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Security guard, 22, charged with colleague’s murder
One week after Gerald Anthony Sobers, 25, succumbed to injuries he sustained in a shooting and days after the Guyana Police Force issued a wanted bulletin for the alleged shooter, a 22-year-old Friendship man was charged and remanded for…
Nigerian national escapes custody of immigration officers, threatens healthcare workers
Benjamin Ukomuo, a Nigerian national, was remanded to prison on Monday after he was accused of escaping the custody of Immigration Officers and threatening medical workers with a pair of scissors.
Ukomuo appeared before Chief Magistrate…
Man charged for online intimidation; receiving woman’s nude images, video
Lemuel Dundas, 22, of Den Amstel, Region Three was Monday remanded to prison after being slapped with several cybercrime related charges.
Dundas appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel…
Mahdia Tragedy: Lawyer writes DPP requesting withdrawal of 20 murder charges
Attorney Dexter Todd wants the case file against the 15-year-old girl who allegedly set fire to the Mahdia Secondary School female dorms reviewed and the 20 murder charges against her withdrawn.
His letter to the Director of Public…
Hicken’s tenure as Top Cop extended to ‘date to be determined’ – Pres. Ali
Commissioner of Police (ag.) Clifton Hicken has reached the age of retirement but President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Monday confirmed that Hicken’s tenure as Top Cop has been extended.
“I’ve already issued a letter extending the services of the…
Plaisance man shot by Police in unmarked vehicle during search for Olato Sam’s murder suspect
Police ranks on surveillance duty on Saturday shot and injured a 22-year-old labourer who they feared would shoot at them.
The ranks were at the time combing the Plaisance, East Coast Demerara community for a suspect in the murder of…
Prison officer dies following E.B.D hit-and-run
Shamal Charles, a 20-year-old prison officer attached to the Georgetown Prison died Sunday night following a hit-and-run accident.
Police Headquarters reported that the accident occurred around 19:50hrs at Swan Village, Soesdyke/Linden…
Speeding driver, 60, dies in West Berbice accident
Carlton Maltay, a 60-year-old of East Canje, Berbice died in the wee hours of Monday while two occupants of his car survived an accident on the Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
Police said the fatal accident occurred at…
Grove man dies after crashing brother’s car
A 30-year-old man died on Sunday after the car he was driving crashed into a culvert on the Little Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD), in the vicinity of the new Diamond interlink road.
Dead is Ishmael Cort of North East…
UPDATE: Providence man arrested with 9mm pistol during cocaine haul at Timehri cargo company
Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers, while conducting a routine operation at a cargo company adjacent to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport at Timehri, on Sunday, intercepted a motor car with registration number PWW 5561 driven…