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Daily Archives: Thursday, 5 February 2015, 23:13

No system in place to help re-integrate deportees- Top Cop

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 22:10 by GxMedia No structured arrangements are in place to help any of the recently deported 25 Guyanese reintegrate in the country of their birth, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud said Thursday. “There is nothing in place as far as I know. There used to be a few years ago when the IOM (International ...

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AFC’s Nagamootoo dodges question on joining APNU if coalition talks collapse

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Vice Chairman of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Moses Nagamootoo on Thursday skirted questions about whether he would consider joining A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) if pre-election talks between the two political movements collapse. “I wouldn’t answer because you are speculative.  You are inviting me into a non-sequitur (illogical)- ...

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Police Commissioner defends promotion of alleged torture cops

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 17:05 by GxMedia Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud on Thursday defended the recent promotion of two policemen although they had allegedly torture a teenager during a murder investigation. Speaking with reporters, Persaud said that Sergeant Narine Lall and Constable Mohanram Dulai were not found guilty during a criminal trial because their accuser, Twyon Thomas, ...

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Ramotar cautions soldiers against political propaganda; urges stern action during elections period

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 16:21 by GxMedia Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Donald Ramotar on Thursday called on the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to take decisive action to preserve security in the upcoming general and regional elections and he warned against soldiers being used for political propaganda. Addressing the opening of the 2015 Annual Officers’ Conference ...

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Updated: Collapse of rice mill silo leaves one dead

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 14:14 by GxMedia One of three workers at Caricom Rice Mills at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast died after the bottom of a silo collapsed and he was buried by a huge quantity of hot and wet parboiled rice, a company official said. Dead is 18 year old Treeson Gittens of Richmond Village Housing ...

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Overwhelming majority of Marriott’s employees are Guyanese- Brassington

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 1:59 by GxMedia Chairman of Atlantic Hotel Inc., Mr. Winston Brassington, on Wednesday stated that the majority of persons being recruited to work at the Guyana Marriott Hotel are Guyanese and that recent public criticisms about the hiring of workers have “no basis in fact and are absolutely without merit.”  In an apparent reaction ...

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UG Students Society refuses to meet with ruling party for “photo-op”

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 1:46 by GxMedia President of the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS), Joshua Griffith, says he postponed a meeting with the Progressive Youth Organization (PYO) yesterday over fears that the student body was to be used for a “photo op.” The PYO is the youth arm of the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic ...

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Jagdeo reiterates no interest in third term- Luncheon

Last Updated on Thursday, 5 February 2015, 0:55 by GxMedia The filing of a High Court case calling for the removal of term limits for the country’s presidency drew an emphatic response from Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon, according to the Government Information Agency (GINA). Addressing the media at his weekly post- briefing Dr. Luncheon stated that ...

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