Last Updated on Saturday, 13 March 2021, 12:36 by Denis Chabrol The proprietors of Sleep-In Hotel and Club Altitude were among several persons arrested overnight for allegedly breaching the COVID-19 curfew and they were all released on station bail pending charges. Proprietor of Sleep-In Bar & Casino, Clifton Bacchus and two bartenders as well as eight men and two women ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2021, 20:26 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force was Thursday night investigating an alleged killed committed on an 11-year-old student. Dead is Anthony Cort who was reportedly shot dead by one of two bandits. Investigators said the child was with his mother two houses from where he resides when two males, wearing face ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2021, 17:11 by Denis Chabrol The opposition coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Wednesday evening defending former Commissioner of Lands and Surveys, Trevor Benn who remains in police custody. The APNU+AFC said Mr. Benn did not receive any money from land transactions on behalf of the State. “It is an ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 11 March 2021, 7:44 by Denis Chabrol A newly-formed non-governmental organisation is assisting residents of Guyanese orphanages to prepare for the Common Entrance examination and provide counselling services The organisation is also sounding a public appeal for support. If you would like to donate to Achieve or volunteer, you can message their Facebook page called “Achieve” ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 22:51 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force Wednesday night officially back-pedaled on its decision to remove Pastor Patrick Doolichand as its Chaplain, hours after his appointment was revoked because of a prayer at last week’s opening of that law enforcement agency’s annual officers’ conference. “Further – contrary to what was stated in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 17:59 by Denis Chabrol Former Lands and Surveys Commissioner, Trevor Benn was Wednesday morning arrested as part of a police probe into land transactions, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said Mr. Benn remained in custody. Asked whether Mr Benn’s detention was connected to the sale of ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 12:41 by Denis Chabrol The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is supporting Guyana in training teachers, probation officers and community leaders in reforming offenders because, according to Attorney General Anil Nandlall, traditional means of punishment have not been working. “It has been found that the traditional theories and methods of dealing with criminal behaviour, ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 12:00 by Denis Chabrol The owner of a tug and barge that slammed into the Demerara Harbour Bridge last year December has paid GYD$16.3 million as the cost for damage to the thoroughfare, authorities said Wednesday. Minister of Public Works , Juan Edghill confirmed the amount of money in a brief interview with ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 9:17 by Denis Chabrol The University of Guyana (UG) says it will benefit from  an inter-institutional collaboration that will strengthen the development of information  services for mangrove mapping and monitoring. Signing the  Memorandum of  Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday with UG were SERVIR-Amazonia and the National Aeronautics and Space  Administration (NASA). SERVIR-Amazonia, a subsidiary ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, 8:59 by Denis Chabrol A security guard, who was on duty at a supermarket on the Lusignan Railway Embankment was Tuesday night robbed of a handgun and ammunition by two men, the Guyana Police Force said. The robbery victim has been identified as Benson Jarvis who was on duty at A-Chang, Supermarket when ...