A mere few hours after President Irfaan Ali strongly suggested that the burning down  of the Brickdam Police Station might be politically inspired, the Guyana Police Force said one of the 16 detainees confessed to setting the wooden  heritage building alight. The President earlier Sunday sought to link the blaze to utterances in the United States. He did not name ...

  President Irfaan Ali on Sunday said he was “bothered” about the fire that flattened most of the buildings in the Brickdam Police Station complex, headquarters of Guyana’s main police division. “Why am I bothered? This is coming on the heels of threats made on the capital city from New York and this is not the first time and I’m ...

Two days after they allegedly robbed and shot electrician Joshua Denny, two young men were shot dead by police in the vicinity of the University of Guyana (UG) Access Road, Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. They have been identified as Quacy Jupiter called ‘Ding Dong’ and David Smith called ‘Burlyn’. The law enforcement agency said the ...

Reproduced from Reuters MOSCOW, Oct 2 (Reuters) – All the barriers to register Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine with the World Health Organization (WHO) have been cleared and only some paperwork remains to be completed, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Saturday. The Sputnik V shot, widely used in Russia and approved for use in over 70 countries, is ...

Junior members of the Guyana Police Force on Friday night chased a senior police officer, eventually intercepting the car that he was driving and allegedly finding a quantity of marijuana in the trunk, the law enforcement agency said. The police force identified him as Deputy Superintendent Dexter Brown. Investigators said he was at a roadblock at Helena No. 2 Public ...

All detainees at the Brickdam Police Station lockups, firearms and ammunition were accounted for, but several vehicles and vital records were Saturday destroyed by fire that swept through virtually all of the colonial wooden buildings that made up Guyana’s major police divisional headquarters. Aided by steady and brisk north-east wind, the blaze quickly engulfed the Brickdam Police Station’s main building ...

Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) agents have arrested six persons and a large quantity of marijuana that was being loaded on three go-fast boats that were destined for the Leeward Islands, CANU Head James Singh said Friday night. He said the operation began Thursday night and ended Friday afternoon. Mr. Singh said the drugs bust occurred at the mouth of the ...

This year’s World Maritime Day theme, “Seafarers at the Core of Shipping’s Future” seeks to put the spotlight on seafarers by highlighting the important role they play in the maritime world now as well as in the uncertain future. On the occasion of World Maritime Day, we must appreciate the work being done to take care of our shipping needs ...

A footballer was Thursday morning shot dead while he was on his way to work, relatives said. He has been identified as 19-year old Joshua Denny, a  night student of the Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC). Relatives said he was pursuing studies in Electrical Installation while working in the same field during the day. He was robbed of his cell ...

Reproduced from The Hill A New York federal judge declined to dismiss musician Eddy Grant’s lawsuit against former President Trump for using his song “Electric Avenue” in a video posted to Twitter last year, the Hill reported on Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John Koeltl issued an order on Tuesday denying Trump’s motion to dismiss the suit, finding that the defendant failed ...