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A Mahaicony woman identified as Awena Rutherford is under Police guard at the Georgetown hospital after she allegedly murdered her two young children by forcing them to ingest a poisonous substance. The woman reportedly attempted to take her own life after giving the children the poison. The two children died on Thursday night at two […]
Police investigators are probing a complaint filed by a 13-year-old East Coast Demerara School girl and her mother against freelance radio announcer Ossie Rogers who is attached to the National Communications Network and NTN 89.1 Radio. According to the complaint, it is alleged that the announcer who hosts a programme titled “Happy Hour” on NTN […]
Leader of the Opposition, Retired Brigadier David Granger, wants the Opposition parties to be heard by members of the Joint Services about the Opposition’s position on the amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Bill. Mr. Granger is expected to make a formal request of the Joint Services for a meeting where the Opposition will tell its […]
In his budget presentation, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said that a new National Drug Strategy Master Plan is being finalised to enhance Guyana’s ability to combat drugs at the local, regional and international levels. However, the lead agency in the fight against the narco trade in Guyana, The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, appears to […]
The Government of Guyana is continuing its efforts to whip up support for the passage of the amendments to the Anti Money Laundering Bill in its current form although several moves have been made to incorporate the suggestions of the Opposition in the updated legislation. On Wednesday night, the Government sought the support of members […]
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Thursday morning busted a quantity of cocaine hidden in boxes of mangoes, awarra and other fruits that were part of a shipment destined for Canada. The cocaine weighed over 12 pounds. According to the Cheddi Jagan Airport, a 41-year-old shipper from Dundee Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) […]
The body of a 32-year-old Guyanese man who lived in Queens, New York was found inside a trash bag on a Far Rockaway beach Monday morning after the man’s mom grew worried and tracked his phone, New York cops said. The missing man, identified as Quynton Ross, was last seen at 8 a.m. on Sunday, […]
Outgoing Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell has cautioned members of the newly formed SWAT unit of the Guyana Police Force not to get themselves involved in “heinous things”. Speaking at the Graduation Exercise on Wednesday afternoon for the first phase of training for members of the SWAT team, the Police Commissioner said “this unit must be […]
A 52-year-old resident of Parfait Harmonie on the West Bank of Demerara is nursing two gunshot wounds after being shot during a robbery at her grocery shop in the same community. The incident took place just around 10:30 am on Wednesday. According to a police report, shopkeeper Ann Gravesande was in her grocery shop at […]
A Guyanese man who escaped from Antigua’s Her Majesty’s Prison on Sunday is now back in police custody in the island. According to the Antigua Chronicle, the escapee, Gordon Tedroy Sheppard of Guyana was captured in an abandoned house in the Radio Range area around 2pm on Tuesday. “The police, acting on a tip-off met the escaped prisoner hiding […]
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