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16 UG Final Year Students on Internship at GPS

Based on a mutually agreed partnership between the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) and the University of Guyana (UG) Department of Sociology, 16 final year Social Work Masters’ students will complete their practical assessment at various Prisons locations countrywide. The students are required to complete 280 hours of assessment in ten weeks. At the Social Work […]

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Georgetown Prison Inmate Wins Essay Competition

An essay focusing on “A Person who Inspired Me”, earned an inmate at the Camp Street Prison first place in the Inter-Prison competition. The competition organised by the Prisons’ Welfare and Corrections department, saw Surendra Sukhdeo emerged winner out of 25 essays received from four other Prisons’ locations. Second place went to Davernand Dhandari of

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Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, gave brief remarks at the launching of the European Union’s Armband Reflector Initiative

Honourable Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, M.P. was giving brief remarks at the launching of the European Union’s Armband Reflector Initiative which is aimed towards improving the road safety of school children and cyclists.   The event was hosted by the Ambassador of the European Union, His Excellency Mr. Fernando Ponz Cantó at the

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Press Release

The Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, MP, would like to categorically refute the lies on the correlated social media posts made by ‘Melly Mel’ on June 8, 2022 and ‘Rickford Burke’ on June 9, 2022 relating to a vehicular accident which occurred on May 27, 2022 involving a civilian, Medical Doctor and a Police

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Awareness Walk in observance of World Day Against Child Labour

Staff of the Ministry of Home Affairs participated in the Awareness Walk in observance of World Day Against Child Labour. The Awareness walk which was organized by the Ministry of Labour commenced at Parliament building, proceeded along Brickdam and ended at the Ministry of Labour. The walk was organized in observance of the theme “Universal

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