Crime
Guyana wants to question seven persons in Suriname about deadly piracy attack
The body of a fisherman being taken ashore Wednesday night in Suriname. Guyana wants Suriname to send several Guyanese back...
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Caribbean Court’s incoming President wants coordinated overhaul of “broken” criminal justice system; says inconsistent rule of law major barrier to Guyana’s prosperity
The CCJ's President-elect, Justice Adrian Saunders delivering a lecture on "The Rule of Law and the Caribbean Court of Justice"...
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Jagdeo supports non-custodial sentences for marijuana possession; says no to cultivation, sale
FLASH BACK: A section of a large marijuana farm at WISROC, Linden. Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo says he is in...
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BREAKING: Guyanese Derrick Patterson pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking in Grenada; fined US$27,000
Derrick Patterson (photo from Now Grenada) Forty-seven year old Guyanese, Derrick Patterson Thursday afternoon pleaded guilty in a Grenada court...
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Guyanese man fined for cocaine-in-wheelchair in Grenada
Haniff Bacchus The 71-year old Guyanese man, who was caught with cocaine in Grenada, was Thursday fined. Magistrate Tamera Gill...
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Second suspect arrested for killing of Canadian mining company official
DEAD: Neil Whyte Guyanese police now have two suspects in custody in connection with the gruesome killing of a senior...
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Top Suriname police officers in Guyana to probe piracy
The team of Guyanese and Surinamese police officers meeting in the Police Commissioner's Conference room. A high-level team of Surinamese...
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Former Finance Minister Saisnarine Kowlessar arrested, released on bail
Former Finance Minister, Sasenarine Kowlessar Former Finance Minister, Saisnarine Kowlessar was Monday arrested by agents of the Special Organised Crime...
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Updated with Audio+Video: High Court blocks Magistrates’ Court hearing of charges against Singh, Brassington
Former Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh and former Chief Executive Officer of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston...
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“Cross-Eye” charged with murder of ex-lover’s partner
Corwyn 'Cross Eye Arthur The man, who allegedly killed a man who was in a relationship with his ex partner,...
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