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Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat on Friday dismissed a claim that he was escorted off a plane on arrival at the John F. Kennedy International Airport and questioned by United States (US) federal agents, instead saying the airline arranged for courtesies to be extended to him. “No, it was courtesies being extended to expedite clearing. I was not detained ...

Just days after Deputy Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus was reassigned from administration to Head of Special Branch, the Guyana Police Force said Thursday afternoon that he has gone on leave to allow a probe into alleged financial misdeeds. Mr Brutus allegedly deposited GY$16.5 million into his Police Credit Union account on December 15, 2023. The money was returned to him ...

One day after Acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken denied that a high-ranking police officer ever deposited tens of millions of dollars into a Guyana Police Credit Union account, fresh information has surfaced showing that the money was deposited and returned to that officer. The officer, Deputy Police Commisioner Calvin Brutus, on Wednesday opted to remain silent when he was questioned ...

President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday asked the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) Academy f0r Law to run specialised continuing education programmes on emerging areas as well as train prosecutors. He issued the call in his address to the opening of the two-day first Legal Conference on Criminal Justice Reform – Advancing the Needham’s Point Declaration. “That academy in my humble opinion ...

Acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken on Wednesday dismissed social media posts that a senior police officer attempted to deposit GY$16.5 million into the Guyana Police Cooperative Credit Union. “No it’s not true and I made a release already,” Mr Hicken told Demerara Waves Online News. While he insisted that such a release was made and “it’s in the system” there ...

Police on Wednesday said they were investigating an alleged armed robbery committed on a man on James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. The victim is 28-year-old Hudson Thompson, who resides in Albouystown. He told police he was robbed of a gold and diamond chain valued at GY$2 million. The robbery allegedly occurred at about 7 o’clock Tuesday night at James Street, Albouystown, ...

A six-year-old boy was Tuesday night shot to the head by a man who attempted to shoot another man only known as ‘Crab’, the Guyana Police Force said on Wednesday. ‘The child is presently hospitalised, and his condition is listed as serious,” police said. The incident reportedly occurred at about 7:45 Tuesday night on Charles Street, Charlestown while the boy ...

The National Assembly has approved an order to increase the University of Guyana (UG) Council from 26 to 32 members as part of a plan to pass a new law to govern that publicly funded tertiary institution, despite fears by the opposition that government was planning to tighten its political grip. “We don’t want to get together with you or ...

Three Chinese persons were Tuesday arrested at a city hotel and GY$39 million as well as a handgun and ammunition were seized, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) said. Investigators suspected that the trio was “part of a transnational criminal group involved in gold smuggling and other illegal activities.” In a statement titled “criminal network dismantled”, the GPF said the two ...

ExxonMobil Guyana’s President, Alistair Routledge on Tuesday said Guyana should be concerned about a protection against an oil spill in neighbouring Suriname, even as he showcased a capping stack that is on standby to shut off any well blowout offshore. “When you do the modelling, Guyana should worry more about what happens in Suriname than what happens in Guyana so ...