Nephew accused of beheading uncle charged with murder

Twenty-six-year-old Dwayne Tappin on Wednesday appeared in the Sparendaam Magistrates’ court charged with the murder of his uncle, Randolph Seenauth. The matter was called before magistrate Alisha George and the accused was remanded to prison until September 28 when the matter will come up again for a report. Tappin, a former member Guyana Defence Force […]

City Police and GPF to pool resources to fight crime.

A patrol for sharing information and a Memorandum of understanding will soon be developed and signed between the Guyana Police Force and the City Constabulary to address crime fighting in the city. Today, senior officials from the Police and the City Constabulary met at City Hall to move the process forward. That meeting was attended […]

9 kilos of Cocaine busted in cooking gas Cylinder, two teens arrested.

The youths were arrested after Canu ranks acting on information swooped down on a house at 25 Delph Avenue, Campbellville, Georgetown on Sunday afternoon. A release by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit said the operation resulted in the seizure of 9 rectangular shaped objects, weighing over 9 kilograms of suspected cocaine which was found in a cooking […]

Full Statement – Prisoner shot and killed during bid to escape

Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels this evening confirmed that a fatal incident occurred at the Timehri Prison at approximately 17:00hrs today involving prisoner Winston Hinds (26 years old) who was on remand for murder. The circumstances, as reported to the Director of Prisons by Timehri Prison officials, are that several prisoners were involved in a […]

“I played dead to survive the ambush,”- miner recounts horror during robbery attack in Venezuela which left three of his colleagues dead

Three of his colleagues died when gunmen ambushed them at their mining camp at Imataka Mining Backdam, Venezuela. The young man said they were preparing to leave the country after getting word that the gunmen were coming after them.Joel Paton was speaking from his home in Georgetown during a visit with Junior Natural Resources Minister […]