Crime

A contractor, who was reported for alleged domestic violence, was Tuesday night arrested after police said they found an illegal gun and ammunition at his residence. Pooran Manman called Rocky, a 44-year-old Businessman of Abram Zuil, Essequibo Coast, More than one year ago, he had been cited for less than satisfactory rehabilitation of Thomas Road, Thomas Lands, Georgetown. Investigators said ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall on Friday declined to comment on whether the Guyana government obtained permission from the United States (US) for a Guyana Police Force (GPF) officer to be involved in the service of summonses to anti-government activist, Rickford Burke at his Brooklyn, New York residence. Asked whether he was comfortable that Assistant Superintendent of Police Rodwell Sarabo did ...

By Ivan Cairo Paramaribo – Desi Bouterse, former coup leader, ex-commander and ex-president, was Wednesday sentenced for the third time to a twenty-year prison term for his part in the controversial multiple murder of fifteen men on December 8, 1982. No detention has been ordered against him. After being convicted twice by the Court Martial – in November 2019 and ...

Antigua and Barbuda police are currently investigating two separate reports of fraudulent activity involving a travel agency supposedly operating on Old Parham Road after two persons bought non-existent  tickets to travel to Guyana, Antigua Observer reported Friday. According to the first report, the victim purchased three airline tickets, collectively valued at EC$5,000, in April for travel to Guyana on December ...

Even as the Guyana Police Force and the Guyana government on Thursday remained mum on a series of questions related to the service of summonses to New York-based Guyanese anti-government activist Rickford Burke, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the fugitive was properly served at his Brooklyn residence. “By the way, from what I gather, they have video evidence of him ...

New York-based Guyanese, Rickford Burke, who is wanted in Guyana for a series of offences, has been served with a Guyana Police Force summons to attend court in March, 2024. Mr Burke, a known activist against the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC), earlier this week claimed that armed men were seen nearby his residence in New York. He said that ...

Two men were killed early Sunday morning at Victoria, East Coast Demerara after one of the now deceased men was attacked and robbed of his 30-pennyweight gold chain, police said Sunday night. Dead are the robbery victim, 26-year old William Montrose-who was a construction worker and gold miner and lived at Side Line Dam, Victoria, and one of the suspected ...

by Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO – Ex-army leader and ex-president of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, called on his supporters Saturday evening during a party meeting in the run-up to the final verdict in the criminal case into the controversial murders of December 8, 1982, to keep calm. At the same time, he called for the judge to “use his mind” when ruling ...

Reproduced from Trinidad Newsday A Guyanese mother and her son were brutally murdered while they slept at their Battoo Street, Marabella home on Tuesday morning. Marabella residents lamented the killing of innocent children, as the bloodied bodies of Guyanese national Hollice Skinner Thomas, 40, and her son Noel, eight, were discovered in the bedroom of their rented apartment. Education Minister ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority Monday night said its Customs and Law Enforcement Officers seized 24 packs of suspected marijuana that were concealed between several bed sheets that were imported in a parcel from the United States (US). However, the woman to whom the package was addressed, fled the Mackenzie Post Office. “The consignee made good her escape when confronted and ...