Sharda Bacchus

Retired Justice William Ramlal’s tenure as Chair-man of Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is currently in limbo as government is yet to renew his contract, which expired at the beginning of this month.

Commissioner of Police (ag) Nigel Hoppie has singled out the low academic requirements for entry to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as being a contributing factor to the substandard conduct of some law enforcers, including use of excessive force and corruption.

Double-murder accused, Kapildeo Gangadin, who escaped from the Lusignan Prison yesterday morning after “tampering” with the quarantine section of the facility was recaptured today, the prison service said.

Just under four years ago, a woman who went to lodge a report at the Turkeyen Police Station about a squib attack was raped by two policemen there, while a third refused to entertain her subsequent complaint of sexual violation, raising the question of what the government and law enforcers have done since then to ensure there is no recurrence.

A 21-year-old businessman was fatally stabbed during a robbery yesterday afternoon in his family’s electronics store at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and the police have since arrested the prime suspect, who they say confessed to the crime.

With the promise of a “more comfortable” environment for prisoners, the three modern facilities which are currently being constructed at the Lusignan Prison are scheduled to be completed early next year, Director of Prisons (ag) Nicklon Elliott says.

A Route 42 minibus driver was killed yesterday morning during a “shootout” with the police who said they were trying to apprehend him and an accomplice in relation to suspected stolen items they had in their vehicle at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

A Guyana Fire Service (GFS) investigation has concluded that the blaze which destroyed more than 80 percent of the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday was an act of arson.

The Ministry of Health is investigating the case of a 13-year-old Region One boy who died yesterday, hours after he was administered the second dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed more than an estimated 80% of the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday, dealing a huge blow to the operations of the Guyana Police Force in the capital city.

A 19-year-old electrician died yesterday morning shortly after he was shot and robbed of a gold chain after leaving his Festival City, Georgetown home.

A police pursuit along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road on Friday night has left a 26-year-old man dead and a teenage girl seriously injured.

A couple died minutes apart on Thursday night at Hyde Park, Timehri, East Bank Demerara, where a woman succumbed after she accidentally fell into a septic tank and her husband met his end during a failed bid to rescue her.

Police yesterday arrested the prime suspect in the murders of Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Daniel Fraser and his girlfriend, Shanicka Forde, and they said he confessed to carrying out the crime because the soldier had sexually assaulted one of his relatives.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal and his girlfriend, who was visiting from Barbados were on Wednesday night gunned down in Sophia.

A 37-year-old mother of two was stabbed to death sometime between Tuesday night and yesterday morning at Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara (WBD), by her husband, who subsequently hung himself.

Shortly after arriving at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) yesterday, former acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan died before receiving medical attention.

Five months after he was gunned down outside Palm Court on Main Street, Georgetown, the family of gold dealer Ricardo Fagundes yesterday broke their silence as they called for answers and justice.

A team of doctors from India recently performed successful heart surgeries at the Dr Balwant Singh Hospital on six patients including a 15-year-old who suffered from heart complications for the last two years.

Three armed bandits posing as customers yesterday carried out a daring robbery at a Gordon Street, Kitty gold establishment and escaped with over $50M worth in cash and raw gold.