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The Caribbean Export Development Agency and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have renewed a commitment to foster trade and investment relations between the Caribbean and the African Continent. The renewed commitment comes just one month after the two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in The Bahamas to leverage their strengths and resources to […]
Amid increasing allegations of corruption in the Guyana Police Force, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today urged the Guyana Police Force to focus on integrity and to strive for greater improvements, as he addressed the Force’s 185th Anniversary Awards Ceremony. Speaking to scores of Police officers this morning, Minister Benn challenged the Force to […]
Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Nigel Hughes, today called for a full, thorough and impartial investigation into the top brass of the Guyana Police Force, particularly Assistant Commissioner Calvin Brutus and Commissioner of Police (ag) Clifton Hicken. During a press conference today, Hughes said recent allegations against Assistant Commissioner Brutus warrants a full […]
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, today said he is concerned about allegations of financial impropriety that have been leveled against Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus. On Thursday, the Guyana Police Force announced that Mr. Brutus requested and was granted vacation leave to allow for an investigation into the allegations made against him. […]
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, has denied that he was questioned or interrogated by US Authorities upon arrival in New York on Thursday evening. However, he has stated that courtesies were extended to him when he arrived in New York and he chatted with the agents “about Guyana’s development”. Contacted via WhatsApp, the Minister […]
A livid Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today made it clear that he still believes a conflict of interest exist in the relationship between the Exxon Mobil company and the Hughes, Fields and Stoby Law Firm, which has AFC Leader and Prominent Attorney, Nigel Hughes as a managing partner. Nigel Hughes was recently elected as Leader […]
In wake of serious allegations of financial impropriety, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Calvin Brutus, has requested and granted vacation leave to allow an investigation into the claims against him. Reports have been surfacing about questions being raised about the Senior Police Officer’s finances, his acquisition of properties and his alleged involvement in other businesses. […]
Police investigators in Berbice have arrested a taxi driver, who was nabbed with 258 pounds of marijuana in the back seat and trunk of his motorcar. The Police said ranks were conducting an intelligence-led operation at the time of the bust. The seized marijuana is believed to have a street value of $35 million. The […]
A mid-morning fire of unknown origin ripped through a West Enmore house this morning, claiming the life of 3-month-old, Leroy Archer. The entire wooden house has been gutted. The child’s mother, Chandroutie Manickchand, told investigators that she left the child on the bed in her room to take a shower, and while she was in […]
The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), through its Product Compliance Department, has seized and destroyed more than 11,500 pieces of substandard electrical fittings and equipment, as part of its continued effort to tackle the sale and distribution of substandard electrical fittings and equipment. In a press statement, the GNBS said the seized items include […]
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