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The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) is preparing to relocate at least 14 persons from the Graham’s Primary School, East Coast Demerara so that the building could be sanitised in time for students to write mock Grade Six examinations in early June,  CDC Director-General Lt. Col. Kester Craig said Monday. He said another building is being prepared to house those persons ...

President Irfaan Ali Monday denied claims by the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Slowe that he sought to influence who should be promoted. “It is therefore not only opportunistic but a total lie that my meeting with Mr Slowe was to exercise any influence. This level of distortion and public mischief by the ...

The Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Retired Assistant Commissioner Paul Slowe on Monday alleged that President Irfaan Ali sought to politically influence that body that is responsible for disciplinary action and promotion of police officers. President Ali was said to be awaiting a transcript of Mr. Slowe’s press conference before issuing a reaction to the claims. Referring to ...

Two West Bank Demerara sluice operators, who did not turn up for duty to close a sluice door at Vreed-en-Hoop are to be punished if they are found guilty of negligence, officials said Sunday. Top Region Three administrators said residents and businesses located at Vreed-en-Hoop/ Plantain Walk area, West Bank Demerara were flooded early Sunday morning because the sluice operators ...

Well-known Guyanese cultural icon, teacher, musician and administrator, Daphne Rogers died  on Sunday after a period of prolonged illness, a close colleague said. Up to her retirement from government service a few years ago, Ms. Rogers had been a long-serving Administrator of the National Cultural Centre. She was 92 years old. She died at her niece’s residence at Parfaite Harmonie, ...

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Sunday received a GYD$10 million donation from Mid-Atlantic Oil and Gas to be spent on flood relief operations countrywide, officials said. The cheque was handed over by Mid-Atlantic’s Corporate Secretary, Glenn Low-a-Chee to the Director-General of the CDC, Lt.Col. Kester Craig. “Obviously,  we realize what’s going on with the flooding and we wanted to ...

The Guyana Gold Board is in talks with a German company to trace the origin of gold to avoid the smuggling and declaration of the precious yellow metal here from other countries, Chairman of the Gold Board, Dr. Gobin Ganga said. “I would imagine just the same way we can detect counterfeit, they will be able to detect if there ...

An early Saturday morning fire destroyed a wooden house at Montrose, East Coast Demerara, leaving several persons homeless, Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn said. The cause of the blaze on Third Street on the northern side of the village is unknown. He said three persons occupied the house.  There were no reported injuries. The Home Affairs Minister said residents formed ...

Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire on Thursday ruled that the  Registrar of the Supreme Court release copies of the Statements of Poll and Statements of Recount to assist in a criminal probe into alleged electoral fraud. She said the Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield cannot be a party to block a request by the Police Commissioner and the Director of Public ...

Businesses and homes in the the south-western Guyanese town of Bartica in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) were Wednesday under several inches of  flood waters, officials said. Mayor Gifford Marshall said the situation was forecast to worsen by extremely high tides. “As a consequence of the intense rainfall, we have noticed flooding in all of the constituencies,” he said. Mr. Marshall said ...