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National Border Patrol Director and former Region 4 Chairman, Daniel Seeram was this morning found guilty of assaulting his ex-wife, causing actual bodily harm. Seeram was ordered remanded to prison by Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Spareedaam Magistrates’ Court after the guilty verdict was handed down. Sentencing is to take place on the 2nd November. […]
The Head of the Oncology Department at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), Dr Latoya Gooding has reported that the hospital recorded 107 new cases of breast cancer during the first eight months of this year. Dr. Gooding made the disclosure during a pinning ceremony held at the Hospital on Thursday to mark the start […]
33-year-old Vigilance, East Coast Demerara resident, Jimol Murphy was today charged over the abduction of two men from Suriname, who are still to be found. Murphy, who is the brother of US sanctioned businessman and alleged drug trafficker, Mark Cromwell, was placed on $1 Million bail. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force explained that […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has denied claims that the Government has been offering monetary compensation to the families and relatives of victims of the MV Barima tragedy. Instead, Mr. Nandlall said representatives of the Government’s HEART initiative, established by the President, as well as independent lawyers, have been meeting with affected families. He said much […]
As the Police Force maintains its silence over the allegations of sexual assault leveled against Deputy Commissioner Fizal Karimbaksh, the opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has issued a call on the Minister of Home Affairs and the Commissioner of Police to place the Deputy Commissioner of Police on administrative leave, pending a full […]
The Caribbean high-level symposium on Aviation Safety opened today in Guyana with a focus on building the institutional strength necessary to advance the move towards a single market for air transport services under the CARICOM Multilateral Air Services Agreement (MASA). Convened by the CARICOM Secretariat in collaboration with the International Civil Aviation Organization (CIAO) at […]
Police investigators on the East Bank of Essequibo are probing the murder of a six-year-old Chinese boy, who was chopped to the neck by a Chinese national at Parika. The incident occurred this afternoon at 3:45pm, according to a Police statement. The dead young boy has been identified as Ifeng Cao. The name of the […]
Debris, including tires, were set ablaze on a number of streets in the East Coast Demerara village of Vigilance this afternoon, as reports also surfaced about attempts to set fire to a supermarket in the community. Persons were seen using bottled water to douse the blaze at the supermarket. The fires appear to form part […]
The Guyana Police Force has chosen to remain silent in wake of another damning sexual assault complaint that has been filed by a female Police Officer against the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Fizal Karimbaksh. Although a number of senior Police Officers have confirmed that an official report was […]
One year after he was charged for the brutal shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, a Linden construction worker was today sentenced to 21 years in prison for the crime. 22-year-old Shaka Phillips appeared at the High Court this morning before Justice Prescilla Chandra-Hanif where he was sentenced to 21 years in jail for the July […]
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