Last Updated on Tuesday, 1 June 2021, 7:11 by Denis Chabrol A 44-year old man was early Tuesday morning robbed of $1.2 million dollars in cash by two men, police said. The robbery was committed by two known men at Parika, East Bank Essequibo at about 1:30 AM. Investigators were told that the victim, along with his son and a ...

Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2021, 21:30 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Monday called on President Irfaan Ali to resign for allegedly interfering in the work of the Police Service Commission (PSC), but the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) accused him of double-standards. “The attempt to influence the work of the Police Service Commission is reprehensible ...

Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2021, 19:48 by Denis Chabrol Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony on Monday announced that Guyana has purchased 150,000 of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine to be administered to persons mainly in the interior regions, as part of the overall plan to build up resistance to the coronavirus by most Guyanese. “I think once ...

Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2021, 17:06 by Denis Chabrol The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is preparing to relocate at least 14 persons from the Graham’s Primary School, East Coast Demerara so that the building could be sanitised in time for students to write mock Grade Six examinations in early June,  CDC Director-General Lt. Col. Kester Craig said Monday. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2021, 14:58 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali Monday denied claims by the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe that he sought to influence who should be promoted. “It is therefore not only opportunistic but a total lie that my meeting with Mr Slowe was to exercise ...

Last Updated on Monday, 31 May 2021, 14:00 by Denis Chabrol The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe on Monday alleged that President Irfaan Ali sought to politically influence that body that is responsible for disciplinary action and promotion of police officers. President Ali was said to be awaiting a transcript of Mr. Slowe’s ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 May 2021, 20:38 by Denis Chabrol Two West Bank Demerara sluice operators, who did not turn up for duty to close a sluice door at Vreed-en-Hoop are to be punished if they are found guilty of negligence, officials said Sunday. Top Region Three administrators said residents and businesses located at Vreed-en-Hoop/ Plantain Walk area, West ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 May 2021, 20:08 by Denis Chabrol Well-known Guyanese cultural icon, teacher, musician and administrator, Daphne Rogers died  on Sunday after a period of prolonged illness, a close colleague said. Up to her retirement from government service a few years ago, Ms. Rogers had been a long-serving Administrator of the National Cultural Centre. She was 92 ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 30 May 2021, 12:42 by Denis Chabrol The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Sunday received a GYD$10 million donation from Mid-Atlantic Oil and Gas to be spent on flood relief operations countrywide, officials said. The cheque was handed over by Mid-Atlantic’s Corporate Secretary, Glenn Low-a-Chee to the Director-General of the CDC, Lt.Col. Kester Craig. “Obviously,  we ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 May 2021, 7:10 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Gold Board is in talks with a German company to trace the origin of gold to avoid the smuggling and declaration of the precious yellow metal here from other countries, Chairman of the Gold Board, Dr. Gobin Ganga said. “I would imagine just the same way we ...