The month of October saw a number of initiatives and outreach programmes being conducted by the Guyana Police Force (F-Division) in Bartica, as it aims to create public trust and strengthen the reinforcement of secure communities.
One of the persons who was found dead on the seawall yesterday after reportedly ingesting poison has been identified as 19-year-old Cummings Lodge resident Kavita Ackloo.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-A Director on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has resigned with immediate effect accusing the Antigua based organization of unprofessionalism, poor business methods and being responsible for a spate of public disputes with players.
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-The much-anticipated report by the Cricket Review Panel set up to examine the governance structure and recommendations on the way forward for West Indies cricket will be revealed tomorrow, a Grenada government Information Statement announced today.
Detectives in ‘F’ Division are currently wrapping up their investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of gold miner, Sheldon Rodrigues, male, 36 yrs of Ondeerneeming Village, Essequibo Coast, which occurred about 02:15hrs on November 02, 2015, at Falls Top, Arimu, Cuyuni River, the police say.
The bodies of a man and a woman were yesterday afternoon discovered on the Kingston seawall in the vicinity of Pegasus Hotel and police believe, pending further investigations that they are dealing with a double suicide.
Almost a dozen men were yesterday air dashed to the city for medical treatment after a truck that was transporting them toppled along a trail at Mahdia.
Agriculture Minister Noel Holder says that the much anticipated Commission of Inquiry report on the sugar sector is in need of “tightening” as it currently lacks a full array of options and additional information will be requested of the commission.
Government is interested in extending the forests protection agreement with Norway but there are some concerns that have to be addressed and there is need for a high-level meeting to discuss these issues, Mini-ster of Goverance Raphael Trotman says.
Unmoved by the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) rationale that it was waiting for the CoI report to begin wage talks, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said yesterday it was willing to seek an audience with the government.
Merriman Mall produce vendors were yesterday given two weeks to move from the paved area they currently occupy to a smaller section just behind it, previously known as the “skating rink.”
The trial of the four men accused of murdering 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris began yesterday in the High Court in Georgetown, where Justice Navindra Singh fined one of their attorneys for being almost an hour and a half late for court.
Human rights activist Sherlina Nageer says reports that Zenita Nicholson was turned away from the Providence Police Station, where she had gone to make a report of domestic violence, is evidence that many of those in uniform still lack concern for victims and their rights.
The Department of Labour has been investigating the recent accident at the work site at Camp and Robb streets and management has been alerted about violations that were uncovered.