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Guyana’s leading trade fair and exhibition will take place from the 12th to the 15th May to coincide with 50th Independence celebrations. The event is being organised by the Ministry of Business and intends to showcase Guyana’s development over the years in the manufacturing and services sector. At the Friday evening launching of the event, […]
The American, British and Canadian diplomats in Guyana and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) have come together in a united move to urge Guyanese to ensure they place a high premium on the upcoming local government elections, billed for March 18, 2016. At a joint press conference on Friday, officials of the PSC and the Western […]
Retired Judge, James Patterson, Human Rights Expert, Merle Mendonca and former Director of the Guyana Prison Service, Dale Erskine have been named to serve on the Commission of Inquiry into the unrest at the Georgetown, Camp Street prison which resulted in the fiery deaths of 17 inmates. Justice Patterson will serve as the Chairman of […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday named a total of six new appointees to head overseas Guyanese missions, including Canada and the United Kingdom. Longstanding People’s National Congress (PNC) Member and former Deputy Speaker, Attorney, Clarissa Riehl has been named as the High Commissioner to Canada while Mr. Hamley Case has been named as the […]
With his voice almost gone and a tired and frustrated look on his face, the Officer in Charge of the Georgetown Prison, Superintendent Kelvin Pilgrim offered an apology for the unrest at the Camp Street jail over the past three days, which resulted in the deaths of 17 prisoners. At an afternoon press conference at […]
After a one hour meeting with a group of prisoners from the Camp Street jail, Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan and Minister of State, Joe Harmon said they are confident that the prisoners will end their protests as the government works to address their concerns. The two ministers went down to the Camp Street […]
Officials at the Guyana Prison Service have confirmed that prisoners have started a loud protest once again at the Camp Street jail, forcing the Prison Service to further step up security with assistance from the joint services. News Source was told that just after 6:30 this morning (Friday), prisoners started a loud protest and set […]
Officials of the Guyana Prison Service have updated the figure to 17, as the number of prisoners who died in Thursday’s fiery unrest at the Georgetown Prison. Families of the dead prisoners have been notified. The dead prisoners have been identified as Kirk Clarke, Sherwin Trotman, Latchman Partap, Aaron Eastman, Randolph Marques, Hilary Amos, Rohan […]
The Guyana Defence Force will wrap up its annual officers conference today at Base Camp Ayanganna. The meeting opened on Thursday with President David Granger telling senior and junior army officers that the GDF must always be at the ready to defend the motherland. He said more reservists must be deployed to all 10 regions […]
The deadly Georgetown prison unrest has resulted in an increase in the number of security personnel in and around the jail house. Members of the Joint Services have now joined other police officers and prison officers around the prison as investigators continue to probe the prison fire which was set by protesting inmates and which […]
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