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The police constable who was nabbed earlier last month with several Guyana passports in his home is expected to face disciplinary charges soon. This is according to Deputy Police Commissioner and Crime Chief, Lyndon Alves, who told Guyana Times International on Sunday that this has to be done now that the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has directed such. “He will be charged departmentally; it is a disciplinary charge that is under the Police Act and that is what he is being charged under…. Under this charge,…

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The Police have reportedly arrested three suspected bandits in Ruby Backdam, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) on Sunday evening while two escaped. Based on reports received, a resident of Ruby Backdam was driving along the main access road heading home when he came under gunfire. He reportedly attempted to overtake two cars – a Carina 212 and a Toyota Premio when the occupants opened fire. The man managed to escape and immediately contacted the Police. A cousin of the traumatised man explained that the Police took close to an hour before…

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In light of People’s Progressive Party/Civic Chief Whip, Gail Teixeira writing Police Commissioner Leslie James over recent comments made by Finance Minister Winston Jordan and Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo in defiance of the CCJ ruling, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is confident that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will do what it is mandated to do. But in the same breath, he stated that while he has confidence in the country’s security forces, there are attempts in certain quarters to treat issues in a “political fashion” especially when the Government is…

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As the 11th Caribbean Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (CAROSAI) Congress opened on Monday morning IN Georgetown, People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Presidential Candidate and Public Accounts Committee Chairman Irfaan Ali urged regional leaders to analyse the existing gaps that would, in turn, help their respective countries to leapfrog into the future. The official opening ceremony of the five-day regional conference was held at the Ramada Georgetown Princess Hotel. The event is being hosted from June 23 to June 27, under the theme “Vision of Performance; for Relevance and Success”. According…

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Even as the Administration continues to downplay the deteriorated state of the Linden to Lethem road, which has been creating hardships for road users, particularly minibus operators and businesses, the condition of the trail continues to worsen. With no efforts being made by the Administration to remedy the issue, road users are left to push through by any means necessary to secure their daily bread. Minibus operators, who over the past two weeks were forced to park their buses due to the state of the road, are now back on…

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A 23-year-old man who is accused of stealing chicken was granted bail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts on Monday. Omalo Dick, of A Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him by Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. The charge stated that on June 22, 2019 at Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, he stole 77 kilograms (170 pounds) of chicken valued at G$51,680 from Rawle Burkette. Prosecutor Adduni Innis did not object to bail. She did not disclose the facts of the matter. Magistrate Isaacs-Marcus granted bail…

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…systems in place for youths to register and vote Persons who are currently not on the Official List of Electors can become registered in time for early elections without House-to-House registration. The last House-to-House registration was done in 2008. Thereafter, various cycles of continuous registration were done to ensure persons were given unlimited opportunities to get registered from as early as the age of 14. When a person who was registered since he or she was 14 turns 18, their name is transferred to the voters’ list. Opposition Leader Bharrat…

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Kimberly Adams, a quarterfinalist in the Miss World Guyana 2020 competition, has officially launched her “Beauty with A Purpose” initiative, with the goal of transforming the digital landscape of Guyana. The initiative, Future Guyana, was designed to tackle the issues of brain drain and lack of innovation in the country by establishing accelerator programmes geared towards providing equal and accessible opportunities in the information technology field. “While education is a fundamental element in the overall path of progressing this sector, it is incomplete. Our students must be equipped with the…

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Close to five years after it officially opened its doors, the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) is now able to conduct critical tests that will aid in the fight against crime. On Wednesday, the spanking new equipment funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) was commissioned at the lab which is housed at Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown. Director of the G$1.049B building Delon France listed the newly added features. “The laboratory is now a national pioneer for human identification using Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) testing and it enables us to conduct three…

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Regional authorities in Berbice who are in receipt of information that the Police had colluded with the three bandits who were killed in Black Bush Polder are being asked to come forward with the evidence. This challenge was put forward by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan, who told Guyana Times International on Monday that, as is customary whenever a member of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is implicated in wrongdoing, an investigation has to be conducted. He explained that upon receipt of reports that Police ranks have been feeding information…

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