Five bandits, four of whom were eventually nabbed by police officers, were on a robbery spree early Thursday morning. They robbed four persons and hijacked one man’s car, Police Headquarters said in a release. The five bandits were identified as: 18-year-old Emmanuel Hale, 32-year-old Hamza Samuels called Bad Coolie, Rawle Franklyn called Rawle Dog, Andrew…
Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police and former Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Paul Slowe believes that the Government needs to put together a Commission of Inquiry to look into the claims of a Police cover-up in a murder investigation, as made by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom. During an appearance on the Mark Benschop show…
THROUGH the Sustainable Agricultural Development Programme (SADP), the Planning Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday began the roll out of its Agriculture Survey for the establishment of a farmers’ registrar. In a bid to improve its efforts in meeting stakeholder demands and making profitable investments, the $20 million project, which is being funded…
AGRICULTURE Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, said that the cultivation of industrial hemp will make way for newer and more lucrative industries while boosting the economy. The minister shared his views following the successful passage of the Industrial Hemp Bill in the National Assembly last Monday, With Regions Six and 10 earmarked for the initial cultivation, Minister…
BANKER and financial expert, Floyd Haynes, has expressed consternation that his name was included on a list of speakers at a forum titled “Resisting the emerging apartheid state” organised by the Cuffy 250 Committee. Haynes, in a letter to chairman of the committee, Dr Norman Ng-A-Qui, said he was not asked formally or informally to…
Commissioner of Police (ag.) Clifton Hicken and Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum both insisted on Thursday that the damning allegations made by Police Sergeant Dion Bascom are untrue and malicious. Blanhum, during a press conference held at the Police Headquarters at Eve Leary, Georgetown, shared tidbits of the ongoing investigations into the claims made by Bascom.…
FIRST Lady Arya Ali, on Wednesday, received a donation of 6,000 packets of sanitary pads to support the nationwide Menstrual Hygiene Initiative to end period poverty experienced by women and girls who cannot afford sanitary pads in Guyana. The donation was made by Senior Minister for finance, Dr. Ashni Singh through the ministry’s Basic Needs…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., has announced that the construction of the all-weather facility to cater to the cricket academy has commenced and could be completed within three months. The facility will be at the North Eastern section of the National Stadium, Providence, and the idea is…
DAYVISHANIE NAIPAUL has been awarded a scholarship to pursue a three-year programme of Indian classical dance, Bharatnatayam, under the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Naipaul hails from the County of Essequibo and is a self-taught dancer since the age of five. Currently age 22, Naipaul has learnt kathak and Indian Bollywood dances and has…
Trade between Guyana and the European Union (EU) member states has been steadily increasing in recent years and those northern countries are seeking to establish a greater presence in the local market, capitalising on the ongoing boom. The interest in expanding their presence in Guyana is one of the reasons a new EU/Guyana Chamber of…
