More than 14 kilogrammes of marijuana were seized in Berbice and East Coast Demerara on Saturday and a total of seven persons were arrested, police said. The Guyana Police Force said an intelligence -led operation in New Amsterdam, Berbice Saturday morning has resulted in the arrest of six persons with 7.5 kilogrammes of cannabis. Those in custody include a husband, ...
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Police Force announces junior promotions
The Guyana Police Force on Saturday announced promotions to the rank of Corporal to Sergeant, Lance Corporal and Constable to Corporal and Constable to Lance Corporal. Those promotions have been approved by the Commissioner of Police with effect from July 08, 2017, on the occasion of the Guyana Police Force 178th Anniversary. Please read the list by clicking here:
Read More »Govt holding company to spearhead selling off Guysuco’s assets
The Guyana government has to hire a “top accounting firm” to help assess the value of assets of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) to be sold, and GYD$130 million have been allocated for a Special Purpose Unit to spearhead the sale. The announcement was made Thursday in the National Assembly by Finance Minister, Winston Jordan during consideration of a financial ...
Read More »Haitian children injured in road accident
Four Haitian children and one young adult were injured early Friday morning when the hire car they were travelling in toppled several times after hitting a donkey on the Number 53 Village Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice. The driver, who is a member of the Guyana Fire Service, has been detained, and tests so far show that he was not under ...
Read More »Ramon Gaskin challenges constitutionality of State Assets Recovery Act including property seizure
The constitutionality of Guyana’s State Assets Recovery Act (SARA) is being challenged in the High Court with the aim of having the law scrapped altogether. In what is believed to be the first ever legal action in Guyana against an entire law, citizen Ramon Gaskin on Friday filed court papers citing 37 grounds to have the SARA Act be deemed ...
Read More »Govt must hire oil and gas accountants or risk losing big money to oil companies- experts warn
Guyana lacks the capacity to deal with an expected huge influx of invoices from the United States (US) oil giant, ExxonMobil, is set to begin submitting in the coming months, even as industry experts on Thursday said invoices and payments by international oil companies must be examined in detail. Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is already on record as saying that ...
Read More »Guyana among several signatories to Caricom Arrest Warrant Treaty
The Caribbean Arrest Treaty was formally signed this afternoon by the leaders of Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Lucia. Guyana’s Department of Public Information said the objective of this Treaty is to establish within the Caribbean Community a system of arrest and surrender of requested persons for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution for an ...
Read More »Laws alone will not fight corruption, symposium on Public Corruption and the Curse of Oil hears
As Guyana prepares to enact a raft of laws to govern several aspects of the oil and gas industry, an American legal expert on the sector on Thursday said much would depend on the integrity of public officials, a vigilant press and a public that demands transparency. “You can have all of the laws and regulations in place but if ...
Read More »Noise nuisance task force formed
A Task Force to combat noise nuisance has been established to spearhead a crackdown on all forms of noise nuisance, the Ministry of Public Security announced Thursday. “The Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with other various stakeholders having recognised the right of citizens to live in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity, and free from undue discomfort have taken ...
Read More »15-year old boy stabs taxi driver to death
A 15-year old schoolboy Wednesday afternoon allegedly stabbed to death a taxi driver to death because he allegedly taunted the teen’s sister on several occasions, police said. “It is alleged that during the journey, the victim began to make sarcastic remarks of his (lad) sister; during which process ,the youth who was seated in the back seat whipped out a ...
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