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The Director of Public Prosecutions has requested that the Police conduct additional investigations into the Police shooting death of Kitty resident, Peter Headley. The man was shot by the Police at close range while he sat in the front passenger seat of his car after being arrested. Two Police Officers were initially placed under close […]
Chairman of the Police Service Commissioner, retired Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Slowe has dispatched a letter to Deputy Police Commissioner, who is performing the functions of Police Commissioner, Nigel Hoppie, informing him to activate the process to formally promote the ranks who the PSC recently promoted. The Government has indicated that it will be ignoring […]
Two armed bandits who posed as mourners made off with the payroll of the Lyken Funeral Home on Friday afternoon. The two men who were dressed in dark coloured jeans and white shirts pulled up outside the funeral parlous just before 2pm on Friday. The pillion rider made his way into the office of the […]
The US government through its State Department is pressing Guyana to increase prosecutions and convictions in sex and labor trafficking cases. That call is just one of several recommendations for Guyana in the 2021 International Trafficking in Persons report, which was released today by the US Secretary of State. Guyana remains at Tier 1 on […]
Less than 24 hours after the Police stated that it did not get any in-person interviews with the witnesses who could provide an alibi for murder accused Glaston Henry in the Haresh Singh case, the Police today arrested six of the witnesses as they presented themselves to the investigators to provide their statements. The six […]
Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony today issued a call for adults to take added precautions to protect their children from contracting the coronavirus. During his daily update today, the Health Minister revealed that in the past year, over 1500 children have tested positive for COVID-19. There have been at least two children who died […]
APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira took over as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the National Assembly today following an ouster of his colleague David Patterson from the Chairman’s position. The Government used its majority two weeks ago to pass a motion of no confidence against Patterson as the PAC Chair owing to […]
The Guyana Police Force in a statement this evening has responded to the claims by Attorney Nigel Hughes that there is a miscarriage of justice in the Haresh Singh murder investigation with the charge against Glaston Henry. On Tuesday, Glaston Henry who is a relative of the two murdered Henry cousins, was charged along with […]
Leader of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan has hailed the two United States Congressmen who recently publicly urged the Guyana government to ensure that every citizen benefits from the country’s oil wealth and encourage the government to include the Opposition in key decision making. On Wednesday Democrat congressman, Hank Johnson issued a call for […]
In wake of two US Congressmen expressing concern about whether the proceeds from Guyana’s oil resources will be equitably distributed across the country, the Government of Guyana has responded with an assurance that the resources will be equitably distributed. Earlier this week, US Congressmen Albio Sires and Hank Johnson issued a public call for Guyanese […]
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