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Parika teen dies in mining pit accident
Anthony Richard, a 17-year-old miner of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, died after a mining pit he was working in caved in on him on Tuesday.
Police Headquarters reported that the teen was working at a mining pit located at the Cowpen…
Following DPP advice, businessman gets $1M bail for hammering customer to death
A businessman, who was last week arrested after one of his customers died at his hands, was released on $1 million station bail at the weekend, the Guyana Police Force has said.
According to Police Headquarters, his release follows…
Parika men charged for possession of ganja
Two men, who were found with marijuana in two separate instances, were charged on Tuesday.
Police Headquarters reported that Kwame Silas, a 46-year-old Labourer of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, was charged after he was nabbed with 49…
Enmore mechanic beaten during wedding house brawl
A 37-year-old mechanic sustained serious injuries to his face last Saturday after he was allegedly attacked during a scuffle at a wedding house at Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
The Police have since arrested his attacker.
Police…
Miner dies in Mazaruni River boat mishap
The body of 35-year-old Terrence Maxwell Calistro was on Monday recovered, hours after he was involved in a boat collision in the Mazaruni River.
Police Headquarters confirmed that an investigation is ongoing into the incident which…
Wanted man arrested in Suriname, charged for 2020 murder of Rosignol businessman
After eluding law enforcement officials for more than three years, a 32-year-old fisherman was on Monday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of Rosignol businessman, Tony Bisnauth, who was gunned down on his 78th birthday in 2020.…
President ‘deeply troubled’ by deadly accidents; says focus on speeding & drunk driving needed
Eight young persons, all age 21 and younger, died in three separate road accidents at the weekend and President Dr. Irfaan Ali said he is deeply troubled by these events.
So, he has asked the Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken to…
Father of five remanded for trafficking marijuana
Richard Thompson, a father of five, was Monday remanded to prison after he was charged with trafficking a quantity of marijuana.
The 36-year-old of Meadow Brook, Squatting Area, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court…
Man, 42, granted bail on cybercrime related charge
Seon Clarke, 42, of Bent Street, Worthmanville, Georgetown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Monday to answer to a cybercrime related charge.
Clarke made his appearance before Magistrate Rhondell Weever and secured bail in…
Parika man arrested with less than a pound of ganja
A 46-year-old labourer from Parika, East Bank Essequibo, Region Three, was arrested on Saturday for the possession of 49 grammes (or 0.1 pound) of cannabis.
Police Headquarters reported that ranks went to the Parika Access Road, near the…