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It may not be realized from the daily headlines, but the Guyana Police Force is reporting that there has actually been a decrease in serious criminal activity across the country. In a statement, the Guyana Police Force announced a 16% decrease in serious crimes at the end of May this year, when compared to the same […]
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party and former Government Minister under the PPP, Clement Rohee, has distanced himself from his daughter’s questionable employment within a Media Monitoring Unit which was set up by the PPP government. The unit allowed for its members to be paid with funds from the state-owned National Communications Network, although they […]
Armed bandits early Monday morning invaded a Chinese Restaurant at Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice where they robbed the sole occupant and owner of cash and other valuables. The Detectives in ‘B’ Division are investigating the report of robbery under arms committed on 33-year-old Chinese national, Lin Yu Qiang. The incident occurred between 01:30 hrs and […]
Police in the Mahdia area are hoping to get persons to come forward with information that could lead to the arrest of whoever may be responsible for the stabbing death of a 25-year-old Mahdia resident. A statement from the Police stated that just after 3:30 on Monday morning, Police ranks responded to the area of Dadagoo […]
Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, will be adding the Tourism portfolio to his list from July 1, 2016. The move comes as the Government is trying to focus more on Public Telecommunications and needs the Minister responsible for that, Cathy Hughes, to focus solely on that portfolio. Hughes will continue to serve as the Minister […]
The People’s Progressive Party does not intend to shy away from its responsibility to settle its debt with the state-owned National Communications Network. However, the party would like NCN to provide all the invoices and supporting proof of bookings for the more than $55 Million worth of television and radio ads that were aired on […]
Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran has added his voice to concerns being expressed about the government’s decision not to publicize the names of the youths who were pardoned last year by the President. The youths would have been nearing the completion of their prison sentences for “minor offences”, according to […]
Three months after he was asked to proceed on leave following the deadly Camp Street Prison unrest, Deputy Director of the Guyana Prison Service, Gladwin Samuels will return to the job on Monday, 6th June, 2016. Samuels will immediately take on the role of Acting Director of Prisons as the Director will be on overseas assignment. […]
The Guyanese developers of the recently launched, all Guyana app, Directory.GY, have emerged as one of five winners of the PitchIT Caribbean Challenge which wrapped up on Saturday in Montego Bay, Jamaica. According to a statement from the developers, the lone Guyanese mobile application, triumphed over 20 other regional mobile applications for one of the […]
The Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) group announced on Friday that it is working to coordinate services and help for child survivors of domestic homicide. Director of CADVA Dianne Madray said under the new project the group has already began working with eight families across the country and is collecting data of surviving children […]
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