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The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Special Organised Crime Unit to move ahead with its more than 240 recommended charges against Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus. Officials at the DPP’s Office have confirmed that the advice has been forwarded to SOCU. Last week it was revealed in High Court documents in response […]
More than 260 persons in Guyana were diagnosed with breast cancer within a one year period, the Medical Registrar of the Oncology Department at the Georgetown Hospital, Dr Whitney Munroe has revealed. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Speaking this morning at the ‘Look Good, Feel Better’ Breast Cancer Awareness Programme at the Georgetown […]
The Ministry of Education has announced that more than 14,700 teachers in the public education system have received their retroactive 10% salary increase for this year in their October salaries. The increase is retroactive to January 2024, and is keeping with the recently signed Agreement between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Teachers’ Union. […]
Six years after a rice deal between Guyana and Panama collapsed, $1.5 Billion was paid out to Guyanese millers today for rice shipped to Panama back in 2018 – clearing a long overdue debt. In 2014, Guyana signed a contract to supply Panama with rice. However, the agreement collapsed after the Panamanian authorities refused to […]
A number of soldiers were forced to plunge and swim to safety this morning after a military truck transporting the soldiers rolled overboard at the Kurupukari crossing in Region Eight. At least two soldiers were seriously injured and had to be rushed to the hospital. There are also reports that a number of weapons went […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus will be removed from that position when charges against him are formalized by the Director of Public Prosecutions, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall. On his weekly programme “Issues in the News“, Mr. Nandlall said the charges against Mr, Brutus are imminent and once the charges are filed, the […]
Almost a month since the abduction of 34-year-old Joshua David from outside a Main Street restaurant, investigators appear stumped in finding the man, although they have arrested and charged seven persons in connection with the disappearance. Family members of the missing man remain devastated and continue to hold out with hope. Two days ago, they […]
Construction work is set to begin soon on a $6.5 billion state-of-the-art regional hospital at Lethem. The facility will feature two fully functional operating rooms, an emergency room and a procedure room along with diagnostic imaging services. It will also include outpatient specialized clinics and a digital health control room. At a sod turning for […]
The Guyana Human Rights Association, (GHRA) has issued a call for a complete overhaul of the Guyana Police Force to rid the organization of many of the challenges it is currently facing. In a release today, the GHRA said that the symptoms afflicting the Guyana Police Force cannot be treated as the short-comings of individual officers or […]
President Irfaan has hailed the role of Queen’s College in the Guyanese society, saying that the institution has created some of the best individuals and is being represented at every sphere of national life. Delivering the feature address at a special general assembly to commemorate the 180th anniversary of Queens College, President Ali on Monday […]
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