Work on the building that will house the first Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) office in Berbice is expected to be completed by month end and will soon lessen the time it takes for Region Six residents to access certain legal services.
Acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell today announced the arrest of four persons in connection with the murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman Zulfikar Namdar, which he said appears to be a hit.
The Guyana Police Force today said it wished to clarify that contrary to reports circulating in some sections of the media, there was no armed attack on any Police Station, nor was any police rank shot and killed during last night.
An elderly Corentyne rice miller was shot dead on Tuesday evening while driving off armed intruders from his home and police held three persons yesterday for questioning.
The body of a man who it is suspected committed suicide was yesterday found in a hotel on Norton Street after the woman he was with raised an alarm to the staff that he had tried to strangle her.
The suspect in the execution-style killing of former DJ Sheldon Cheddie has told investigators that he was contracted following a drug-related transaction between the man and other persons.
The family of slain Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman Zulfikar Namdar believes that the bandits who carried out the attack on Tuesday that left him dead scouted the area in advance.
A witness yesterday testified that accused murderer Stravo Evans confronted her with a gun and threatened to kill her and her family if she identified him after the fatal shooting of Bascal Johnson on Laing Avenue.
Rondy Jagdeo, the suspect in the murder of Eccles biker Kirk Davis, was recently spotted in neighbouring Suriname and there are reports that he has been making contact with relatives apologizing for his behaviour.
Two students from Moco Moco, Region Nine have taken their places among the new batch of students enrolled at the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) and they will eventually be able to help the “struggling” rice farm in the village.
Eighty-five applicants pulled their lot numbers for plots at Zeelugt, Phase Two, East Bank Essequibo when the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) hosted the second One Stop Shop for the year for single parents and low income earners on Monday.