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by Kurt Campbell The Commission of Inquiry into the deadly Camp Street Prison unrest continued to hear of ill-treatment of prisoners within the facility, this time from a crying inmate. The fourth prisoner to appear before the Commission was 39 – year – old Michael Lewis, who took the stand on Tuesday and recounted his […]
Three days before Guyanese head to the polls to elect councillors to the various Local Government organs around the country, the Leader of Team Benschop, political activist Mark Benschop, is confident that his group could pull off a landslide victory in the City of Georgetown. Team Benschop is only contesting in the Georgetown municipality. Appearing […]
Prominent Guyanese Canadian Attorney, Selwyn Pieters will be representing the interests of the Guyana Prison Service and the Guyana Police Force in the ongoing Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry. Mr. Pieters flew in to Guyana overnight and is expected to make his application to participate in the Commission’s work today. In his application to serve […]
(BBC) Venezuela’s Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz says the remains of four out of 28 miners who have been missing since 4 March have been found. The Venezuelan authorities are expected to give more details of the operation in the next few hours. Relatives said the 28 men were killed by a criminal gang after […]
Police investigators in A’ Division are probing the death of a 60-year-old farmer who was found murdered in his Hill Foot, Linden/Soesdyke Highway house on Monday. The man has been identified as Anthony Breedy. His body was found with multiple injuries to head. His hands and feet were tied and a piece of wood was […]
Well known Guyanese medical doctor and former Member of Parliament for the People’s National Congress, Dr. Max Hanoman is the new Chairman of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. New board members for the hospital were sworn in today (Monday), at the facility’s Resource Centre. The members of the board are Col. Patrick West, Cleopatra Barkoye, […]
Although 29 murders have already been recorded for this year, the Guyana Police Force is reporting that there has been a 12% decrease in serious crimes for this year when compared to 2015. In its monthly crime report, the Police Force reported it continues to place emphasis on intelligence led policing, capacity building of the Criminal […]
Following concerns expressed by prisoner, Basil Morgan, that there is a fear of being victimised for appearing before the Prison Unrest Commission of Inquiry, Chairman of the Commission, Justice James Patterson made it clear that prisoners should have no fear in coming before the Commission. “Go and spread the word, they need not have any fear […]
The People’s Progressive Party on Monday said it is pleased with the response of its supporters with regards to its call for maximum mobilization for the Local Government Elections to be held on Friday. The opposition party has been on the ground over the last week, holding community meetings across the country ahead of the […]
Twenty-nine Foreign nationals including Guyanese, Jamaicans and one Vincentian, were arrested in Barbados over the weekend at an adult club in the island. Barbadian Immigration and Police officers carried out a 2:30am raid on Saturday at Club Master Entertainment in St. Michael and made the arrests. The Barbadian media is reporting that the persons are […]
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