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Pursuant to a decision taken by the Defence Board on September 28 and in keeping with the succession policy of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), President David Granger, today, promoted Colonel George Allan Lewis to the rank of Brigadier, before swearing him in as the ninth Chief of Staff of the Force. Acting Prime Minister […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party has maintained that the APNU+AFC administration must accept blame for the escape of self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram, days after President David Granger removed blame from the state but urged that everything possible be done to have him returned to Guyana. PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee told a new conference […]
Security Guards attached to the Professional Guard Service’s Cash-in-Transit Unit were able to foil an attempt by gunmen to snatch a large sum of cash that they were depositing at Demerara Bank on Camp Street. The incident took place just around midnight on Sunday. According to eyewitnesses, the PGS security vehicle had just turned onto […]
The Guyana Defence Force has announced that the illegal aircraft that was recently discovered hidden by camouflage material and under trees at an airstrip in Yupukari, has been repaired and flown from Yupukari to Timehri. The aircraft is the subject of a wide scale investigation by law enforcement agencies and a Commission of Inquiry has also been […]
Two young brothers died on the spot on Saturday afternoon when their vehicle collided with a truck at Friendship on the East Bank of Demerara. The two have been identified as Jonnel Armstrong and Phillip Armstrong. Their mother is the Regional Health Officer for Region 10, Dr. Pansy Armstrong. Their father is well known dentist […]
University of Guyana students have been pressing the University’s administration to make better use of the electronic and social media, but they may have never expected to learn about an increase in tuition via email. But scores of University students rushed to social media sites like Facebook and Twitter on Friday to complain about a […]
A Former bodyguard for convicted drug lord, Roger Khan, has turned himself into police and three other persons have been arrested as investigators widened their probe into the early Monday morning shooting death of a 19-year-old man outside the Rio Nightclub. The former bodyguard has been identified by law enforcement sources as Lloyd Roberts. He […]
The Guyana Police Force has fired 30 police officers for various offenses, ranging from corrupt transactions to larceny and robbery. Acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine, told members of the media on Friday morning that 15 junior ranks, 3 subordinate officers and 12 constables have been let go by the Force. Ramnarine said there are several […]
The Guyana Police Force has received a total of nine reports of license firearm holders losing their weapons to theft and the Acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine is not happy about that. At a Friday Morning press conference, the acting Police Commissioner said in all of the cases, carelessness was a factor. He said in […]
First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger has urged the National Grade Six Assessment 2016 top performers from the East Coast of Demerara to ‘be all they can be’ even as she reminded them that they must never forget where they came from or whose shoulders they stood on to achieve their success. The First Lady was […]
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