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Truck driver in accident with Traffic Chief charged, granted bail
Months after he crashed into a Guyana Police Force vehicle leaving now Traffic Chief Mahendra Singh and his driver injured, the 29-year-old truck driver was charged in January and later released on $50,000 bail.
Romel Benjamin of Lovely…
Human skull, bones found in Berbice canefield
Skeletal remains of a human were found at Enterprise ‘A’ Field, East Canjie, Berbice Tuesday morning.
According to a statement from Police Headquarters, the discovery was reported around 08:30 hrs by Devpersaud Hublall, a 41-year-old…
Families shattered, plans unfulfilled as 13 lives lost to road accidents in March
By Sharda Bacchus
shardabacchus@newsroom.gy
Accidents, regardless of their nature, occur.
Sudden when they do, accidents are often timely reminders to avoid certain actions. But the lessons are seemingly ignored with road…
Another man found dead In Cummings Lodge trench
The body of a man identified only as Saray, who is reportedly a vagrant was found at 06:30 hrs on Tuesday in a trench at 10th Field, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.
The man of East Indian descent was found lying on his left side,…
Construction worker arrested with ganja at police roadblock
A 27-year-old construction worker was nabbed with 3, 563 grams of marijuana while travelling in a minibus Monday afternoon.
Police Headquarters reported that several vehicles including minibus - BAC 6035 - were stopped during a roadblock…
Lecture to Bars: Police on campaign to promote safer roadways
The Guyana Police Force and the Regional Road Safety Council have collaborated for a ‘Lecture to Bars’ campaign, aimed at educating bar owners about the amendments to the Liquor Intoxicating Licensing Act and their consequent…
Labourer injured in another Middle Road shooting
Police investigators are probing the shooting of a 26-year-old labourer who was wounded Monday night at Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown.
Injured is Shane Bourne, a resident of Laing Avenue, Georgetown.
The incident comes roughly…
Henrietta man, 32, charged for possession of illegal firearm
Cleon Alphonso, a 23-year-old resident of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast was on Monday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of a firearm.
Alphonso appeared before Magistrate Tamieka Clarke at the Charity Magistrate's Court…
Buxton man nabbed with AK-47 ammo jailed for two years
Orin Younge, the 36-year-old security officer who was nabbed with AK-47 ammunition after Police engaged him on a domestic violence report, was sentenced to two years imprisonment on Monday.
Police Headquarters reported that Younge, who…
Guyanese man dies after falling from 40-foot scaffold at worksite in Barbados
- A 51-year-old Guyanese man identified as Andell Mc Garrell fell to his death while working on a construction site Monday morning in Barbados.
Mc Garrell would have celebrated his 52nd birthday a month from today on May 09, 2024.…