Thirty-six-year-old Ronald Armstrong who back in 2013 had broken into a young woman’s home, and accosted her at gun-point in the bathroom, is now awaiting sentencing after being unanimously convicted of not only raping her, but burgling her home as well.
Stating that the prosecution had failed in establishing his connection to the murders of elderly South Road women Constance Fraser and Phyllis Caesar; Justice Jo-Ann Barlow yesterday morning discharged Phillip Suffrien who was on trial.
Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers yesterday conducted an operation at Guinep Lane, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown which led to the discovery of a quantity of suspected narcotics and several types of ammunition.
Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers intercepted a motor car with one occupant on the Mahaica public road yesterday and a subsequent search of the vehicle revealed a parcel containing suspected cannabis in the vehicle’s trunk.
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn says that the house which was destroyed by fire at Barnwell Village, East Bank Demerara, resulting in the deaths of three children had unauthorized electricity access.
Pledging his government’s commitment to building a robust and internationally demanded creative sector, President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday told performers they may have an opportunity to showcase their craft in Barbados in the near future.
One of the participants in the gang attack that claimed the life of 45-year-old Troy Hicks at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara on Saturday last is scheduled to be charged today at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the United States Southern Command co-hosted the first ever Non-Commissioned Officer Jungle Symposium in Guyana this week.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Declaring “Enough, enough!” U.S. President Joe Biden yesterday called on Congress to ban assault weapons, expand background checks and implement other gun control measures to address a string of mass shootings that have struck the United States.
Clarence Farley who had been wanted for several days in relation to the murder of his wife, Omega Ault was last evening apprehended at a hotel at No.78 Village, Corentyne, the police said.
OTTAWA/TORONTO, (Reuters) – Ontario Premier Doug Ford claimed a sweeping election victory in Canada’s most populous province yesterday, as media projected a second term for his right-leaning Progressive Conservative party with an enhanced majority.
Deputy Commissioner ‘Administration’ (ag) Calvin Brutus yesterday assured the family of 12-year-old Kayla Barnabas that there will be an impartial probe of her death.
(Trinidad Express) Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales said on Wednesday that the very survival of majority State-owned Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) depends on the company taking difficult decisions, including retrenching 468 of its employees.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Investigative fracking operations in Colombia can go ahead after a court in the Andean country’s Santander province yesterday reversed a lower court’s decision to block two pilot projects.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – At least 18 people have died in Salvadoran police custody since the Central American country introduced a controversial state of emergency to combat gangs two months ago, according to an investigation presented Thursday by Amnesty International.
BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The number of hectares used for alluvial gold production in Colombia fell 2% in 2021, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said yesterday, adding that just over a third of affected locations were in areas also important for growing coca, the chief ingredient in cocaine.
(Reuters) – A man shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a church in Iowa state yesterday and then turned the gun on himself, police said, adding three more dead to the toll in a series of recent shootings that have rocked the United States.