(Trinidad Express) Surinamese national Edmund Quincy Muntslag, who was wanted in the United States, was extradited to that country from Trinidad and Tobago yesterday, to face charges of narcotics trafficking.
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called for the decriminalisation of attempting suicide in Guyana.
Following the recent dismissals and reinstatement of three pregnant city constables, a former policewoman has come forward and stated that she was dismissed last month under a similar policy against pregnancy in the Guyana Police Force.
The Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs is examining a report of alleged irregularities in the Toshao election at Capoey, Region Two.
Gold miner Sherwin Sharples, 40, who was found guilty last week of raping an 11-year-old girl, was yesterday sentenced to eight years in prison.
An inter-agency suicide prevention helpline was launched yesterday. The Inter-agency Suicide Prevention Helpline hopes to offer counselling services to anyone who is thinking of suicide, whose life feels unmanageable or just needs a little help.
Quincy Massiah, the music cart operator charged with murdering a workmate last year, was yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court.
Central Immigration at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri grounded Insel Air Aruba yesterday after what Director of Roraima Airways, Gerry Gouveia, called an “unfortunate mix-up” between carriers.
Three persons have been detained in connection with the shooting death of Plaisance mason Akeem Yorrick, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said yesterday.
A looming strike by workers of the Chinese bauxite mining operations at Linden has been called off following negotiations between the workers’ bargaining agent, NAACIE and the company’s management yesterday.
The police are still seeking the suspect in the brutal killing of 77-year-old Danrasie ‘Carmen’ Ganesh, who was bludgeoned and strangled at the Montrose house for which she was the caretaker.
A gate and fence at the IMEX International complex on Leopold Street are to be demolished today, according to the City Council, but the owner of the building is contending that the demolition will be illegal because he is in possession of documents which granted permission for the construction.
The Guyana Police Force has intentions of appealing the recent sentencing of two University of Guyana students to community service after they were found guilty of gun-point robbery, sources say.
The suspect in the murder of Davonan Sookram will be making his first court appearance today after police yesterday received legal advice, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.
A mother and daughter are in police custody after police found a quantity of cocaine in a house at D’Urban Street yesterday.
Months after the suspect was charged with the murder of nine-year-old Shaquan Gittens, a psychiatric report on the man is still to be submitted to the court in order to move forward with the preliminary inquiry into the charge.
A mason was placed on bail on Tuesday after he denied robbing a man of a chain.
A construction worker has been told that he will be bedridden for at least six months as he slowly recuperates from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident last Sunday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. Senate committee demanded yesterday that the State Department hand over all the documents used to rank countries in its annual human trafficking report, as lawmakers expressed concern it had been watered down for political reasons.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan supermarkets are increasingly being targeted by looters as swollen lines and prolonged food shortages spark frustration in the OPEC nation struggling with an economic crisis.
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