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A driver attached to the MMC Security company was shot dead by a security guard attached to the same company during an argument on Saturday at the company’s Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara office. Dead is 36-year-old Herbert Verwayne. According to a police report on the incident, Verwayne and other security officials attached to the […]
Guyana’s Ombudsman, retired Justice Winston Moore has died. He passed away on Friday evening after a battle with cancer. Justice Moore was sworn in as Ombudsman in 2014, by then President Donald Ramotar. His appointment came following consultation with the Leader of the Opposition at the time. It was the first time in over a decade that […]
The Government of Guyana, on Friday, inked a US$5M agreement with the German Government to support the implementation of the third phase of an on-going programme to develop protected areas in the country. The agreement was signed at the Ministry of the Presidency between Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Regional Director of Germany’s […]
President David Granger believes that more Guyanese children must become ‘A’ students, which means that they must have access to education, they must attend school regularly and they must strive to attain the highest possible level of education. The President made the remarks at the Education Month Rally on Friday, held at the D’urban Park. […]
Almost 180,000 beneficiaries of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can now breathe a sigh of relief with the government’s commitment to replace billions of dollars invested in the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) and were imperiled when the insurance company went bankrupt. The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on behalf of the Government of Guyana, […]
A Tribunal has been appointed by President David Granger to inquire, investigate and recommend whether Mr. Carvil Duncan, ought to be removed as Chairman of the Public Service Commission for inability to discharge the functions of the office. The Tribunal is being led by Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire, while Justice (Rtd.) Winston Patterson and Attorney-at-Law, Mr. […]
As the probe continues into the discovery of an illegal aircraft at Guyana’s Yupukari airstrip in Region 9, a check of the registration number for the plane has revealed that the number is a bogus one. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, told a media briefing on Thursday that investigators from the Joint Services and the […]
Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan today, reminded a new batch of prison officers of the important role they play in maintaining law and order. The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) today, graduated 38 new Prison Officers at the Cecil Kilkenny Prison Officers’ Training School, Lusignan, East Coast Demerara. In delivering the charge to the graduates […]
The Guyana Defence Force, the Guyana Police Force and the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have launched a joint investigation into the discovery of an illegal aircraft at the Yupukari Airstrip in Region 9. The twin engine Cessna aircraft was found on Wednesday morning, with no crew in site. The GDF had received a report of […]
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure’s traffic and safety maintenance department has plans to install street lights in critical areas of Corentyne, Region Six. For 2017, the department is exploring the idea of installing street lights along the Number 19 road, as well as other areas in Upper Corentyne. The Ministry’s Senior Projects Engineer, Kester Hinds […]
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