Crime

A policewoman was Friday arraigned on  a charge of manslaughter allegedly after a detainee was found dead while he had been in police custody more than one year ago. Two other members of the Guyana Police Force were also charged with obstructing the course of justice related to the killing of Lalbachan Bachan at the Suddie Police  Station. Charged with ...

Iwokrama International Centre for Rainforest Conservation and Development (IICRCD) said it would be joining with the Guyana Police Force and other State agencies to crack down on the illegal movement of foreigners through that rainforest concession in the Rupununi Region to help curb the coronavirus. “We will be working with these authorities to ban these vehicles from passing through the ...

The owner of a building contracting company was gunned down  late Thursday afternoon at a construction site  at Lodge, Georgetown. Police said 49-year old Krisseondatt Premsuk of Lot 183 Lusignan, East Coast of Demerara  was shot dead at about 5:40 PM  at 44 Joseph Pollydore (D’urban) Street, Lodge. He was shot dead while in the company of several of his ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Tuesday did not rule out three early morning fires set on public buildings as being politically motivated. Ramjattan told News Talk Radio/Demerara Waves earlier Tuesday that “out of an abundance of caution, I am awaiting reports from the Fire Chief (Marlon Gentle) and Police Commissioner (Leslie James) before making any comment ...

The Guyana Police Force said several files at its Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters were destroyed and others damaged by am early Tuesday morning fire. The incident occurred at about 5 AM at the CID Office of the Anna Regina Police Station. Police say Constable Benjamin was checking the compound when he observed smoke coming from the Regional Detective Inspectors ...

An unoccupied Guyana Defence Force (GDF) building on the Essequibo Coast was damaged by fire early Tuesday morning, police said. The building, located at the GDF 2nd Infantry Battalion Base at Maria’S Lodge, went up in flames around 3:30 AM. Police said neighbours observed fire and smoke at the top flat and formed a bucket brigade to contain the blaze ...

by Samuel Sukhnandan A fire at Lusignan prison on Sunday has led to several prisoners being transferred to other prisons across the country, while 156 of them remain at the holding bay at that penitentiary. This is according to Prison Service Director Gladwin Samuel, who briefed the press on the situation earlier Monday saying that other alternative arrangements are now ...

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has suffered over $2.7 million in losses after  37 Light-Emitting Diode (LED) lights were stolen at various locations across the country. The Ministry’s Infrastructure’s Electrical Engineering Department says 11 were stolen from  Eccles Industrial Site Road and seven from Farm Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara. Another seven from Schoonard Access Road, West Bank Demerara; five from Linden/Soesdyke  Highway; three from Lombard Street, ...

An attempt was made to burn the Umana Yana, a government-owned meeting place, in Kingston, Georgetown, early Sunday morning, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said at the scene. He told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/Demerara Waves Online News that an unidentified man was seen scampering away from the scene. He said remains from an explosive device were retrieved by police. “A ...

An attempt was made early Wednesday morning to burn the Suddie Magistrates’ Court, police said. A policeman at the nearby station saw the fire and smoke  in the bottom flat of the courthouse shortly before 5 AM. “It was observed that the Magistrate’s chair on fire and a pile of paper on fire, the ranks than managed to extinguish fire ...