Police force breaks silence on shooting at cop by special branch ranks
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday finally broke its silence on an incident on Monday where special branch ranks opened fire on a cop in a case of mistaken identity.
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The Guyana Police Force (GPF) yesterday finally broke its silence on an incident on Monday where special branch ranks opened fire on a cop in a case of mistaken identity.
The Opposition is calling for the nation to be updated on the amount of discovered oil reserves in the wake of ExxonMobil’s announcement on Friday of a new oil find in the Stabroek Block.
Deputy Commander Region No.3, Woman Superintendent Shellon Daniels led a sensitisation operation with other ranks yesterday regarding the security posture at 21 supermarkets operated by Chinese nationals from Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo to Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara.
The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s treatment of civic bodies as business entities and has proposed that changes be made to the legal structure to address this issue.
After the successful growth of a number of crops including soya beans and watermelons, Guyana’s first privately-owned integrated mega-farm, the Santa Fe Farm in Region Nine, is rolling out a number of expansion plans for different crops this year but has highlighted that proper roads and transportation logistics continue to be a challenge.
With the government aiming to build two Hope-like canals in Region Six, President Irfaan Ali last Sunday disclosed that with these structures the risk of flooding is expected to be reduced by 60%.
At State House, President Irfaan Ali was yesterday presented with the Bank of Guyana’s $200 commemorative coin to mark the 200th anniversary of the Demerara slave revolt.
The Alliance for Change (AFC) has expressed alarm at what it sees as the prevalence of drug use in Guyana as well as the quantity of narcotics being interdicted by law enforcement.
The Amalgamated Transport and General Co-operative Credit Union is now under new leadership following the successful conclusion of their Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Elections at the National Cultural Centre on Homestretch Avenue on Friday evening.
Technical and vocational training across the country continues to be enhanced by the collaboration between the oil companies operating offshore and the Ministry of Education’s, Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (C-TVET).
Police ranks in Regional Division #8 conducted a cordon-and-search exercise on Thursday night at the Mahdia Arcade, where they stopped and searched Julian Hodge, called ‘Gully’, a 30-year-old Miner of Seven Miles Mahdia, Potaro, who was found with 13.8 grammes of suspected marijuana in his possession.
At about 17:00hrs yesterday, Chief Inspector Lyte was in charge of an Anti-Crime Patrol on Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, when the patrol observed a Toyota Tacoma vehicle bearing registration number PYY 9229 driving dangerously in the vicinity of Jimbo bridge, Grove.
The GTU yesterday applied to the High Court for an order of mandamus mandating the government to engage in collective bargaining from 2019 to 2023 and it also wants disclosure of correspondence with the Ministry of Education on the subject.
Two planes will be acquired for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) under an India EXIM Bank credit as the government here moves to enhance the country’s defence capability.
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has registered an after-tax profit of $3.1b for 2023.
By Shuntel Glasgow Residents of Eteringbang in Region Seven and other communities have raised concerns about their security in the wake of the recent robberies and murders of businesspersons.
Gerald Forde, who believes he is still the Representative of the List of Candidates for the New Movement (TNM) party, has written Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir about the loss of confidence in Asha Kissoon by their list.
At a press conference held yesterday at Congress Place, Sophia, APNU+AFC’s Mervyn Williams said that during a six-day visit to the Rupununi from March 7th, “hundreds of residents in several hinterland communities” complained that they have not been positively impacted by Guyana’s oil economy.
A post-mortem examination conducted by government pathologist, Dr Nehaul Singh, on the body of police sergeant Alex Vaughn has revealed that he died as a result of a gunshot injury to the abdomen.
Five officers from the GPF Special Branch were earlier this week reported to have shot at a car driven by police sergeant Ronald Payne after his vehicle was mistaken for one used in a criminal act.
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