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During a Police outreach held in Queenstown village on the Essequibo Coast, Deputy Commander of ‘G’ Division, Marlon Taylor, was present and he reminded residents about their legal rights and explained the procedures in reporting and observing illegal activities within their area. Extending a hand of friendship to the residents, Taylor added that the Guyana Police Force is seeking to build partnerships in all communities throughout Guyana. Residents thus used the opportunity to request the establishment of a Police outpost in the community. Many persons declared at the outreach that…

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The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), in keeping with its mandate to carry out research into all sources of energy, has recently installed as part of a demonstration project, 20 integrated 80W solar-powered Light Emitting Diode (LED) street lights in Agatash Village, Bartica, along the left bank of the Essequibo River and about two miles from Bartica’s centre. The integrated solar-powered street lights use renewable energy from the sun to charge the batteries which provide lighting at nights using energy-efficient LED lights. The lights are controlled by a light sensitive circuit…

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“It is not a progressive step for Guyana, both with respect to democratic principles and accountability, and it has created a precedent that will be convenient when it is and inconvenient when it is not” – TIGI. Local transparency watchdog Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) has said that the time has come for a new formula to be crafted for the appointment of a Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) chairperson, something it believes should have been done long before now. Speaking about the highly-contentious issue, the organisation said on Monday…

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The Region One community of Mabaruma will benefit from the erection of a mini wharf which will bring relief to residents and boat operators using the current wharf — expected to undergo rehabilitation shortly. Region One Regional Engineer Rawle Boyer has said the mini-wharf project is being implemented by the Regional Democratic Council (RDC), and will be located at the Mabaruma Waterfront. A Gy$6.8million contract was awarded in August for construction of the wharf, which was slated to be completed by mid-November. The works are 40 per cent complete. “The…

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The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is reporting that operators of the recently re-launched 911 emergency system received more than 200 prank calls in just 48 hours. However, A Division (Georgetown-East Bank Demerara) Commander, Assistant Commissioner Marlon Chapman has since vowed to go after the pranksters and make an example out of them. Last Friday, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan re-commissioned the system, and at the ceremony, he sounded a stern warning to pranksters revealing that the new system has the capability to trace calls and pinpoint locations so that the…

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The Regional Democratic Council of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) and the Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) of Georgetown, in collaboration with the Legal Affairs Ministry, hosted on Wednesday an anti-corruption sensitisation for local government officers in the region. The seminar was aimed at making local government functionaries aware of the laws and regulations surrounding Guyana’s anti-corruption regime, particularly on the recent State Asset Recovery Act 2017, the Protected Disclosures Bill and the Witness Protection Bill. Regional Chairman Genevieve Allen said the seminar is a timely one as the region’s administration is…

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Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman is adamant that contrary to the prevailing criticisms that Government is being ill-advised and is, in fact, not adequately preparing Guyana for an oil and gas sector – the Government is watching and learning from other nations. The Minister was at the time speaking during the opening of a geosciences technology workshop, organised by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), on Monday. According to Trotman, the Government is pursuing technical cooperation engagements like these, which can provide information with a nexus between the technical…

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Shardanand Narine and his alleged his accomplice Darryl Pronton were on Tuesday committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of 28-year-old Babita Sarjou, whose body was dug up from a shallow grave in her ex-husband’s yard in May last year – some six years after she went missing. Following the conclusion of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI), the two-murder accused heard that a prima facie case has been made out against them and as such they were committed to stand trial before a Judge and jury at…

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Support from corporate Guyana continues to swell, with oil giant ExxonMobil stepping up with a donation to the country’s hurricane relief efforts for its Caribbean neighbours that were devastated by the storms in recent months. At the handing over Tuesday morning, President David Granger said that the Government of Guyana welcomed the Gy$10 million donation from ExxonMobil and its partners, Hess and CNOOC Nexen, which he said would go a long way in helping the affected countries and their citizens to recover from the devastation experienced during the current hurricane…

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