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The strength of the Guyana Defence Force has increased with the addition of 276 new soldiers who have completed 10 weeks of training on the army’s first Basic Recruits Course for the year. The passing out parade for this latest batch of entrants was held on Friday at the Drill Square at the Colonel John […]
The United States Department of State is once again issuing a call for Guyana to do more in the fight against human trafficking. In its 2014 Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department said the Government of Guyana does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking while acknowledging that there are […]
Just days after an American man who travelled from Guyana with cocaine in his suitcase handles was busted at the JFK Airport in New York, a Guyanese father and son have found themselves in the custody of the Guyanese authorities after they were busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Friday with a quantity of […]
HAGERSTOWN, Md. —Investigators on Friday ruled out the possibility that someone else killed a 32-year-old woman and her two baby daughters whose bodies were found in their car in a middle school parking lot in Hagerstown. Hagerstown police have ruled out the possibility that a woman and her two young daughters found dead in their car were […]
Thirty-five officers of the Guyana Police Force should be better able to interview and interrogate suspects and analyse crime scenes and criminal activity, now that they have completed training programmes completed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations. The five-day programme which was held at the Police Training Centre in Georgetown ended on Friday […]
Guyanese songbird Lisa “the knockout” Punch is one of the final 30 contestants selected for the new ABC Reality song show, Rising Star. In a press statement, ABC named the Guyana born, Brooklyn based singer in their Top 30. The 21-year-old migrated to the United States from Guyana in December 2013. According to the statement, […]
President Donald Ramotar is mid way through his five-year term and is already building on his frequent flyer miles and the costs that are attached to the overseas trips. In the National Assembly on Thursday, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, revealed details of some of the Presidents official overseas engagements since he took office in 2011. […]
Leader of the Opposition David Granger has thrown out an offer by President Donald Ramotar to allow the Opposition’s amendments in the Anti Money Laundering Bill, while continuing to refuse to assent to other Bills that were sent to him by the National Assembly. With the country facing possible sanctions by the Financial Action Task […]
The Police Wives Association believes the move by the Guyana Police Force to lock them out of their office and withdraw all support to the organisation is tantamount to domestic abuse. “This is abuse, this is domestic abuse because by locking us out of our own building, the Guyana Police Force is abusing us psychologically”, […]
Curacao flag carrier Insel Air landed its inaugural flight at the Cheddi Jagan Airport during heavy welcoming rainfall on a dark Wednesday night, hoping to build itself as the bridge between Guyana and Europe through the Dutch Caribbean. The airline arrived with 60 passengers aboard its MD- 82 aircraft and now intends to begin an […]
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