Crime
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,...
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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...
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Stabroek Market vendor allegedly caught with marijuana during robbery probe
Travis Alexander A Stabroek Market vendor was was Tuesday morning arraigned and remanded on a charge of trafficking in narcotics....
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Motor racer’s father arrested; video recording device seized in connection with US-destined cocaine-in-dressed wood
ARRESTED: Tazim Gafoor Law enforcement agents on Monday seized a video recording device and arrested one of the men wanted in...
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Soldier charged with alleged murder of bread vendor
MURDER ACCUSED: Shaquille Grant. Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private Shaquille Grant appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrates Court before Magistrate Zamillia...
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PPP on a high: Jagdeo wants to ‘free da weed’
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, today reiterated calls for decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana...
Read moreDetailsCANU wants motor racers, saw-miller in connection with GYD$500 million cocaine bust; several persons remain in custody
The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Sunday night said two motor racers and the owner of a lumber yard are implicated in...
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Rupununi gold miner chopped to death at Potaro
A gold miner from Central Rupununi, who was guarding a sluice box at a camp in Potaro, was chopped to...
Read moreDetailsPolice briber arrested in “sting operation”
A man, who tried to bribe a policeman with GYD$500,000 to release his 19-year old son, has been arrested and...
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WARNING: Ransomware attack on computers in progress; do not pay the ransom
Guyana National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) confirms that a global ransomware attack is currently in progress. The self-spreading ransomware,...
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