Crime

A man, who was convicted for manslaughter and sentenced to 18 years, 9 months imprisonment, was recaptured after he turned up at the Mahdia Hospital with a knife in his neck, the Guyana Police Force said. Twenty-seven year old Samuel Gouveia, who is regarded as a “high-profile prisoner”,  was arrested one year after he escaped from the Mazaruni Prison. He ...

Two female students of Critchlow Labour College were Monday night robbed of cash and other valuables shortly after they exited that institution’s compound on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown, police said. The women- 20-year-old of Camp Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown and a 28-year-old of Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara- told police that they were robbed at knife-point by eight identifiable male ...

Three persons at La Grange, West Bank Demerara say they were robbed Wednesday evening of  GY$548,000 worth of valuables and cash. The armed robbery occurred at 84 Independence Street. Those robbed at gunpoint are 40-year old Kumarie Persaud, 21-year old  Randy Persaud, and 18-year old Radiya Persaud. Police were told that one of the robbers was armed with a handgun ...

A Guyanese man, who was extradited to the United States three years ago, has been convicted for the murder of a man in New York in 2011,  Thirty-six year old Troy Thomas was found guilty of murder in the second degree. The court convicted Thomas for the shooting and killing of 20-year old Keith Frank  outside a South Richmond Hill ...

The Guyana Press Association (GPA) and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) said on Tuesday- World Press Freedom Day- they were worried about whether governments were using spyware to go after journalists and their sources. “On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2022 we urge the Guyana government to assure journalists and media houses that it does not ...

The Central Islamic Organisation (CIOG) on Monday- on the occasion of Eid Ul Fit’r- endorsed President Irfaan Ali’s ‘One Guyana’ platform regardless of religious persuasion and urged Guyanese to counter domestic violence, child molestation and racism. “I wish to commend His Excellency, our President Dr. Mohammed Irfaan Ali on his ‘One Guyana’ vision. This can be achieved as long as ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Friday ruled out allowing the entry into Guyana of 34 Haitians who have been stranded in Barbados since February, having paid thousands of United States dollars to an agency to come here or Brazil. Mr. Benn said the Guyana government has determined that several of them have fake identities. “We will not (grant them ...

The body of 53-year-old Waynumattie Permaul called ‘Datalin’ was found this morning in a shallow grave in her yard at Kilcoy Chesney, Corentyne Berbice, police said. Her son, 30-year-old cricketer Veersammy Permaul visited the Police Station in Berbice yesterday (April 28th, 2022) and reported that his mom has been missing since April 22nd, 2022. Commander for Regional Police Division #6, ...

Venezuelan woman has been chopped to death and buried in a shallow grave at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River. Police say her reputed husband has since been taken into custody to assist with investigations.  The woman has been identified as 49-year old Deissy Antury Perdomo who was a clothes vendor and small-scale gold miner. Investigators say that she was killed between April ...

The premier of the British Virgin Islands and the director of the small Caribbean territory’s ports were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport by federal agents on charges of conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and money laundering. Premier Andrew Fahie  and manager director of the port authority, Oleanvine Maynard  were taken into custody by Drug Enforcement Administration ...