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“War” was the collective response by hundreds of soldiers Friday morning when they were asked “Ready for what?” By Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Mark Phillips at a Battle Muster at Base Camp Stephenson, Timehri. He quickly reminded them that their task was to “define aggression on our borders.” Phillips told Demerara Waves that such a task ...

Police and prison service personnel were Thursday night guarding a section of the Georgetown Prison following the breakaway of a part of the southern wall and dislocation of the fence. Sources said the damage was caused after water tanks, which were connected to the bathroom area, fell at about 7PM. The wooden wall at the south-western end of that decades-old ...

New York, Sept. 25 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Guyana’s President David Arthur Granger here Thursday .”Connecting with an important partner in Latin America. PM @narendramodi meets Prez David Arthur Granger of Guyana,” Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted. “President Granger presents PM @narendramodi copies of two monographs written by him,” he added. India’s relations ...

Guyanese soldiers will Friday begin two days of military manoeuvres, days after Venezuelan troops massed near the border with Guyana at a time of rising tensions over the border claim. The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said Battle Musters would be held on all bases Friday, but the one at Camp Stephenson would be addressed Friday at 9 AM by Chief-of-Staff, ...

For the first time since elected four months ago, government Wednesday publicly recommitted Guyana to the One China policy, but the Chinese government gave no signal that it would support Guyana in the border controversy with Venezuela. Addressing a reception to mark the 66th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Acting President Moses Nagamootoo made it ...

Day care facilities will soon have to be licensed and registered when regulations are approved by National Assembly, and a policy would be crafted for children in need of alternative care , according to Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence. “This will create a safer environment at care centers for children and will provide quality teaching for 0 to 4 ...

Several Guyanese policemen have been arrested for allegedly receiving a bribe for the release of a large quantity of cocaine that was eventually transshipped to Suriname,  police said Thursday. “An Assistant Superintendent of Police has been transferred from the Division to Police Headquarters, and a Subordinate Officer and three Constables are under close arrest as the investigations continue,” police said ...

The nine-member Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) has been replaced by one that includes at three broadcast professionals. They are former Head of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) office in Jamaica, Joceylyn Josiah and veteran radio broadcasters Vic Insanally and Rovin Deodat. Local television pioneer, Anthony Vieira is also on the board.  The others ...

Guyanese police and persons arrested are expected to be more readily aware of their rights because copies of the “Rights of Arrested Persons” will soon be posted up at police stations countrywide. Laminated copies of the document were Wednesday September, 23, 2015 presented by the President of the Guyana Bar Association Mr. Christopher Ram to the Guyana Police Force. “The ...

Fifteen pellets have so far been retrieved from the Surinamese woman who was arrested trying to smuggle cocaine out of Guyana, police said. Police said the retrieved pellets, which the woman had swallowed, contained 154 grammes of the illicit drug. The woman was arrested at the Ogle International Airport  Monday night,  September 21, 2015 by anti-narcotics police. Police alleged that ...