Tag Archives: Guyana Police Force (GPF)

The High Court on Friday awarded Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), David Patterson GY$1.2 million in damages for the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) blocking him from leaving Guyana more than one year ago. Chief Justice, Roxane George-Wiltshire also ordered the State to pay Mr Patterson GY$250,000 in legal costs, according to Mr Patterson’s lawyer, Nigel Hughes. Mr Hughes ...

Three Portuguese-speaking men were arrested in neighbouring Brazil after they allegedly robbed a Chinese-owned store in Lethem and opened fire on Guyanese police during their escape across the border, police said Monday. “A Joint-Services patrol team was subsequently formed in an effort to locate the alleged suspects — all three of whom were arrested and are in custody in Brazil,” ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the wake of stirring allegations about the legitimacy of hundreds of millions of dollars in deposits associated with Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus and his family, as well as a controversial decision to appoint Mr Clifton Hicken as substantive police commissioner, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) on Monday recommended politically-free reforms. “Develop a comprehensive reform programme to be ...

A so far unidentified bandit was shot twice to his abdomen by a businessman during an attempted robbery at Tech Guy Solutions on Middleton Street, Georgetown, police said. The incident occurred Monday morning at about 11:40 a.m. when a man, whose name and other particulars were not immediately known, entered the premises and pointed a .38 revolver at the businessman ...

American Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot on Friday said the United States (US) was paying attention to the swirling corruption allegations in the Guyana Police Force (GPF). “We don’t want to be providing resources and funding to an organisation that has those issues but, again, they are just allegations at this point,” she told Demerara Waves Online News. Emphasising that ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday distanced his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) administration from a senior police officer and declared that details of alleged corruption would be released in response to that officer’s High Court constitutional motion. “Trust me, our affidavit to respond to those charges may not be beneficial to the particular individual because we will go into ...

Several men on Monday remained in custody as police continued their investigation into the abduction of a man outside New Thriving Restaurant, Main Street, Georgetown, late last month. “Those in custody – the police have applied for an extension of their detention which was granted for another 72 hours,” a Guyana Police Force (GPF) spokesman said. Police have been saying ...

by GHK Lall The appointment of a substantive commissioner of police is a done deal, save for the formalities. In normal circumstances, I would be the first to say a word of goodwill to the incumbent in waiting, Mr. Clifton Hicken. Most citizens would agree that there is nothing normal about either the Guyana Police Force or, for that matter, ...