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Monthly Contractors Meeting reconvenes for 2023

Monthly Contractors Meeting reconvenes for 2023 Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, and Permanent Secretary, Ms. Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas, accompanied by the Head of Projects, Engineer Narendra Guyadin, and the Staff of the Projects Unit, are meeting with the contractors of various ongoing projects to discuss the progress. The monthly contractors meeting is …

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Monumental move: All holding bay prisoners transferred to new Lusignan corrections facilities

Monumental move: All holding bay prisoners transferred to new Lusignan corrections facilities Some 689 incarcerated individuals were relocated from the holding bay to the new Lusignan corrections facilities, a “monumental task” that followed the completion of the three new state-of-the-art prisons. “This transfer required tremendous forethought and coordination given the logistics and security concerns,” Director …

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MOMENTOUS, HISTORIC OCCASION FOR GUYANA POLICE FORCE – Training Manuals completed, to be used by GPF’s Training Academy

MOMENTOUS, HISTORIC OCCASION FOR GUYANA POLICE FORCE Training Manuals completed, to be used by GPF’s Training Academy Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Clifton Hicken, this morning received the much-anticipated Training Manuals/Study Modules to kickstart the Guyana Police Force Academy’s courses that will specifically target over 4000 Junior Officers and Ranks. The comprehensive training manuals are …

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Permanent Secretary Visits Ogle and West Ruimveldt Fire Stations

Permanent Secretary Visits Ogle and West Ruimveldt Fire Stations Construction works at the new Fire Station at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport, Ogle, which commenced in February 2022 at an estimated cost of over G$76 million, is moving a pace and has achieved practical completion. This was related to the Permanent Secretary of the …

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Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, M.P., attending a Trafficking in Persons Training for Immigration Officers

Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, M.P., is attending a Trafficking in Persons Training for Immigration Officers on Friday, March 24, 2023, at the Guyana Police Force Officers’ Training Centre, Eve-Leary. The Ministerial Taskforce on trafficking in persons is conducting this course and seeks to train 40–50 immigration officers from the Guyana Police Force …

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Permanent Secretary Continues Her Quarterly Capital Project Inspection

Permanent Secretary Continues Her Quarterly Capital Project Inspection On Thursday, March 23, 2023, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Ms. Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas, continued her capital project inspection on several projects under the ambits of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Regions 3 and 4. The Wales Fire Station, Command Centre, Leonora …

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Permanent Secretary Commences Capital Project Inspection 2023

Permanent Secretary Commences Capital Project Inspection 2023 Permanent Secretary Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas and a team from the Ministry of Home Affairs, accompanied by Mr. Miguel Choo-Kang from the Ministry of Finance, conducted a walkthrough of the Lusignan Prison Complex on March 22, 2023 as part of her ongoing inspection of capital projects. The multi-billion-dollar …

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Minister Benn Appointed Chairman of the Regional Security System Council

Minister Benn Appointed Chairman of the Regional Security System Council Minister of Home Affairs Hon. Robeson Benn, accompanied by Col. Omar Khan and the Acting Commissioner of Police, Mr. Clifton Hicken, are currently attending the Regional Security System Council of Ministers’ Meeting 2023 hosted in Grenada on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. In September 2022, Guyana …

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