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The General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party and former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee, is not pleased with recent statements about him by the Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud. At an end of year press conference, the Police Commissioner swiped at the former Home Affairs Minister, accusing him of wanting the Police Force […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party, is demanding that the David Granger led administration issues a public statement on the reported surveillance of the residence of Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington. News surfaced last week that surveillance was being carried on the home of Brassington who is currently on […]
An 18-year-old British man who travelled to Guyana back in October has not been seen or heard from since his arrival and the God brother he said he intended to stay at, did not even know he was coming to Guyana. The man’s Jamaican father has now travelled to Guyana in an effort to locate […]
Police in West Berbice are probing the death of a 49-year-old woman who died this morning in her home after it was set ablaze by robbers. According to a Police report, the woman, Anita Baichan and her young, Moshim Khan, were at home on Sunday morning when two men armed with cutlasses barged into the house […]
The Guyana Defence Force continues to see an increase in the number of persons joining the military. During the year 2015, the GDF added over 500 new soldiers to its ranks through its basic recruit courses. That figure was similar to the 2014. Chief of Staff, Brigadier Mark Phillips, said there are several factors which […]
Guyana’s suicide rate remains a very troubling one with 511 Guyanese committing suicide over the past five years. That figure was released by Commissioner of Police, Seelall Persaud, who also reported that 2015 saw the lowest number of suicide cases in the past five years. Eighty-nine Guyanese ended their own lives in 2015. In 2014, […]
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has suspended the inauguration of three opposition MPs who were due to take office next week. The move follows legal challenges by the governing socialist party of President Nicolas Maduro. The suspension removes the opposition coalition’s super-majority which gave it extensive powers to challenge President Maduro. The opposition had called the challenge […]
(BBC) Haiti’s President Michel Martelly says the run-off election to choose his successor will be held on 17 January. The run-off was due to take place last week, but was postponed after opposition factions alleged fraud during the first round in October. A special commission was asked to investigate the electoral process following widespread street […]
(BBC) A riot at a prison in Guatemala has left at least eight inmates dead and more than 20 injured. The authorities said the inmates were drinking on New Year’s Eve when a fight broke out. At least two prisoners were beheaded by fellow inmates. Rioters set fire to mattresses and bedsheets and cut power […]
The murder figure on the first day of the new year climbed to two this afternoon after a Mon Repos carpenter was stabbed to death in his yard by his young cousin. Dead is Ganesh Ramlakan of First Street, Mon Repos. He is believed to be in his mid 30’s. The incident took place just […]
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