The Guyana Police Force is sharing some blame for last week’s road accident on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway that resulted in the death of a woman and a passenger in a Mahdia bus that was heading to Georgetown. Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine said the police force was unable to patrol the highway last Friday night (October 28, 2016) because of other ...
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Police Force, Police Service Commission at odds over bypass of senior officers for promotion
The Guyana Police Force and the Police Service Commission (PSC) are at odds over the appointment of a Senior Superintendent ahead of several others who have been appointed Superintendent in 2015, Police Commissioner David Ramnarine said Monday. “There are some unhealthy developments. The most you can do is write about it. We don’t have the power or the authority to ...
Read More »OPINION: Grenade, press freedom, crime and politics
Eye on the Issues by GHK Lall That live grenade endangering the lives of people at Kaieteur News prompts these two questions: Can democracy, the 21st century, and Guyanese politics and standards coexist? Coexist constructively and peaceably and progress to a firm lasting footing? It was a live grenade with the potential for mayhem and unthinkable maiming. If it had ...
Read More »Oil: The Money
Eye on the Issues by GHK Lall Sovereign Wealth Fund: it has a nice sounding comforting ring to it. It should be noticed right away that this is not a secret Swiss fund, or concealed offshore business, but a Sovereign fund. It is one that is for the 29people, housing the nation’s deposits, harnessing its future. It is a fund ...
Read More »Guyanese policeman stabbed in Lethem, hospitalised in Brazil “in serious but stable” condition
A Guyanese policeman has been admitted to a hospital Brazilian hospital in a serious condition and another treated and sent away after they intervened in an altercation outside a night club in Lethem during the early hours of Sunday morning. Constables Chichester and Samuels were rushed to the Lethem Hospital where Samuels was treated and sent away and Chichester referred ...
Read More »Still no clear indication of when Trinidad will alllow transshipment of Guyana’s honey.
Guyana will not be able to transship honey exports through Trinidad and Tobago any time soon because the twin-island Caribbean nation does not know when it will amend its almost 70-year old law. Trinidad and Tobago’s Chief Veterinary Officer, Richard Kangaloo said his country was sticking by the law as far as possible but was willing to “consider” Guyana’s requests ...
Read More »Caricom strategises to fight seaweed that’s hurting fishing industry
The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has borrowed and modified a Puerto Rico protocol to remove large amounts sargassum seaweed that has been retarding the movement of fishing vessels and chasing away some fish species from otherwise heavily populated fishing grounds. Executive Director of CRFM, Milton Haughton said the problem has been plaguing the Caribbean for the past five years. ...
Read More »Trinidad to amend legislation to allow importation of Surinamese duck meat
By Ivan Cairo GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – A trade dispute to allow Surinamese duck meat to enter the market in Trinidad and Tobago could be resolved as soon as the Trinidad government amend its Animal Act, a Trinidad official told the Caricom Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) here on Friday. At the conclusion of its meeting at ...
Read More »Investigators find strong evidence of arson at Cummings Street building
Police and fire fighters believe the early Sunday morning blaze that gutted a section of a building on Cummings Street two doors north of Regent Street was the work of an arsonist. “We are working on that theory (arson) because of what we saw. There is evidence of some forced entry into the building,” he said. “We are hearing persons ...
Read More »BREAKING: Fire near Regent and Cummings Streets
Fire early Sunday morning gutted a section of a building on Cummings Street, just off Regent Street. The building is owned by former Guyana Defence Force officer, Oliver Hinckson. While the blaze was brought under control and confined to that building, smoke was still billowing. ‘A’ Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken said police arrived on the scene four minutes ...
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