The man, who allegedly stabbed to death his wife, was Friday afternoon captured but not before he was shot because he allegedly attacked police, the Guyana Police Force said. “During the ensuing process of effecting the arrest, the 35 year old pork-knocker who violently attacked the ranks, was shot once to his left leg,” the law enforcement agency said. His ...
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Opposition parliamentarians, supporters on GYD$300 million fraud-related charges at GRDB
Two opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) parliamentarians and four other supporters were Friday each granted GYD$500,000 bail for allegedly omitting from the general ledger of the Guyana Rice Development Board a total of GYD$362 million while they were board members of that entity. The prosecution’s case is that they committed the offences during each of the calendar years of 2012,  2013, 2014 ...
Read More »Govt drug bond employee admits to stealing medical supplies
One employee of the drugs bond at Diamond Hospital has admitted to stealing GYD$100,000 worth of supplies from the East Bank Demerara facility and one has resigned with immediate effect, the Ministry of Public Health said in a statement. The ministry added that several others, who were released from police custody , have not reported for duty. “They are on strike” ...
Read More »Woman charged with failing to declare large sum of money
The woman, who allegedly brought more than US$10,000 to Guyana allegedly without declaring it to authorities, was Thursday granted bail. Thirty-six year old Tracyann Todd appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where the charge of failing to declare a large sum of foreign currency was read to her. The charge against Todd stated that on May 4, 2017 at the ...
Read More »Hotskull charged with murder of footballer
Twenty- five year old Alvin “Hotskull” Jones has been charged with the murder of tradesman and footballer, Paul “Dundee” Anthony Daniels. Jones on Wednesday appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan who read the indictable charge to him. The killing of Daniels,32, occurred in February at Independence Boulevard, Georgetown. Daniels lived at  Schoonord Public Road, West Bank Demerara. Jones was not ...
Read More »Clerk charged with multi-million dollar fraud
Twenty-four year old Naipaul Beharry appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court charged with embezzlement. Beharry stood before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore where the charge read that on may 1, 2015 and July 31 2016 while being a clerk at a firm, he fraudulently embezzled GYD $4.9 million dollars in the name of his employer, Ramgobin Mohanlall. He pleaded not guilty. ...
Read More »49 illegal guns seized so far for 2017
Guyanese police have so far seized a total of 49 guns so far for the year, with ‘A’ Division leading with 19 seizures, police said. The latest gun seizure was made on Tuesday, May 16 at about 6 PM at Norton Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown where police said they took away one .32 Taurus pistol and four live rounds of ammunition. ...
Read More »Fishing boat captain feared dead; fishermen swim to safety after pirate attack
A boat captain is missing and two fishermen, who were ordered to jump overboard during an alleged attack by pirates, swam to safety, police said. Feared dead is 44-year old Mahadeo “Chico” Ramdyal of Kilcoy/Chesney Squatting Area, Corentyne. Investigators fear that Ramdyal drowned as one of the attackers lashed him to his head after he jumped overboard. “The crew members alone managed ...
Read More »Two charged with bribing policeman during gun, ammo probe
Two men were Tuesday arraigned for allegedly bribing a constable at the Brickdam Police Station to release one of their sons from custody after he was accused of being in illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition. Kamendra Raghubeer of 171 ‘C’ Field, Sophia and 24-year old Anil Persaud of Ramsingh Street, Sophia pleaded not guilty and were released on ...
Read More »Stabroek Market vendor allegedly caught with marijuana during robbery probe
A Stabroek Market vendor was was Tuesday morning arraigned and remanded on a charge of trafficking in narcotics. Travis Alexander of 109 D’Andrade Street,Newtown, Georgetown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The charge against the 26-year old man is that on May 12 at Stabroek Market he had 23 grammes of marijuana for the purpose ...
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