A 38-year-old woman who stole thirty-nine ladies tops worth $162,242 from a store where she was employed was on Thursday remanded to prison when she was taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison a 28-year-old man who allegedly had in his possession fourteen live rounds of ammunition and a firearm.
Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday granted an 18-year-old man charged with larceny $30,000 bail when he appeared at court to answer to the charges.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will receive $1 billion (US$5M) this year to purchase helicopters to aid in the fight against crime.
Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton yesterday remanded to prison a man accused of unlawful possession and robbery under arms when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A 24-year-old University of Guyana (UG) student and army reservist is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being stabbed in the neck and abdomen by another man at the university’s campus last evening.
A 46-year-old cyclist became the latest road fatality after a collision with a bus on the Atlantic Gardens public road yesterday.
Armed bandits once again struck the AH&L Kissoon Limited, Industrial Site, Ruimveldt location yesterday, holding the staff at gunpoint and grabbing over $2M in cash and cheques before escaping in a waiting motor vehicle.
The PNCR is calling on the government to immediately set up an independent commission to probe the January 26 massacre at Lusignan.
Social activist Mark Benschop has slammed Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford for hinting in Parliament that he had ties with criminal gangs in Buxton and has threatened to take legal action against her.
The state of the roads in the Herstelling New Scheme, East Bank Demerara is worrying some residents who are calling for them to be rehabilitated before they get worse.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said yesterday that it is acceptable for a registrant to present the old ‘red and white’ birth certificate as a source document.
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards is advising consumers who have bought the Volcano brand of matches to immediately discontinue its use as they pose a threat to safety.
The mother of missing Friendship teen Tenisha Morgan, who reported to the police several days ago that her daughter had contacted her and said she was stuck on a dam, changed her story on Thursday after she was confronted with telephone records that showed several inconsistencies.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday said that it had intensified investigations to determine who stole its AK 47 rifle which was found submerged in water at Alness, Corentyne Coast on Thursday.
Guyana and other Caricom nations have registered their concern about the varying of requirements by Barbados in the issuance of the Caricom skills certificates.
Farmers and occupiers of the East Coast backland areas currently being cleared should submit their claims for compensation urgently, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said.
Relatives of an Annandale, East Coast Demerara man who was allegedly beaten and had his dreadlocks cut off by members of the joint services in Buxton yesterday morning are calling for justice and said that certain types of persons are being made targets in the wake of the Lusignan massacre.
The Central Corentyne Cham-ber of Commerce (CCCC) on Wednesday pledged $100,000 to the ‘B’ Division police to help with the rehabilitation of the Felix Austin Police College at Adventure, Corentyne where new ranks would be trained.
A Lusignan man who shot his wife in the face and was charged with her murder two years ago, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the High Court and will be sentenced later this month.
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