Crime

Four Guyanese and six Brazilians were abducted on Saturday morning in Deep South Rupununi and abandoned after members of Guyana’s Joint Services pursued the suspects, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said Saturday afternoon. “A Joint Services team on the ground pursued the suspects who abandoned their vehicle with the persons abducted, all of whom were rescued unharmed,” police said. Police ...

Even as the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) continues to train people across Guyana to strengthen cybersecurity in the public sector, the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) this year ranked the country as evolving (Tier 4) on its 2024 Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI). In all, 11 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states are evolving, with a score range of 20–55. The ITU ...

Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus, who is facing dozens of financial crime charges, is set to be interdicted from duty, a well-placed source said Tuesday night. The source said Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken was Wednesday expected to formally inform the Police Service Commission (PSC) that Mr Brutus was facing criminal charges. According to the official, who is knowledgeable about the ...

Two men, who were wanted for murder and rape of a child, were captured on Saturday at Kairuni Backdam, Linden Highway, police said on Sunday. Those arrested at about 4 p.m. Saturday are 26-year-old Ghanie Jamie of South Sophia Georgetown, and 27-year-old Hansi Jones of Sophia, Georgetown. Police said Jamie was wanted for murder and Jones was wanted for three ...

One of two suspected robbers was killed on Saturday at the Port Mourant Market, Corentyne and all of the stolen gold and silver jewellery were recovered from his possession, police said on Sunday. Dead is 18-year-old Parmand “Mikey” Pertab of Lot 45 “C” Hampshire Village, Corentyne Berbice. Investigators were informed that at about 9:15 Saturday morning, Pertab, who was armed ...

Anti-corruption activist and former House Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran on Sunday recommended that there be a policy or law governing gifts to government employees, in the wake of revelations that an assistant police commissioner had received millions of dollars in wedding gifts from businessmen. He said Guyana should follow in the footsteps of most developed countries in developing a policy or ...

Guyana Police Force Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus was Thursday slapped with 30 financial crime charges for transactions totalling GY$376.2 million ranging from money laundering, conspiracy to defraud, larceny, misconduct in public office and liability of public officers. He is represented by a battery of lawyers including Eusi Anderson and Earl Daniels. Despite objections by the prosecution to bail for ...

One hour after heavily armed detachments from the Guyana Police Force’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit and the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) departed outside the residence of Assistant Police Commissioner, Calvin Brutus, emerged from his residence and told the media that he and his wife committed no financial crime. “I intend to vigorously defend these matters because there ...

Heavily armed Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) police and investigators from the Special Organised Crime Unit on Wednesday night surrounded the residence of Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus at Eve Leary. He has been cited for an estimated 240 charges in a probe conducted by SOCU and the Financial Intelligence Unit, according to court papers. The Head of SOCU, ...

—16-year-old Lindener to represent Guyana in Panama As UNICEF prepares to observe the 35th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on November 20, it has collaborated with the Committee on the Rights of the Child to host national and regional consultations with children/adolescents and stakeholders in various countries to develop a General Comment on children’s ...