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After meeting with angry vendors in Mon Repos who had their stalls looted and burnt during this morning’s protest along the East Coast, President Irfaan Ali moved to the community of Buxton as he tried to quell the protests taking place several villages away at Golden Grove. While in Buxton, the President declared that he […]
The Guyana Police Force announced this afternoon that members of the Joint Services have been dispatched to the East Coast Demerara corridor to monitor the roadway and mitigate any acts of crime. The move amidst the protests by villagers over the Police shooting death of Quindon Bacchus and reports of robberies and looting at the […]
President Irfaan Ali is urging the protesting East Coast Demerara residents to allow the Police Complaints Authority to do its work and wait on the process to be completed, as the probe continues into the Police shooting death of Quindon Bacchus. In a televised statement from State House, President Ali said he has been assured […]
Several parts of the main roads along the East Coast of Demerara have been blocked as residents of Golden Grove and nearby villages launched a massive protest this morning over the Police shooting death of Golden Grove youth, Quindon Bacchus. Bacchus was shot dead just over three weeks ago by a Police officer in the […]
A 23-year-old miner from Bartica has become the latest victim of a mining pit accident, triggering yet another investigation by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and the Ministry of Labour. The miner, Akeem Khan died on Sunday afternoon when a mining pit that he operated at Sand Hill Backdam in the Cuyuni river collapsed […]
As protests erupted at Golden Grove on the East Coast of Demerara this morning over the police shooting death of Quindon Bacchus, the Guyana Police Force announced that the rank fingered in the shooting death remains confined to Police headquarters and has not been released from custody. In response to the protest action which came […]
Police Special Branch Officer Kristoff Denobrega who was under close arrest for the past three weeks as the probe continues into the shooting death by the Police of Golden Grove youth Quindon Bacchus, has now been placed under open arrest. The young police rank moved to the High Court through his Attorneys and challenged his […]
The Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation into a suspected trafficking-in-persons ring after 15 foreign women, suspected to be Venezuelans, were found in a West Coast Demerara nightclub. In a statement today, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the discovery was made on the 25th of June during a cordon and search operation at […]
Eccles resident, Andrew Morgan was arrested on Monday morning after more than 7 pounds of cocaine and .32 firearm, and 25 rounds of ammunition were discovered at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home. The 52-year-old Andrew Morgan was arrested at the house. Morgan is the brother of former race car driver Peter Morgan who was […]
The new national minimum wage for the private sector has been gazetted and will take effect from the 1st July 2022. In a notice in the official gazette, the Ministry of Labour announced the increase in the minimum wage. According to the order, with effect from the 1st July 2022, the minimum wage paid to […]
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