Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 October 2017, 10:34 by Denis Chabrol A drunken policeman, who hit down a pedestrian, was Tuesday fined GYD$7,500 after he pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol. Constable Satrohan Gowkarran’s driver’s licence was also endorsed as a notation that it was the first such offence for which he has been convicted , the ...
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Accomplice of ex-prison officer-turned-bandit remanded
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 17:59 by Denis Chabrol A suspected accomplice of the now dead ex prison officer-turned-bandit was Tuesday arraigned for robbery under arms and he was remanded to prison. Twenty-three year old Mark Griffith of 31 Sheet Anchor, Canje, Berbice, was charged with two counts of robbery under arms at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara on ...
Read More »Canadian, British oil companies complete seismic survey “successfully” offshore Guyana
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 10:43 by Denis Chabrol The Canada-based, Eco (Atlantic), and its British partner, Tullow Oil plc, said a a 3D seismic survey has been completed successfully offshore Guyana and on schedule, paving the way for those partners to decide on a drilling schedule. The survey was conducted by Schlumberger Guyana Inc. (Western Geco). Eco (Atlantic) ...
Read More »Guyana’s Indigenous Amerindian traditional conservation strategies may be shared with Guiana Shield
Last Updated on Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 10:25 by Denis Chabrol A British-funded three-year project to integrate Amerindian traditional knowledge into national environmental conservation policy and practice is likely to serve as a pilot project for the rest of the Guiana Shield while ensuring that Guyana achieves benchmarks of several international agreements. The project is being undertaken by the Darwin ...
Read More »Prison Service facilitating “legal” telephone contact with prisoners
Last Updated on Monday, 4 September 2017, 20:52 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Prison Service on Monday announced that systems have been put in place for friends and family members to make “legal” telephone contact with prisoners. Following is the full text of a statement issued by Director of Prisoners, Gladwin Samuels. Please be informed that efforts are being made ...
Read More »Contractor leaves Berbice school incomplete as new school term begins
Last Updated on Monday, 4 September 2017, 17:42 by Denis Chabrol As hundreds of students and teachers turned out at their schools for the new September school term, the situation was a disappointing one at the Manchester Secondary School in Berbice. The students and teaching faculty were met with incomplete rehabilitation works among a number of other issues. Whens Demerara ...
Read More »Multi-million dollar bank fraud accused’s security service guns “taken away”; shady security services on watch-list – Ramjattan
Last Updated on Monday, 4 September 2017, 15:38 by Denis Chabrol Firearms belonging to bank fraud accused Saddiqui Rassul’s security service have been seized by police and those security services with shady characters or misusing their licensed guns are on a watch-list and also risk having those firearm licenses revoked, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said Monday. “They were taken ...
Read More »Britain rolls out security sector training programmes following review
Last Updated on Monday, 4 September 2017, 14:03 by Denis Chabrol Britain’s Security Sector Reform Project assistance to Guyana has taken a new turn with the implementation of recommendations to strengthen the strategic management and approach of the security service. Britain’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn said Presidential Adviser on Security, Russell Combe has recommended capacity building for the ...
Read More »Passports, ID cards found aboard illegal plane belong to Brazilians, Colombians – Police Commissioner
Last Updated on Monday, 4 September 2017, 9:34 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese police said identity documents found aboard a Brazilian-registered plane in North Rupununi in August appeared to be Brazilian and Colombian. Two passports and two identification cards were retrieved from the Beechcraft Kingair plane after three men allegedly disembarked the plane and ran away. Today, Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine ...
Read More »Community policeman, son in custody for wounding over counterfeit money
Last Updated on Sunday, 3 September 2017, 18:50 by Denis Chabrol A Community Policing Group member and his son are now in hot water after they allegedly were involved in the stabbing a twenty five-year-old Berbice man last evening over an incident involving counterfeit money. Basdeo “Vickram” Sahadeo, a GuySuCo Tractor mate of Back Street Edinburgh, East Bank Berbice is ...
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