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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Friday announced the promotion of 88 officersd and 260 Other Ranks effective from January 1,2014, The army said that in accordance with the Defence Act Chapter 15:01 of 1977, Chief-of-Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips, has announced that the President and Commander-in-Chief, Donald Ramotar has approved the Forty-two Officers and 96 Other Ranks were confirmed in ...

Doctors treating a man for incarcerated inguinal hernia on Friday said they were never told that a policeman shoved a condom-covered baton up his anus and examinations have not proven such claims. Up to 10:02 AM, 23-year old Colwyn Harding was seen shackled to a bed in the Male Medical Ward and under guard by a prison warden. He was ...

A bandit was early Friday morning shot dead and two guns recovered when he and others invaded the home of a fisherman and member of a Community Policing Group (CPG) at Annandale North, East Coast Demerara. Gruesome images seen by Demerara Waves show the bandit lying on the kitchen floor with a gaping wound to his neck. Deputy Police Commissioner ...

Court proceedings could soon be recorded and transcripts provided if the National Assembly passes the Recording of Court Proceedings Bill No. 1 of 2014 which was tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday. The Recording of Court Proceedings Bill, tabled my Attorney General Anil Nandlall, seeks to provide that proceedings in any court of law in Guyana shall be recorded ...

The Evidence (Amendment) Bill No. 23 of 2013, approved by the National Assembly on Thursday, will expand the category of experts to present evidence in Court cases without being present. First rejected in June 2013 when tabled by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, the Bills were re-tabled in December by Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall. The legislation which seeks to ...

The National Assembly has passed an amendment to the Firearms Act which now makes the unlicensed possession of firearm and ammunition components a crime. The amendment bill had been presented for the first and second readings by Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee in March 2013 but the opposition parties had used their majority to reject it in keeping with an ...

Representatives of the United States (US) embassy and the Guyana government are preparing to meet to iron out differences about the controversial US$1.2 million Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project. Word of the impending talks came Thursday- the same day the Private Sector Commission (PSC) appeared to lean on the side of government on the issues of sovereignty and the need ...

Police Commissioner, Leroy Brumell on Thursday said he has asked Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes for time to conduct a probe into a policeman’s baton-sodomy of detainee two months ago. Brumell said he has not given Hughes any commitment concerning a GUY$100 million demand for assault and injury to 23-year old Colwyn Harding. “We are aware of the matter- the OPR (Office ...

Health Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran says Colwyn Harding, the man allegedly sexually assaulted by a policeman, has lost a significant portion of his intestines. The minister made the revelation in parliament on Thursday in response to questions from APNU MP Winston Felix, adding that Harding was being treated for hernia-related complications. The opposition MP asked about the extent of Harding’s ...

Government on Thursday effectively ruled out voluntarily compensating the man who a policeman sodomized with a condom-covered baton and instead preferred for the matter to be tested in court. Speaking with reporters after a post-cabinet press briefing, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon suggested that government was unlikely to offer 23-year old Colwyn Harding any money in light ...