Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 11:42 by Denis Chabrol Two persons have been jointly charged today in relation to the alleged murder committed on Dr. Colin Roach earlier this month, police said. They are 19-year old Hilton Oliver Franklin and 18-year old Lenrick Byass. Police alleged that they murdered Dr Roach on the 2nd November, 2021 at his ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 11:31 by Denis Chabrol Seven staff members of the Georgetown City Council’s Treasurer’s Department have been fired for alleged gross misconduct. The Local Government Commission says the decision was made unanimously to summarily dismiss the workers, following an internal probe while they had been sent on leave. “At the conclusion of the investigation, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 10:23 by Denis Chabrol by Clement Rohee The Symposium on Police Integrity held recently to discuss integrity in policing raises a number of questions. The fundamental question has to do with the concept of integrity and it’s application to extant institutional and constitutional arrangements in Guyana. First on the question of integrity; According ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 9 November 2021, 7:37 by Denis Chabrol Wide-ranging long-term studies on suicide will be conducted to determine the major risk factors for suicide in Guyana which has one of the highest rates worldwide, according Professor Christina Hoven at Columbia University. She told the opening of the Guyana Mental Health and Well-Being Conference that the study by ...