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The Argentine Forensic Expert who was brought to Guyana by the Guyana Human Rights Authority to assist in the probe of the Berbice teen murders will be leaving Guyana tomorrow and is still to receive any technical information on the Police investigation. Forensic Expert, Dr. Luis Fondebrider who visited the scenes where the bodies were found […]
With the United Kingdom and the United States already administering one of the coronavirus vaccines, Guyana has started moves to expand its capacity to store the vaccines whenever they become available. Some of the vaccines have to be stored in -70 degree temperatures. The country currently does not have such storage facilities, but Health Minister […]
The Police Constable who was initially charged with murder in the shooting death of 39-year-old Cecil Sampat, has now been charged with manslaughter after the DPP withdrew the murder charge. 25-year-old, Police Constable Troy Munroe appeared before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today and was not required to enter a plea to the manslaughter charge. […]
President Irfaan Ali went ahead and hosted his “working lunch” meeting with three of the four former Presidents this morning, Sam Hinds, Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar. All three former are executive members of the governing PPP. Former President and PNC Leader David Granger turned down the invite to the meeting. Mr. Granger said there […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force has withdrawn misconduct in public office charges against recently appointed Finance Minister in the Office of the President Ashni Singh and former Head of NICIL Winston Brassington. The move by SOCU comes less than three weeks after the High Court ruled that the charges against […]
The Ethnic Relations Commission two-day National Conversation on Ethnic Relations in Guyana opens this morning with several presentations and discussions planned. The event is being held virtually and persons can join the live discussions through the ERC’s social media pages and on HBTV, HGPTV and TVG as well as News Talk Radio. In a statement, […]
The Coronavirus death toll in Guyana inched up by 1 over the weekend taking the total number of deaths to 155 following the passing of a 79-year-old REGION FOUR MAN. According to the Ministry of Health, the man was a patient at one of the health institutions. The country also recorded 41 new cases yesterday. […]
Tragedy and shock gripped the town of Bartica late on Saturday night when the bodies of a woman and her two young daughters were found in the ashes of their old wooden house that was set ablaze by the woman’s reputed husband. Persons at Four Miles Squatting Area, Bartica noticed the house on fire at […]
Members of the Guyana Defence Force will be getting two-weeks of their monthly salary as a bonus. The bonus will be tax free. President Irfaan Ali made the announcement on Friday as he visited the GDF base at Kaikan in Region Seven. “Even with the difficulties of the pandemic, the slope of the recovery expenditure, […]
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved funding for the upgrading of 121 kilometres of road from the town of Linden to Mabura Hill in Region Ten. The project was announced today and it aims at improving connectivity between Guyana’s hinterland and the coast. According to the CDB, the project is the first phase of […]
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