With optimism that the use of Portable Video Recording (PVR) devices also known as body cameras will not only increase accountability, transparency and public trust but also influence the behaviour of its ranks, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been actively employing the equipment in its daily operations.
The removal by the police on Wednesday of their chaplain, Reverend Patrick Doolichand over a prayer he delivered was swiftly reversed after the intervention of President Irfaan Ali.
It has been one year since Guyana recorded its first Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) case and while the pain of the sudden death of the country’s ‘Patient Zero’ remains fresh, uncertainty also still looms as to where she might have contracted the virus.
The sod was turned yesterday for the construction of a US$15 million Aiden Hotel, the country’s first franchise “boutique” hotel, which is expected to provide jobs for 150 local workers during the construction phase and no less than 50 others once operations begin.
Admitting that the image of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) needs repairing, President Irfaan Ali yesterday committed to retooling the force to ensure it can keep up with national development.
APNU+AFC front bench-er Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called for a 10% retroactive salary increase for public servants pending negotiations with the relevant agencies including the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU).
The lifeless body of a 33-year-old labourer, who had not been seen since his birthday celebration on Tuesday was discovered in a septic tank behind his Belle West, West Bank Demerara (WBD) home yesterday morning.
Hours after he was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate at the Lusignan Prison, a 40-year-old Kitty man succumbed at a city hospital yesterday morning.
Almost two months after contractor Peter Gonsalves was fatally shot and robbed of his XR motorcycle in front of a Kitty bar, the police have arrested the alleged shooter who has since confessed to the crime.
A 49-year-old employee attached to Gaico Construction and General Services Inc.
As part of its efforts to help eradicate the scourge of abuse, especially against women and children, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security (MoHSSS) recently launched the Spotlight Initiative programme to educate, spread awareness, and provide intervention to victims of violence regardless of gender and age.
Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan says that he was unaware that the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) had recommended a high-level probe of gold trading in 2019.
A single father of one, who tested positive for COVID-19 two days after developing symptoms, has said he only recognised the seriousness of the disease only after contracting it.
Months after teenage cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry were brutally murdered in West Coast Berbice (WCB), the police have made a breakthrough following the arrests of three suspects including two brothers, who will be charged with the crime today.
The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) yesterday signed a US$12.7M contract with an Indian company to commence the construction of an ocean-going passenger and cargo ferry for the North West District and other parts of the country.
Shortly after finding out that her teenage son’s kidneys had failed, Nadie Budwah learned that he would need a transplant in order to survive.
The current and former Attorneys General say they are unaware of the Financial Intelligence Unit’s (FIU) recommendation for a high-level probe of gold trading which was made in 2019.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently providing the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with “technical assistance” in relation to the investigations into the brutal murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh.
Police have intensified their efforts to find a 30-year-old man, who they believe is responsible for the murder of Answar Stoll, a Kuru Kururu resident who has not been seen since mid-November, last year.
The Consolidated Fund showed an overdraft of close to $79 billion when the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government took office in August of this year.
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