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Police Corporal remanded to jail over accusations of corrupt transactions and bribery

A Police Corporal was remanded to jail today after he was charged with three counts of corrupt transactions. The young policeman, Omale Damon, appeared before the Chief Magistrate this morning charged with collecting $480,000 through corrupt transactions. The Policeman is accused of contacting a relative of a man who was arrested for illegal possession of […]

Parents will have to grant permission for children to be vaccinated against COVID -Health Minister

One week after announcing that children will be vaccinated using an existing immunization law, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony today said parents will have to grant permission for their children to be vaccinated. During his daily COVID-19 update, Dr. Anthony said the process has already been activated to get children vaccinated against COVID-19. “We have […]

3 More Wanted for $58 Million Gold Heist

The Guyana Police Force has issued wanted bulletins for three more men in connection with last week’s multi-million-dollar robbery at the Wallison Gold Trading company in Kitty. Wanted are Dequan King aka Titus/Quanie, former GDF member Jamal Hazel and Antonio Maraj. King has been identified as the getaway driver while the other two wanted men, […]

Fired GECOM trio had no security of tenure in their contracts -GECOM

Hours after the Guyana Elections Commission by a majority vote terminated the contracts of the body’s Chief Election Officer, Mr. Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Election Officer, Ms. Roxanne Myers and the Region 4 Returning Officer for General and Regional Elections 2020, Mr. Clairmont Mingo, GECOM Chair, Justice Claudette Singh explained that the terminations were provided […]

Lowenfield, Myers and Mingo fired at GECOM

The Guyana Elections Commission today terminated the contract of Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, Deputy Chief Elections Officer Roxanne Myers, and Returning Officer for Region 4, Clairmont Mingo. The three were terminated in keeping with the provision of their contracts. They will be leaving the Commission with all of their benefits. When the Commission met […]

Pregnant and breastfeeding women along with persons with active infections could be exempted from COVID vaccines -CMO

Chief Medical Officer, (CMO) Dr. Narine Singh, has advised that based on recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) several categories of persons can be exempted from taking the COVID-19 vaccine. In a memo copied to the Minister of Health and other officials, Dr. Singh […]

Chairman and Members of Law Reform Commission sworn in

The Chairman and members of Guyana’s first Law Reform Commission were sworn in on Wednesday by President Irfaan Ali. The Chairman of the Commission is retired Justice of Appeal B.S Roy. The other members are Vice President of the Guyana Bar Association Teni Housty, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Clarissa Rheil, Educator Dr. […]