Last Updated on Monday, 24 April 2017, 14:03 by Denis Chabrol Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall was Monday detained for questioning in connection with his acquisition of law books purchased by State funds. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Assistant Commissioner Sydney James said Nandlall was not arrested but he ...
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Children allegedly abandoned during cocaine raid
Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 12:17 by Denis Chabrol by Garfield Shortt A mother on April 22 allegedly abandoned her children as police raided her house and allegedly found cocaine. Twenty-three year old Delon Bobb-Semple and his sister 21-year Tomicka Bobb-Semple stood before Magistrate Judy Latchman charged with cocaine trafficking. The charge read that on April 22 at ...
Read More »Push cart vendor jailed for robbery
Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 8:51 by Denis Chabrol by Garfield Shortt A 39-year old push cart vendor was Monday morning jailed for 56 months after pleading guilty to a robbery charge in the courtroom of City Magistrate Judy Latchman. The charge stated that on April 22, 2017 at Avenue of the Republic Georgetown Michael White robbed Taylor ...
Read More »Acting Brooklyn District Attorney announces new policy for handling cases against non-citizen defendants
Last Updated on Monday, 24 April 2017, 9:26 by Denis Chabrol Will Aim to Prevent Collateral Consequences of Convictions by Being Aware of Immigration Status of Defendants and Offering Appropriate Pleas; Two Newly-Hired Immigration Attorneys will Train Staff and Advise on Offers Acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez on Monday announced that his Office is implementing a new policy aimed at ...
Read More »Police hunting cane-cutter who allegedly hacked ex partner
Last Updated on Monday, 24 April 2017, 9:30 by Denis Chabrol by Garfield Shortt Police were Monday morning mobilizing a team to go to the East Coast Demerara back-lands to hunt down and capture a cane-cutter who allegedly chopped his ex partner several times about her body and her left hand severed. “We have information that he is in the ...
Read More »Guyana rules out planting industrial hemp
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 April 2017, 23:38 by Denis Chabrol Government on Sunday ruled out permitting the cultivation of hemp, a member of the cannabis family, for industrial purposes, saying the plant was still prohibited by the United Nations (UN) and Guyana was not about to become a narco-state. Acknowledging those in favour of industrial hemp in Guyana is ...
Read More »Guyanese chef swallows cocaine to take to Caribbean tourist paradise – police
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 April 2017, 22:41 by Denis Chabrol A chef was Sunday morning arrested after he admitted to swallowing 35 cocaine pellets to take to The Bahamas, police said. The Guyana Police Force did not release his name, but said he 26 years old, employed by an “established fast-food” entity and lives at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Anti-narcotics ...
Read More »Govt appeals for patience in getting things done
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 April 2017, 22:27 by Denis Chabrol Amid growing concerns that government ministers have lost touch with the grassroots almost two years after they were elected to office, they are appealing for patience in improving the quality of life of Guyanese. At an outreach held Sunday (April 23, 2017) at Den Amstel Primary School, West Coast Demerara, Deputy ...
Read More »President Granger off to UK to meet with British Queen, address Caribbean Council
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 April 2017, 14:50 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger has departed Guyana for a visit to the United Kingdom from April 24-28, 2017, where he will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, his ministry announced Sunday. In addition to his meeting with the Queen at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, the Head of ...
Read More »Govt encouraged to look to overseas-based Guyanese to upgrade interior airstrips
Last Updated on Sunday, 23 April 2017, 13:43 by Denis Chabrol President of the Florida headquartered Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce Wesley Kirton has suggested that the Guyana government looks to the Diaspora for investment in upgrading airstrips in the country’s hinterland. He threw out the suggestion while chairing the first Annual General Meeting of the National Air Transport Association of ...
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