Sixteen prisoners were shot and two fire fighters were injured during efforts to prevent another escape from the Lusignan Prison Saturday afternoon, officials said. “Prisoners were fighting each other and were rioting against officers. Despite several warnings they did not comply. Force was used,” Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels told reporters. He said pellets and rubber bullets were used. Government’s ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday warned that amendments to Guyana’s Broadcasting Act could result in the closure of several radio and television stations and would certainly see government taking away airtime from all stations under the guise of “public service programmes”. Jagdeo railed that government has moved to turn propaganda content into “public service programmes” and urged the private ...

Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said the Commission of Inquiry into how well the Guyana Police Force had investigated an alleged assassination plot against President David Granger is demoralising that law enforcement agency. The former Guyanese leader said to look into and question almost the entire leadership of the police force is bad for the police force in the ...

Acting Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine on Friday said substantive Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud, while on leave, allegedly instructed by telephone to release on bail the man, who allegedly plotted to assassinate President David Granger two years ago, and that the two of them are widely believed to be friends. Ramnarine also said Andre Guillard’s allegation that Nizam Khan had offered ...

Existing radio and television stations could be closed and their equipment seized if they do not apply for and are granted new licenses within 30 days of parliament’s approval of amendments to the Broadcasting Act, according to the Bill tabled in the House on Thursday. Government is also seeking to pass into how it intends to compulsorily have its content ...

The Guyana government on Thursday took a major step in triggering the constitutional reform process- one of its major election campaign promises- by tabling draft legislation in the National Assembly for establishing a 15-member “constitutional reform consultative commission”. The draft law was referred to the parliamentary standing committee on constitutional reform for consideration and report. “An act to establish a ...

Targeting increased membership and greater visibility, the Working People’s Alliance- one of the small parties in the governing coalition- has said that its decision to be vocal on a wide range of issues after two years of quietude is rewarding the party. “Perhaps, if we had done it two years ago, we would not have had the same results that ...

Guyana is examining ways of reducing the prison population and creating opportunities for accused while they await trial, the Ministry of Public Security said  Wednesday. Consultant, Senior Counsel Peter Pursglove, who has been hired by government and the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) Citizen Security Strengthening Programme, is currently holding a series of consultations from July 24- 28 to gather data ...

Government and the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) on Tuesday said rogue elements have been sabotaging that telecoms provider’s fibre optic cable , resulting in at least 200,000 subscribers having to go without cell, land and internet services. “It’s somebody that definitely has a strong motive to attempt to degrade our service,” Chief Executive Officer of GTT, Justin Nedd ...

Another prisoner, who escaped from a swampy area at the Lusignan Prison through a muddy hole, was Wednesday morning recaptured in Linden. Police identified him as Kendal Skeete as among those who had been wanted for escape from lawful custody. He was captured at Wisroc at about 11:15 AM. Police said the 25-year old Skeete’s last known address was 115 ...