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The top brass of the Guyana Police Force on Thursday afternoon admitted that a number of procedures were not followed during the initial investigation into allegations of assault committed on a man while in police custody, allegedly by a police rank. Police Commissioner Leroy Brumell said the entire investigation is now being handled by the […]
(GINA) A new National Action Plan (2014-2015) is currently being developed to guide the ongoing fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) on the part of the security sector. This new plan seeks to reduce vulnerability especially among youths to the lure of traffickers, expand on sensitisation and awareness, broaden the involvement of civil society, counteracting […]
As pressure continues to mount on the Guyana Police Force to file charges against the police officer or officers involved in the gruesome beating and sexual assault of a 23 year old man while in custody, the Home Affairs Ministry is calling for a speedy conclusion of the investigation into the matter. In a statement […]
Heavy rainfall coupled with clogged drains resulted in severe flooding in several parts of Georgetown and along the East and West Coast of Demerara on Tuesday. The weatherman is predicting more rainfall for the rest of the week as businesses count their losses and the Education Ministry has announced that a number of schools will […]
Family members and friends of a 16-year-old young woman whose battered and bloodied body was found in a ditch at Kuru Kururu on the Linden Soesdyke Highway have expressed shock over the brutal murder. The teenager was brutally stabbed to the neck and upper body and dumped into the ditch by her boyfriend, 28-year-old Leo […]
New York based, Guyanese owned airline Travelspan intends to spread its wings wider in the new year and the carrier is getting ready to add a number of aircraft to its fleet as it looks to add more New York flights to the Georgetown route and to also examine the possibility of adding some Caribbean […]
The Deputy Mayor of Georgetown has written to the Auditor General requesting that an investigation be launched into the alleged misappropriation of funds belonging to the Georgetown City Council by Town Clerk Carol Sooba. In the letter to the Auditor General, Deputy Mayor Patricia Chase-Green pointed out the payment of $500,000 in legal fees to […]
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority is continuing its investigations into the Saturday morning crash of a Cessna 206 aircraft which sped off of the runway and toppled just as it was about to take off from the Ogle International Airport. A female passenger was seriously injured in the accident and remains hospitalized. The investigations intend […]
(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica Customs authorities have revealed that in the last 13 months, tests conducted at the nation’s ports have confirmed the presence of higher-than-normal levels of radiation in two shipments from Japan. The most recent case, according to Assistant Commissioner of Customs Velma Ricketts, came last month when a trans-shipment container carrying used motor-vehicle […]
The Opposition coalition group, A Partnership for National Unity has issued a call for the Government of Guyana to put together a comprehensive National Flood Control Plan that will counter the effects of constant flooding along the Demerara coast, Georgetown and other parts of the city. In a Friday statement, the APNU expressed its “dismay […]
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