Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 15:35 by Denis Chabrol Nine prisoners were up to Tuesday afternoon believed to have escaped from the Georgetown Prison at the time of Sunday afternoon’s fire that destroyed the penal facility. The Guyana government’s Department of Public Information (DPI) said one of the nine prisoners has since been recaptured. Director of Prisons, Gladwin ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 16:48 by Denis Chabrol A minibus driver from Suddie, Essequibo Coast, was Tuesday shot dead at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara after a robber snatched a bag from a passenger containing GYD$1,000 and one cellular phone, police said. ‘A’ Division Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner, Marlon Chapman said a suspect was shot by police ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 19:33 by Denis Chabrol Four handguns were Tuesday afternoon found in a barrel at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) wharf, Georgetown, and already one man has been arrested and another gun allegedly found in his possession, police said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 19:22 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force (GPF) will over the next several weeks come under intense scrutiny over whether the law enforcement agency did enough to probe reports and allegations of a threat to assassinate President David Granger. Heading the Commission of Inquiry is Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe who ...

Last Updated on Monday, 10 July 2017, 22:11 by Denis Chabrol More than 180 of the just over 1,000 prisoners, who have been dislocated by a fire at the Georgetown Prison, were Monday sent to other prisons, Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said. Samuels said 188 inmates, including those sent on their own recognisance by magistrates, were removed from the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 7:21 by Denis Chabrol Fire fighters were Monday afternoon preparing to break open an armoury to recover guns and ammunition as well as comb the debris of the Georgetown Prison for possibly human remains, At the same time, efforts were being made to relocate many of the more than 1,000 prisoners from a ...

Last Updated on Monday, 10 July 2017, 8:59 by Denis Chabrol A murder accused, who attempted to flee during the fire that destroyed the Georgetown Prison, was recaptured  in the vicinity of the maximum security prison, a police spokesman said Monday. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Superintendent, Jairam Ramlakhan told Demerara Waves Online News that 20-year old Shawn Collins of 6 ...

Last Updated on Monday, 10 July 2017, 1:46 by Denis Chabrol Five prisoners were up to early Monday morning still at large, after distracting prison wardens by setting the overcrowded Georgetown Prison ablaze , authorities said. “The fire actually served as a distraction which resulted in the prison break. This is still to be confirmed,” Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 9 July 2017, 21:36 by Denis Chabrol A prison officer succumbed to a gunshot injury while receiving emergency treatment at the Georgetown Public Hospital. He has been identified as Odinga Wickham. Nine other persons were injured during Sunday afternoon’s fiery unrest that destroyed the maximum Georgetown Prison, officials said. There are no immediate reports of deaths. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 9 July 2017, 19:06 by Denis Chabrol   As Sunday night falls, further chaos erupted at the Georgetown Prison and its environs, fire and prison officials have confirmed. Numerous shots rang out as police and soldiers sought to prevent several of the prisoners who were moved to the officers mess from the burning jail as a ...