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Former Police Commissioner Leslie James has been asked to give investigators an account of how two members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and several other retired senior police officers had been hired for more than GYD$10 million to review the Guyana Police Force’s internal rules, police said. Police Force spokesman, Mark Ramotar told reporters that the Head of the ...

As the Guyana High Court prepares to next Monday rule on whether the Police Service Commission (PSC) had unfairly bypassed a number of officers for promotion, two  PSC  Commissioners and several retired police officers are being investigated for several alleged offences. The Guyana Police Force confirmed that a number of ex police officers have been charged, released on bail and ...

The Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) top Caribbean performer, Guyanese Zane Ramotar, plans to become a Physicist and return to Guyana to teach the subject at the tertiary level. “I am not entirely sure what job I want to have but I really would like it to be in the field of physics. That’s where my passion is; probably, maybe ...

Veteran Guyanese politician and academic, Aubrey Norton on Tuesday night announced that he would  be contesting for the position of leader of his People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and he hopes to rebuild his party and revive the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC). “The direct answer to that is once the Congress of the People’s ...

The governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says the main opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) will be consulted about Guyana’s electoral reform but government will drive the process with help from organisations like the International Republican Institute (IRI). “It is downright naïve for anyone to think that such a process can be undertaken without the input of ...

The Ministry of Human Services on Tuesday said it has embarked on a drive to encourage more persons to become foster parents especially in the interior. Human Services Minister, Dr. Vindhya Persaud said official figures show that from January to May, there are 118 girls, 104 boys, and 128 parents in foster care.  The statistics also indicate that 79 children ...

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has burned 290,000 packets of cigarettes in Lethem because they were poorly labelled, that agency said Tuesday. The regulatory agency said its Product Compliance Department ordered the destruction of 290 cases, containing 290,000 packs,  of imported cigarettes. GNBS explained that the cigarettes, which were branded US Mild 1 and imported by a city ...

A carpenter has been shot and seriously injured by a mechanic while they were playing a game of pools at Zeelugt Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, police said. The Guyana Police Force said the suspect has not yet been arrested in connection with the incident that occurred on Monday. Police said the carpenter, who is 43-years old, has been. The ...

A 43-year old foreigner has been arrested in connection with the theft of GYD$800,000 in cash, jewellery and other items from his employer’s home at Port Kaituma, North West District , the Guyana Police Force said. The 54-year old businessman reported that GYD$560,000 worth of articles and one 22 pennyweight gold chain valued $240,000 were stolen from his home in ...

A man, who claimed that he could not cope after his wife committed suicide earlier this year, has admitted drinking poison and giving his toddler poison-laced tea to drink, the Guyana Police Force said. They are hospitalised in a stable condition. The incident occurred at an East Coast Demerara village. Investigators were informed that with the recent death of his ...