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More than fifteen hundred new teachers graduated this morning from the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) in various disciplines. The 90th graduation ceremony which was held at the Guyana National Stadium saw a marked increase in the number of trained teachers from the Hinterland. Some 1,297 women and 205 men graduated in five disciplines. […]
Three men were arrested late on Wednesday night with unlicensed firearms and ammunition, after they were nabbed by two Police special patrols in the Durban Street area in Georgetown. According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force, at around 11:30pm on Wednesday, ranks of the CID Special Patrol and the Anti-Crime Patrols received information […]
Dressed in his uniform, Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus marched up the stairs of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court this afternoon to face 240 charges related to various financial crimes. After more than two hours before the Acting Chief Magistrate, Faith McGusty, only 30 of the charges had been read to him, and he was […]
As embattled Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus was appearing in Court on multiple financial crime charges, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo at a Freedom House press conference, dared the senior Police Officer to release whatever secrets or information he might have on the Government, making it clear that the Government will not be “blackmailed”. Responding to […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today confirmed that Guyanese living abroad will also be able to benefit from the Government’s recently announced $100,000 cash grant for citizens. During his weekly press conference, the Vice President noted that the Government does not want to discriminate based on residency of persons, and as a result, he said once […]
Moments after a group of SWAT and SOCU officers departed from outside his apartment at Police Headquarters, Eve Leary, Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus said he will vigorously fight the charges to be laid against him. The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force to proceed […]
The construction of the Bamia Primary School in Region Ten, which was slated for completion in July 2023, is 95% completed, according to the contractors. In a statement today, the General Foreman of the company, St8tment Investments Inc., Akani Blair, noted that the school is 95% completed and said the company is facing no more […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions has advised the Special Organised Crime Unit to move ahead with its more than 240 recommended charges against Assistant Commissioner of Police Calvin Brutus. Officials at the DPP’s Office have confirmed that the advice has been forwarded to SOCU. Last week it was revealed in High Court documents in response […]
More than 260 persons in Guyana were diagnosed with breast cancer within a one year period, the Medical Registrar of the Oncology Department at the Georgetown Hospital, Dr Whitney Munroe has revealed. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Speaking this morning at the ‘Look Good, Feel Better’ Breast Cancer Awareness Programme at the Georgetown […]
The Ministry of Education has announced that more than 14,700 teachers in the public education system have received their retroactive 10% salary increase for this year in their October salaries. The increase is retroactive to January 2024, and is keeping with the recently signed Agreement between the Government of Guyana and the Guyana Teachers’ Union. […]
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