The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is probing the discovery of a quantity of smuggled alcohol in a police force vehicle in which the Region 9 Division Commander was travelling. A senior GRA official declined to comment on the occurrence immediately. Police Force spokesman Assistant Commissioner Royston Andries-Junor said two other ranks were  in the vehicle, PYY 2671. at the time. ...

Police Commissioner Nigel Hoppie early Wednesday morning accused Attorney-at-Law Nigel  Hughes of “grossly misrepresenting” the apprehension and arrest of Colwyn Henry, a brother of Joel Henry who was killed earlier this year in the backlands of  West Berbice. The Police Commissioner’s account is  that Colwyn Henry failed to produce his driver’s licence and he was prohibited from further driving the ...

The mother and brother of Joel Henry-one of the youths who were killed and mutilated in the West Coast Berbice backlands earlier this year- were arrested, amid claims and counter-claims of  assault, Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes produced pictures on his Facebook page showing that Colwyn Henry’s mouth was bloodied and he was shackled to a seat at the Sparendaam Police Station, ...

Argentine forensic anthropologist Dr. Luis Fondebrider on Tuesday asked the Guyana Police Force for a list of more than 20 items from the police probe into the killing of the Henry cousins and Haresh Singh earlier this year. President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Mike Mc Cormack said Dr. Fondebrider submitted the list of documents to Crime Chief ...

Political Scientists Dr. Henry Jeffrey and David Hinds on Tuesday said the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) has failed to resolve racial and ethnic problems in Guyana because politicians are pushing race as a means of getting power, but a top official of the International Decade of People of African Descent-Guyana (IDPADA-G) tabled several recommendations for that constitutional body. Speaking on ...

A woman has admitted to beating her six-year old daughter, who was later found in a swamp, with a piece of wood, police in East Berbice said Tuesday. Region Six Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Jairam Ramlakhan says the woman has since given a caution statement to investigators. The woman, 25-year old Dhrupattie Balkarran, and her daughter live at  Lot 43 ...

Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes on Monday cited the need for scientific evidence about racial discrimination and economic disempowerment, to a meaningful National Conversation on Race and Ethnic Relations. Speaking during day-1 of the  two-day virtual event, Mr. Hughes said was needed to back-up certain statements in areas such as wealth and income distribution based on race. He said such data would ...

Criminal charges against Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and Winston Brassington for allegedly “acting recklessly” in the GYD$900 million sale of government lands have been withdrawn. They had been accused of facilitating the sale of government lands at prices lower than valuations. The charges of had been instituted in April, 2018 under the then David Granger-led coalition administration against Dr. ...

A mason succumbed to a stab wound to his left side neck, while returning to his Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara home after visiting his girlfriend, police said. He has been identified as 23-year old Keith Andrew Willis. Police said a resident in the area, who was heading to work, observed the deceased lying on the Bachelor’s Adventure Access Road ...

A six-year old girl was found in an unconscious state in a swamp and  Goed Bananen Land, East Canje Berbice after her mother dressed her to await a visit by her father, police said. A senior Region Six police officer said there was no reason to suspect the father as he also did not see the child on arrival. Investigators ...