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Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today said the culture of “beating” and ill-treating prisoners must change, as he addressed the Guyana Prison Service’s Chief Officers Conference. He said while there has been some progress in changing the culture behind the prison walls, there is a lot more work to be done. “We can’t be […]
47-year-old Security Service owner and businessman, Ghalee Khan remains hospitalised with injuries that he sustained from a self inflicted gunshot after he shot his ex-girlfriend dead in her West Demerara home. Khan underwent surgery at the Georgetown Hospital for the gunshot wound to his head. News Source understands that several fragments of a bullet were […]
A team of investigators from the Regional Security System will arrive in Guyana this afternoon to lead the probe into the Police killing of 21-year-old Ronaldo Peters and 32-year-old Keon Fogenay. Both men were shot dead in Linden earlier this week. Peters lost his life on Monday night after he was chased down and shot […]
President Irfaan Ali has announced that talks are underway to revive private cane farming in Region 3 in an effort to boost economic activity in some West Bank Demerara communities. Speaking at a public meeting at Canal Number 1, the President noted that the closure of the Wales estate a few years ago, made a […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), will over the next two days allocate more than 1,600 house lots in Chateau Margot, Felicity, Success and Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast of Demerara as it tries to address an ongoing backlog in allocations. Speaking at the Ministry’s Dream Realized event today the Aurthur Chung Conference […]
Police in Region One have arrested five Guyanese nationals following the discovery of 465 pounds of cocaine in the Imbotero area, Barima River in the North West District. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force said the bust took place on Tuesday during an intelligence led operation in the area. According to the […]
The Guyana Police Force has arrested another one of its own who has run foul of the law. 31-year-old Police Officer, Sherman Ferguson, was arrested early this morning along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway with more than 75 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of his car. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force explained […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo disclosed this afternoon that Guyana was one of the country’s that reached out to the United States Government for dialogue on the reciprocal tariffs, which were announced by U.S President Donald Trump. Last week, the US President announced sweeping tariffs on imports from several countries, including Guyana, which was slapped with […]
Chief Election Officer, Vishnu Persaud, has submitted a work plan to the Elections Commission detailing that the Secretariat of the Commission could be ready for General and Regional Elections by the end of September. In an interview, GECOM Commissioner, Charles Corbin, said the work plan is still to be discussed by the full Commission, but […]
Firefighters in Linden have been working around the clock to put out a massive fire that erupted last evening in a valley that is bordered by four sawmills in Amelia’s Ward, Linden. The fire started early Wednesday morning in an area where sawmill operators have been dumping their waste materials. By nightfall, it grew into […]
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