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Police constable shot after robbed

At about 0535h today, the police say that Police Constable 14716 Kirk Profitt was walking along Bent Street, Georgetown, when he was attacked by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

Annandale intruder still alive – police

The man who was shot during an attempted robbery yesterday at the home of businessman Ishwar Jeffrey at Annandale North, ECD, was seriously injured to his face and not fatally shot as was inadvertently stated in a press release on the incident yesterday.

Guyanese most often overstay in T&T -police

(Trinidad Express) Guyanese nationals have featured prominently as both “overstayers and undocumented migrant workers” in this country, according to statistics from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (CAPA), a research report on invisible immigrants has stated.

Guyana rises on Index of Economic Freedom

Guyana has registered its highest score in eight years on the Wall Street Journal/ Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom but remains listed among “the mostly economically unfree” countries.

Colwyn Harding

GPH doctors saw no signs of rape during Colwyn Harding treatment

Senior doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday said signs of the alleged rape were not seen at any time since Colwyn Harding’s hospitalisation last month and that he did not tell any of the medical staff attending to him that he had been sexually assaulted with a baton by police.

Anil Nandlall

More expert evidence permitted with amended law

An amendment to the Evidence Act, passed on Thursday in Parliament, will now make it easier for mothers in paternity disputes to prove their case in a court of law as well as speed up the presentation of evidence in other matters.

The Chief of Staff affixes acting Commander (CG) Orin Porter’s new badge of rank. He is assisted by the Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Kemraj Persaud. (GDF photo)

348 army officers, ranks promoted

President Donald Ramotar, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has approved the promotion of 348 members of the Guyana Defence Force in accordance with the Defence Act Chapter 15:01, of 1977.

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