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With the hope of pushing better policing, the Government of Guyana today handed over 5,000 body cams to the Guyana Police Force as part of its efforts to improve transparency and accountability in the Force. The high-tech body cameras, which are both dust and water resistant with a storage capacity of 256GB and have wifi […]
The Ministry of Education will begin the distribution of the $55,000 cash grant for school children across the country from next Monday, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced today. More than 200,000 children from public and private schools are expected to benefit from the annual cash grant distribution, which includes the school uniform and supplies […]
A Chinese national, identified as Eddie Yang, who was working at the Zheng Xin Doors and Windows factory at Grove on the East Bank of Demerara, lost his life on Saturday when a large quantity of glass stored in a 40-ft container collapsed on him. The Labour Ministry has launched an investigation. A report from […]
The Guyana Police Force is seeking to question a Nursing Assistant from the Georgetown Hospital, who was captured on an audio recording falsely claiming that she was present during the post mortem examination of Adriana Younge. Her name has been given as Tiana King-Lewis. In the recording, the woman also claimed that she was sent […]
Hours before the scheduled start of the final farewell, the family of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, who was found dead in a hotel pool two Thursdays ago, announced the postponement of her funeral. The family did not offer a reason for the postponement, but indicated that the public will be updated on new arrangements. In a […]
23-year-old Lindener, Kellon Sumner, lost his life tragically early on Saturday morning when the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV that was being driven by Lt. Colonel Courtney Mendonca of the Guyana Defence Force. The incident occurred at around 1:40am on Saturday. In a statement this morning, the Guyana Police Force said based […]
With many of their questions about her death still unanswered, the family of little Adriana Younge is preparing to bid their final goodbye on Monday. Adriana, who was found dead two Thursdays ago at the Double Day Hotel one day after she was reported missing, will be laid to rest on Monday. Her family has […]
The Alliance For Change (AFC) is again raising concern over the number of Venezuelan migrants in the country, suggesting today that the electoral process could also be compromised. The AFC’s concerns were heightened following this week’s Parliamentary Sitting, where Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn could not verify the figure that he had presented to the […]
Despite participating in the current process before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and in response to the ICJ’s ruling on Thursday which ordered Venezuela to refrain from its planned elections for a Governor of Essequibo later this month, the Venezuelan Government today rejected the ruling. In a statement, Venezuela called the provisional measures issued […]
Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton intends to formally write the Government requesting an international probe into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, even as his party – the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) holds discussions with its coalition partners to devise a strategy to hold the authorities’ feet to the fire to ensure that […]
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