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Asked to show cause why proceedings for their removal should not be set in motion, the members of the Police Service Commission (PSC) have defended their decision to join a lawsuit mounted by opposition parliamentarian Ganesh Mahipaul over the budgets of constitutional bodies, saying that they were left with no choice as they were denied funds to access legal representation of their own.
Seeking to reduce the use of deadly force, the government is moving to legally allow members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to use “less-lethal weapons,” including pepper spray and tasers.
Aubrey Norton and Martina Seepersaud, two agents working for Accelerated Capital Firm Inc (ACFI), which is alleged to have been operating a Ponzi scheme, were charged on Thursday with laundering millions of dollars that they collected by purchasing properties.
America’s National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a United States-based Guyanese researcher a five-year grant to study how various factors, including the demand for natural resources, influence the landscapes of the Indigenous Peoples in Guyana.
Although attending university once seemed impossible for 19-year-old Moriah Hamilton, her hopes to pursue a tertiary education were renewed after being granted a partial scholarship to attend Howard University in the United States.
The Ministry of Housing and Water has employed six employees on contract since the PPP/C assumed government on August 2, 2020, according to Senior Minister Collin Croal.
A young porter died last Thursday after he reportedly drowned while attempting to swim across the Barima River, in Region One.
Police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old housewife, who was found dead at Minad Village, Matthews Ridge, in Region One.
The driver who was involved in the fatal accident which claimed the life of 12-year-old Varshanie Ramroop was on Friday fined after pleading guilty to charges of driving an unlicensed and uncertified pick-up.
An Associated Brands Industries Limited driver/ salesman and two accomplices are now in police custody after staging a robbery on Friday afternoon to pilfer money from the company.
Follow a tip about a planned robbery, police on Thursday intercepted a car that it is believed was to be used in the crime.
Four men are now in police custody after a home invasion at St.
A 16-year-old student of a public secondary school was on Thursday handed over to the police after he was found with a bullet.
A carpenter from Region Two is now in custody after he stabbed a 64-year-old relative in a drunken attack.
The Ministry of Health today said that as of June 11, 2021, two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died.
Offshore gunnery exercises are to be part of the multinational Tradewinds exercise which includes the Guyana Defence Force.
Government has approached the National Assembly for more than $23 billion in order to cover several expenses, including those related to the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines and flooding.
Marcus Bisram has been granted another reprieve from incarceration following an order from the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday staying a recent ruling of the Guyana Court of Appeal that he be committed to stand trial for murder.
Former government minister Dr George Norton is expected to appear before a court next week to face a driving under the influence charge after he crashed into a parked Ministry of Foreign Affairs vehicle.
Three more COVID-19 fatalities were confirmed on Friday, including a 97-year-old Region Four woman.
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