Transgender sex worker Shawn Simon Hooper, known as “Coil Bottle,” was executed early Thursday morning, and an eyewitness has described the shocking events that led up to the incident. Hooper was killed at approximately 02:00 hrs near King Street and South Road, Georgetown. The incident unfolded during what appeared to…
Harold Simmons, 45, a security guard from Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice was Thursday charged with the capital offense of murder after he reportedly beat a man to death for “monkey antics” at a popular night club. Simmons appeared at the Whim Magistrate Court before Magistrate Faith McGusty. He was…
GNBS Release: In its continued effort to tackle the sale and distribution of substandard electrical fittings and equipment, the Product Compliance Department of the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) seized and destroyed 11,600 pieces of substandard electrical fittings and equipment. The items including wires, cables, lamp holders, circuit breakers,…
Bibi Fareena Joseph, called Christine, a 33-year-old housewife of Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo, was on Thursday charged with the attempted murder of her nine-year-old daughter. She appeared (virtually) at the Leonora Magistrate Court before Magistrate Faith McGusty, where the indictable charge was read to her. She was not required to…
James Anderson took two wickets in his final innings as an international bowler to help put England on course for a huge win over West Indies in the first Test at Lord’s. Anderson, opening the attack for the last time in his record-breaking England career, began the hosts’ hunt for…
Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland Thursday urged stakeholders within the criminal justice sector to “seize the moment” to reform the sector. “The fight for justice is continuous,” she affirmed in an address to First Legal Conference on Criminal Justice Reform – Advancing the Needham’s Point Declaration, being held at the…
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Wednesday declared that it has no authority to remove Dr Asha Kissoon, noting that a Parliamentarian can only be removed under clearly defined circumstances and procedures and none of these provides for GECOM to enforce removal. GECOM was responding to a letter to the press…
Long prison sentences and even the death penalty have not worked in preventing criminal activity and so the criminal justice system needs to be reshaped and reformed, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall said Thursday. Nandlall made the case for Restorative Justice as he addressed the second…
A three-month-old baby, Leroy Archer, died on Thursday morning following a fire at Hope, West Enmore, East Coast Demerara. The Guyana Fire Service said the fire was reported at about 10:25 hrs and two fire tenders responded. The first tender, reportedly, arrived at the scene at about 10:35 hrs. The…
The government is gearing up to spend close to $200 million on upgrading critical roads within the communities of Rasville and Roxanne Burnham Gardens in South Georgetown. Engineers from the Ministry of Public Works’ Special Projects Unit are expected to mobilise in the areas within the next ten days to…
