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Government and top security chiefs on Tuesday began hammering out a “strategic crime fighting approach” to deal with the recent spike in gun crimes that have left more than one dozen persons dead for the year. “The clear message coming out of this initial meeting is that the Administration intends to move swiftly and vigorously to arrest violent crime in ...

Venezuela on Tuesday replaced a controversial decree on its maritime boundary, less than one week after the 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) backed Guyana in its latest border spat with that Spanish-speaking country. Well-placed sources knowledgeable about the issue said the new Decree 40.696 does not include any measurements unlike the previous one that sparked off a bitter row between the ...

A former Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) agent is one of two persons charged in connection with the discovery of about 500 grammes of cocaine in shoe soles at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA). Kurt Sunich is charged with possession of the cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, while an outgoing passenger to New York, 22-year old Israel George, ...

The Benab Foundation is targeting more than 120 high-school youth across five schools in Georgetown to help children transitioning from Second to Third Form this year enhance their numeracy and literacy capabilities. The programme, dubbed the Cognitive Initiative, is now in its third year, having been commenced in 2013; a year after former students of Queen’s College created the non-profit ...

by Zena Henry Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has basically failed the new government in their manner of addressing the current spike in crime. Rohee also told reporters Tuesday July 7 at Freedom House that he does not support the 2 am ‘party done’ curfew by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan as it will not help the curb the ...

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on Monday announced that he would be recalling his Ambassador to Guyana and scaling down the embassy staff in Georgetown, a move that his triggered further condemnation by Guyana’s President David Granger. “I am not surprised by that because he has been confronted with rejection of his Decree by the entire Caribbean Community so he is ...

by Zena Henry One of the most prominent persons tipped for the post of Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana is Dr. Ivelaw Griffith who has been living and working in Guyana for several decades now. Given the political shift, it is understood that Griffith is seeking to make his contribution locally in his associated fields of expertise. Education ...

A policeman was Monday morning crushed to death by a truck while erecting barriers on an access road near a recently opened resort at Providence, East Bank Demerara. The truck was heading in an easterly direction on the northern side of the road. He has been identified as Eldon Williams who was in his early 20s. Police Commander for ‘A’ ...

A man on Monday issued a desperate appeal to his wife to return home or send back his two-year old son, almost nine days after she packed up and left their home at Middlesex, West Coast Demerara. Rayon Da Costa, who is a carpenter-contractor at Bartica, is baffled that his wife, 25-year old Chitra Da Costa, packed up and left ...

by Zena Henry Chief Executive Officer of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) Lionel Wordsworth has been sent on 308 days leave commencing Monday July 5.  Wordsworth, who has headed the drainage and irrigation arm of the Agriculture Ministry for some time, is said to have accumulated that due leave over a long period. Wordsworth who had taken some ...