–says he used sponge and a cigarette lighter THE Guyana Police Force (GPF), on Sunday, disclosed that it has an alleged video confession from a 26-year-old Lodge resident, who claims he is behind Saturday’s devastating fire at the Brickdam Police Station. The police, in a press release, identified the alleged arsonist as Clarence Greene of…
A new COVID-19 vaccination card is being developed as part of efforts to curb the ongoing forgery of the COVID-19 ‘blue books’, according to the Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony. During his daily COVID-19 update on Monday, the Health Minister said that the Guyana Police Force (GPF) is investigating about 15 cases of forged…
With more questions being raised about the origin of the fire that gutted the Brickdam Police complex on Saturday, the Guyana Police Force in a statement on Sunday night reiterated that based on a confession statement which it has recorded, the fire was started by an upset robbery suspect who was in the lock-ups. According…
ONE interesting character¬istic of Coalition politics is that it is much easier to get in than to get out. The reason is that the entrance, a courting process, pales in comparison to when in the Coalition because much is invested in trust, networking, collaboration, compromise, creditability, and so on and so forth. It is therefore…
Police have arrested an 18-year-old man who was found with a .38 revolver. The teen from Rasville, Georgetown was arrested at about 04:00hrs Sunday at Pineapple Street in East Ruimveldt, Police Headquarters reported. According to the police report, ranks acted on information received and went to Pineapple Street where they conducted a search on the…
President Irfaan Ali was on the ground early this morning at the site of the fire which levelled the Brickdam Police Station on Saturday. Expressing his frustration with the Fire Service being unable to douse the blaze before it completely gutted the buildings in the Police complex, the President said the inefficiency of the Fire…
–region’s food import bill could be cut by 25 per cent, President Ali says GUYANA’s agriculture sector is on a transformative pathway, and can become the “agricultural heartland” of the English-speaking Caribbean, President Ifraan Ali said in his message on the commencement of Agriculture Month. President Ali said that government envisions that Guyana will play…
Though officers have attempted to retrieve some of the police records kept at the Brickdam Police Station, which is currently on fire, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn has acknowledged that the losses could be “tremendous” since local authorities have a “legacy of paper”. While at the scene as firefighters continue their efforts to battle…
With the start of the month of October, GTT has launched its annual Pinktober initiative in observance of Breast Cancer Awareness. Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company will once again host virtual events and fundraisers to keep supporters safe. At a launching ceremony in the National Park, GTT was joined with representatives from the…
BY 2025, the Ministry of Agriculture is looking to double the country’s fish production by comprehensively and sustainably developing the aquaculture industry. This is according to subject minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, who was, at the time, engaging the Japanese Ambassador to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, Tatsuo Hirayama. At his Regent Street, Georgetown Office, on Tuesday,…
