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Former Police Commissioner Leslie James on Wednesday said he never ordered that the Region Four Returning Office (Ashmin’s Building) for the 2020 general and regional elections be cleared and he did not enquire about the security of the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh. He told the Commission of Inquiry that instead, he had asked ...

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Wednesday publicly scolded fire officers, sparked off by them sheltering from rain at the Guyana Fire Service headquarters, Water Street, Georgetown. Mr Benn arrived during the downpour for the official handover of excavators, a tractor and a trailer to the Fire Service to assist them in the movement of debris during fires and the ...

As Acting Chief Fire Officer Gregory Wickham approaches retirement age later this month, he said he would be exiting the top Guyana Fire Service post next year. Sources said Mr Wickham should have proceeded on preretirement leave on September 6, 2022 but up to January 4, 2023 he was very much on the job. But Mr Wickham said he has ...

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), who are based at the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), have been ordered to return their Joint Services Identification  Cards and Fire Service jerseys, after a number of them told the media that they were not paid a one-month bonus. “The identification cards that they had would have been Joint Services Identification Cards and so they should ...

Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken’s tenure looks set to be extended beyond the retirement age of 55 based on the performance of the force, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said Wednesday. Mr Hicken will be 55 years old on July 22, 2023. While Mr Benn opted not to speak directly to Mr Hicken successor, he signaled very strongly that the ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday evening bestowed Guyana’s second highest award, the Order of Roraima, to the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves. At a special dinner at State House, the Guyanese Head of State and Government said he was honoured to present the prestigious award to the long-standing regional politician. “The conferral of Guyana’s ...

Guyana’s first artificial island being created in the Demerara River is out-of-bounds as more dredged material is being added to the still unstable area, the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc (VESHI) said on Tuesday “The project managers have warned that the site remains an active construction zone and landing on the island is prohibited. The island structure, while visible, is not ...

Former People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Treasurer, Faaiz Mursaline, who has raised concerns about alleged lack of accountability and racist attacks in that party, on Tuesday rejected a claim that he was planted by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to discredit it. “I’m not a PPP. I’m a born PNC and if I’m not in PNC, I am not in ...

Villagers of Mocha, East Bank Demerara faced off with police and government workers who were demolishing houses that the Ministry of Housing said needed to long move because they are near an alternative East Bank Demerara Road aback the village. A number of residents, mainly women,  laid across the road to prevent workers from breaking down more structures.  Government said ...

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves arrived in Guyana on Monday  but no details were provided about this previously unann0unced four-day “official visit”. Enquiries about whether memoranda of understanding or agreements would be signed and what would be on the agenda proved futile. Dr Gonsalves arrived on a chartered Surinamese Fly Allways aircraft from ...