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One week after six-year-old Jeremiah Gustave was shot to the head, while two gunmen fired at each other, the young boy remains hospitalised and unresponsive in a critical state. His mother, Keisha Gustave, is furious with the Guyana Police Force for not publishing wanted bulletins for the two gunmen, although they were identified by numerous […]
Home Affairs Minister, Robeson Benn believes the time for patting the Guyana Police Force on its back is over. At a Police Anniversary Symposium this morning, the Home Affairs Minister said there appears to be significant accountability challenges in the Force, particularly in the area of procurement, which seems to be a “cash a cow” […]
Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken appealed today to the public to be more measured it its criticism of the Guyana Police Force, noting that public perceptions play a big role in the Force’s morale. Speaking during the Guyana Police Force’s 185th anniversary symposium this morning, Mr. Hicken said, while the Guyana Police Force is not […]
Declaring that he has not seen a letter from the representative of the list from The New Movement (TMN) to recall Dr. Kissoon from the National Assembly, the Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, told News Source on Monday that if such a letter was sent to the Speaker of the National Assembly from […]
As the Guyana Teachers’ Union gears up for a new round of negotiations with the Ministry of Education, it is proposing a 39.5% salary increase for teachers on Scales 1 to 3 for 2024 and an additional 30% for 2025 and 2026. The Union is also pushing for other teachers within the public education sector, […]
As questions continue to swirl over Natural Resources Minister, Vickram Bharrat, being met by US Federal agents during his arrival in New York last Thursday, the US Embassy has indicated that the Minister met with the US authorities, but was not questioned nor detained. The Embassy has also stated that the Government of Guyana has […]
The Government, through the Ministerial Task Force on Trafficking in Persons, is moving to effectively implement the new Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, which lays the foundation for the implementation of a number of new measures to protect the rights of individuals and prevent and combat trafficking of persons within or across the borders […]
The Corentyne, Berbice taxi driver who was nabbed last Wednesday with 257 pounds of marijuana in the trunk and backseat of his car has been sentenced to three years and eight months in jail, and fined $104. 9 million after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. 32-year-old, Naasik Alli, appeared at the Albion Magistrates’ Court on […]
With a steep increase in the number of fatal road accidents in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Guyana Police Force, are moving to launch another campaign to tackle the reckless use of the country’s roads. The “Do the Right Thing” campaign will form part of a series of new initiatives being […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has put to rest speculations that the country might be going to early General and Regional Elections. At his recent press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo said the 2025 national elections will take place in the last quarter of 2025. Elections are constitutionally due here next year, but opposition political parties […]
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