The sentence was handed down today by a Federal Judge in the United States. Shervington Lovell “Big Head” will spend the next 11 years behind bars in a US jail for his part in moving drugs between Guyana and the Netherlands by way of the Azores. His co-conspirator Steven Antonius was sentenced to 12 years […]
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GGMC Prosecutor In custody following Police Sting Operation. He was reportedly nabbed with $300,000 dollars which he collected from a miner to settle a court matter
Sherwin Crandon, a prosecutor employed by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission was arrested by the police during a sting operation. This was after he allegedly collected money from a gold miner to dismiss a case against him. According to a release from the Guyana Police Force, on Wednesday 19th, May 2021, a gold miner visited […]
Man in custody after nabbed by Police with over 8 pounds of Marijuana
A 42-year-old West Coast Berbice man is in Police custody after he was nabbed with 3,928 grams of suspected Cannabis. That incident occurred at #30 Village, West Coast Berbice. According to a Police, report ranks from the Fort Wellington Police Station led by an inspector acting on information on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, around 16:35 […]
Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Association refuses to acknowledge what they call the illegal and illegitimate association derived from Police Association elections
The controversy surrounding the Guyana Police Association election is now heating up with the Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations speaking out about the legitimacy of the process. The Caribbean Federation of Police Welfare Associations said they recognize the unfortunately challenging environment that faces our Guyanese police colleagues. It is our view that this level […]
GBNS destroyed more than 200 packs of non-compliant cigarettes in Lethem
Some 290 packs of cigarettes which failed to meet the requirements were destroyed by the Guyana Bureau of Standards. The Bureau in a press statement said the cigarettes which were branded US Mild 1 were found in Lethem and imported by city business. The items were destroyed by fire at the Lethem dumpsite last Thursday. […]
Health Minister continues to encourage Guyanese to be vaccinate against COVID-19
The COVID-19 deaths and infections continue to rise but Guyana’s Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony said his government is safeguarding the nation by ensuring there are enough vaccines to decrease the spread of the disease. The Minister said that Government is purchasing some 800,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine and that would be […]
