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President David Granger says he is “deeply saddened” at the death of Colonel Cecil Edgar Martindale MSS, MSM, ED, who died Saturday morning at the age of 93 in Toronto, Canada. Colonel Martindale’s military career started in 1948 when he enlisted in the British Guiana Volunteer Force (BGVF). Three years later, he was commissioned in the rank of Second Lieutenant. ...

Although the Guyana People’s Militia has been revived,  government Monday said no specific amount of money was allocated for equipment, training and kit for that paramilitary wing that has been resuscitated by the nine-month old coalition administration. Despite repeated requests by People’s Progressive Party Civic’s Gail Teixeira, Clement Rohee and Juan Edghill; Minister of State Joseph Harmon stood his ground. “The ...