Crime

A woman, who moved out of her reputed husband’s home two months ago because he threatened to kill her, was on Sunday stabbed to death by him at her sister’s residence where he had gone to visit their children, police said. The assailant, 35-year-old James Lord, of Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway was later caught by public-spirited citizens and told police ...

Leaders of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are set to discuss poor performance in mathematics by children across the region, and already President Irfaan Ali is suggesting that declining grades in that subject might be due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The issue of mathematics has now captured the attention of every single head of state and Prime Minister in the ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday ruled out that impending amendments to the Cyber Crime Act would seek to stifle freedom of expression and freedom of the media but would be in line with the United Nations (UN) Convention against Cybercrime. “We are not for censorship on the internet.” he told his weekly press conference at Freedom House, the headquarters ...

The People’s National Congress Reform/A Partnership for National Unity (PNCR/APNU) on Thursday promised to establish intelligence networks in Guyana’s interior regions as part of several steps to combat narco-trafficking. “One of our main approaches will be to win the trust and cooperation of residents in our Hinterland communities in making them a major line of defence and source of intelligence,” ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday said government has asked for international help with “assets” to deal with drug-laden planes that fly over Guyana, just days after the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) unearthed 4.4 tonnes of cocaine from several pits in Matthews Ridge, North West District. “We’ve already asked and we’re ready to work with our partners, once we’re given the ...

Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken fended off questions that a senior police officer was allegedly linked to the cocaine stash that was unearthed from several pits near an illegal airstrip in Guyana’s interior. A Guyanese senior law enforcement agent said a policeman has been implicated and that his posting there might have been facilitated by others. When contacted, the officer told ...

The Venezuela’s President’s plane that was seized by the United States (U.S.) in the Dominican Republic was used on several international flights including last December’s trip to St Vincent for a meeting with Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali on the Essequibo border dispute. The U.S. Department of Justice said Mr Nicolás Maduro’s aircraft was seized in the Dominican Republic and transferred ...

NEW YORK — Multiple people were shot at New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade in Brooklyn on Monday, police said. Five people were wounded when a gunman in Crown Heights “fired his weapon numerous times into a crowd,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said, according to a CBS report. Two of the shooting victims were in critical condition. The others ...

Guyanese policeman was prosecution’s witness FOX NEWS:-A New York bank manager sentenced last week to 9.5 years behind bars for a foiled murder-for-hire scheme against her brother-in-law allegedly told the would-be hitman that “rat poison can do a great job.” Reshma Massarone, a 40-year-old branch manager at Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, plotted to kill her sister’s husband over Facebook Messenger between ...

A joint operation between the United States’ (US’) Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) led to the discovery of almost US$200 million worth of 4.4 tonnes of cocaine, which was destined for Europe, from a number of pits near an illegal airstrip in Matthews Ridge. “The operation was driven by intelligence regarding illegal flights into Guyana ...