berbice area, revealed a four-acre marijuana farm. The raid was conducted on Friday in in the Berbice River communities of DeVeldt and Tabali. According to a Police statement, about four acres of cultivated cannabis with […]

Kaneville man dies almost one month after being shot during robbery

Police investigators are probing the murder of a 30-year-old Kaneville machine operator. The man, Ishwar Ramanah, died on Saturday evening after being hospitalised for gunshot wounds that were sustained during a robbery on December 13, 2017. According to a Police report, the East Bank Demerara man, was shot back in December during a robbery at […]

Fly Jamaica begins to clear backlog of flights as 767 returns to full service

After a series of delays and cancellations that left passengers stranded, Fly Jamaica’s Boeing 767 aircraft resumed full operation on Thursday. Hundreds of frustrated passengers were moved between Kingston and Georgetown and Georgetown and  New York today. Speaking to News Source by phone, Director of Marketing and Information at Fly Jamaica, Kayla Reece said a total […]

3 years, 9 months in jail for middle finger waving woman convicted of trafficking cocaine in hammocks

Three months after she was charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana in hammocks, Guyhoc resident, Tiffany Collision was sentenced to three years and nine months in jail. Additionally, she was fined $18.2 Million.  She was found guilty of the charge today by the Chief Magistrate and the sentence was handed down immediately.  […]