While the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded an 18% decrease in serious crimes in the country, driving under the influence (DUI) cases have seen a 90% increase compared with last year, Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud has said.
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) believes that there has not been a proper feasibility study on the parking meter project proposed by the Georgetown City Council and it should be scrapped.
Two bandits, who robbed Bourda Market stall holders of $500,000 on Monday evening, were subsequently apprehended with the assistance of public-spirited citizens and are currently in custody.
There is no evidence in the police’s database to suggest that there had been an increase in auto thefts or the theft of auto parts during major events, Commander of ‘A’ Division Clifton Hicken said yesterday, in response to a request by Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan for an analysis of such thefts.
The Ministry of Public Health, Chronic Disease Unit in collaboration with The Bureau of Statistics will be conducting a survey on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) from July to October.
Mohamed Imrazie Alli called ‘Panta’, 52, is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to trafficking in narcotics which occurred on June 08, 2016 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, EBD, the police say.
A Plantation Grove woman who was charged in February with three counts of trafficking a 16-year-old girl for labour, will hear the Chief Magistrate’s decision on July 29.
The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday launched its Mining Safety Seminar under the theme ‘Putting Safety First in Mining: charting a course to cultivate compliance and strengthen enforcement.’
The Georgetown Stabroek Leo Club will host a training programme for fathers and young men starting on Saturday at the Girls Guides Pavilion.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Theresa May became Britain’s prime minister yesterday with the task of leading it out of the European Union, and quickly named leading ‘Brexit’ supporters including former London mayor Boris Johnson to key positions in her new government.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s PDVSA is investigating U.S. allegations of a $1 billion bribery conspiracy involving the state oil company and has found there was fraud in procurement processes, according to a report of its 2015 results.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Venezuelan oil output is set to fall by around a tenth this year due to power shortages, a cash crunch and a drop in activity at foreign oil service companies, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is confident that Jamaica can offer support in the development of local crime and security intelligence-gathering strategies and techniques.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney for Manhattan Preet Bharara said yesterday that “millions of people” across the country believe their police departments are biased against them and that he had not shied away from charging officers for misconduct.
(Trinidad Express) On August 19, the High Court will deliver judgment on whether the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) acted contrary to law when it extended the regular voting time by an additional hour during last September’s general election and whether fresh elections should take place in five marginal constituencies based on that illegality.
(Reuters) – An Egyptian kebab shop owner in New Zealand has become an internet hit after a video of him ignoring a would-be robber and continuing to serve a customer went viral, drawing more than a quarter of a million views.
As the prosecution winds down its case in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, ballistics evidence was yesterday presented before the court.
SAN SALVADOR, (Reuters) – El Salvador’s Supreme Court yesterday declared as unconstitutional a 1993 law that prohibited the prosecution of crimes committed by the military and leftist guerillas during the Central American country’s bloody civil war.
(Barbados Nation) Pay up some of the millions of dollars owed to us.
A Colombian national was yesterday ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 or risk being thrown in jail for 4 weeks for overstaying her welcome in Guyana.
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