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Daily Archives: Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 23:27

65 prisoners released to reduce overcrowding as part of COVID measures

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 23:27 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has released 65 non-violent offenders in keeping with efforts to reduce overcrowding in all prisons and help minimise the spread of the coronavirus in the country’s jails. Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels said the decision was taken to provide more space for prisoners as ...

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16-year old boy shot dead by friend- police

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 23:14 by Denis Chabrol A 16-year old boy is believed to have been accidentally shot dead by his 16-year old friend. The friend reportedly breached the lock of a secured wardrobe where a licenced .32 Taurus pistol, owned by his father, was being kept Investigators were told that after the boy took out ...

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APNU+AFC asks High Court to oust Oneidge Waldron from Parliament over American citizenship issue

Last Updated on Wednesday, 18 November 2020, 22:48 by Denis Chabrol The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) on Wednesday asked the High Court to order the removal of Minister of Tourism Oneidge Walrond as a parliamentarian because she had taken the oath while she had still been an American citizen. The coalition wants the High Court ...

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