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Government is preparing to give former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green possibly more than GYD$1 million pension and other benefits, a move that has already set the David Granger-led administration on a collision course with the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). When Parliament meets on November 21, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is expected to table a Bill to ensure that ...

A twenty six year old serial robber of 86 Nelson Street, Mocha Arcadia, EBD who used a motor cycle to allegedly commit a spate of robberies on Gas Stations and Supermarkets on the East Coast of Demerara was Monday remanded to prison He  was remanded to prison until December 15, 2016, after he was charged with six  counts of armed ...

A businesswoman and her common-law husband died after they stabbed each other during a “argument” over the management of their business, police said. The incident occurred Sunday at their business premises located at Ekereku Hill top, Kamarang. Investigators learned that Selima Norton, AKA ‘Shelly’, 45 years of New Providence Housing Scheme, EBD and Kurt Reynolds, 37 years of Silverballi Street, ...

Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said there is no indication that there is a political motive behind the recent spate of armed robberies, even as the Guyana Police Force is ramping up its espionage on criminals and their networks. “People also respond to sentiments expressed in the media thinking that this is a cause they may be helping so indirectly it ...

Embattled by a sex scandal with several women that was made public through the release of videos and pictures on Social Media one week ago, Pope Emmanuel “Philbert London said repeatedly “I’m sorry” for what has happened. “I am here to tell you from the depths of my heart that I am sorry for anything, sorrow, embarrassment or shame that ...

A  University of Guyana (UG) graduate, who admittedly migrated to the United States (US) and eventually rose to a senior official of that country’s Department of Energy (DOE), on Saturday urged graduates to remain and build Guyana because it is destined to become a prosperous nation , even as a number of developed nations frown on foreigners. “At the risk ...

As part of heightened security activities to ensure domestic security, the Joint Services on Saturday conducted Operation Safe Guard at the Georgetown and New Amsterdam prisons and seized a large quantity of contraband items, the Ministry of the Presidency said. At the Georgetown Prison 21 improvised weapons and knives, 20 razor blades, 558 grams of marijuana, 22 cellular phones and ...

After a search of the Georgetown Prison that last several hours, no guns were found in what is considered one of Guyana’s maximum security jails. Police and soldiers early Saturday morning raised the jail, as part of an operation to deal with potential domestic security threat. Sources said law enforcement authorities have received credible information of a planned jail break ...

A manhunt has been launched for a tenant who shot his landlord several times after the property owner objected to the sale of narcotics on his premises, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. “Police are making diligent efforts to apprehend a thirty year old tenant who allegedly shot his landlord multiple times to his legs because he was ...

The Guyana government says it has “received credible information related to a potential domestic security threat” resulting in the need for a joint police and army operation on Saturday. “That coupled with increased criminal activity has resulted in the decision by the Administration to institute security measures in targeted areas, starting tomorrow (Saturday). The announcement of the joint services operation ...