Crime

A 49-year-old Brazilian mechanic is missing and feared dead after the boat he was travelling in was involved in an incident in the Mazaruni River. The man has been identified as Walter DaSilva Oliveira. Police Headquarters confirmed…

Four brothers who reportedly broadsided a Mahaica, East Coast Demerara fisherman were charged on Friday with felonious wounding and granted bail. The brothers - 29-year-old Omesh Persaud, 26-year-old Avidesh Persaud, 21-year-old…

Shawn Bobb appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly charged with the offence of robbery. It is alleged that on September 6, 2023, at Light Street, Georgetown, he robbed Hosel Gomes of a…

Shamar Davis appeared before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday charged with the offence of robbery. It is alleged that on August 17, at Water Street, Georgetown, while being in the company of…

Training of local policemen and women will now be enhanced as the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Academy on Friday received its institutional accreditation, making it the first public entity to be accredited. “The Guyana Police Force moved…

A 44-year-old woman and her four children are now homeless after a fire gutted their home at Itaballi Landing in the Lower Mazaruni River. Police Headquarters reported that Ingrid Moore, a cook, went to work at about 07:00 hrs on…

For the year so far, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has responded to a total of 1,347 fires, almost double the numbers when compared to the same period last year. Comparatively, 771 fires were recorded between January and early September…

Still reeling from almost $1 billion in losses after a fire destroyed his business, the owner of White Boy’s Auto Spares and bond, Mohammed Ali, is determined to move forward and rebuild his company. “…This hay is bare pressure…I have to…

A post-mortem examination (PME) conducted on Vijai Lallmoni and his son-in-law, Solendra Bhookmohan, whose bodies were recovered in the Essequibo River, found that they both died as a result of drowning compounded by blunt trauma to the…

Days after a man was found dead in the vicinity of a mall at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, two labourers were on Thursday charged with murder. The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Ravi Ramrattan called ‘Socks’. Khemraj Persaud…