By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2016
Crime, News
Two men who held a driver at gunpoint and relieved him of his car on Monday were nabbed in the Alexander village area on Tuesday afternoon with the stolen car. Both men are in Police custody and charges are expected to be filed against them before the end of the week. The owner of the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2016
Crime, News
(GINA) The Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) is seeking to collaborate with the E-Governance Unit to realise the Safe City Project. Project Manager of CSSP Clement Henry told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that a recommendation has been made for storage and connectivity. Henry explained that the Safe City Project is a surveillance project integrated […]
By News Source Guyana on September 27, 2016
Crime, News
Fugitive self confessed drug trafficker, Barry Dataram was this morning found guilty of possession of more than 225 pounds of cocaine while his co-defendants, including his reputed wife, have all been found innocent of the charges. Magistrate Judy Latchman handed down the decision. The four persons were arrested in April 2015 and charged after the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2016
News
Four U.S Peace Corps volunteers who were stationed in the bauxite mining town of Linden, have been pulled out of the town by the local Peace Corps office as a precautionary measure, because of threats being made in the town by a homeless man believed to be mentally unstable. Although the threats may not have been […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2016
Crime, News
A former bodyguard to convicted drug trafficking kingpin, Shaheed Roger Khan, is among the persons that the Police want to question about this morning’s deadly shooting at the Rio Nightclub in Queenstown. The incident left a 19-year-old man dead and another man nursing serious gunshot injuries. The Guyana Police Force in a statement indicated that […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2016
Crime, News
Although the Guyana Police Force has reported a more than 15% drop in serious crimes when compared to 2015, the Opposition, People’s Progressive Party is still not impressed with the government’s efforts to tackle the crime problem facing the country. In a Monday morning statement, the PPP highlighted the recent robbery outside the UNDP office […]
By News Source Guyana on September 26, 2016
Crime, News
One man was shot dead and another is battling for his life after an early morning shooting incident that began inside the Rio nightclub and ended on the outside. Dead is 19-year-old Ryan Sergeant aka Harry. His lifeless body was removed from outside the club and dumped outside the Woodlands Hospital by a group of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2016
News, Politics
As the Guyana Elections Commission awaits the outcome of a 2015 audit for general procurement, Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, is making it clear that the millions of dollars spent on the purchase of radio and other equipment for the 2015 elections were all done through the National Tender Board and got the approval of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2016
News, Politics
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, has announced that he will be offering an assessment of the Guyana/Venezuela border row before he leaves office. The Secretary General leaves office in December. He said his assessment will likely be offered in November. President David Granger met with the UN Secretary General on Saaturday at […]
By News Source Guyana on September 24, 2016
News, Politics
President David Granger, on Friday, co-chaired a special meeting in New York, which was convened at the request of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon with the aim of engaging Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of States on issues affecting countries in the Region and to bid farewell to them as he is preparing to […]