Following a meeting with Home Affairs Minister, Hon. Robeson Benn, and the Guyana National Road Safety Council (GNRSC), it was disclosed that serious accidents have increased by 18 per cent, with speeding and inattentiveness while driving contributing to 90 per cent of road fatalities in the first half of the year. However, fatal accidents have […]
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The Ministry of Home Affairs notes with serious concern the contents of a Facebook post by Ms. Annette Ferguson, Member of the Parliament of Guyana, wherein she refers to “. . . . . . setting up of Death Squad and Black Clothes groups” arriving out of the considerations of Financial paper 2/2021 during the
Concerns about Ms. Annette Ferguson’s “Death Squad and Black Clothes groups” Comments Read More »
On June 14, 2021 at 20:15hrs, a report was received that an aircraft was seen circling the Bissaruni trail (12 miles East of Kwakwani). The aircraft subsequently landed and was discovered completely burnt. Examinations identified a burnt-out Cessna 206 in the Bissaruni trail with no illicit drugs or burnt bodies. This suggests that it was
Two suspected-illicit drug aircraft discovered in Guyana and Suriname Read More »
The Ministry of Home Affairs in collaboration with the Center on Crime and Community Resilience at Northeastern University is administering a survey on residents’ views on neighbourhood safety and the police. If you had already taken the survey, you can still proceed by taking it a second time. Thank you for your participation!
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Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn on Wednesday June 2, 2021, attended the third meeting of the recently reconstituted Fire Advisory Board. During brief remarks to the board, Minister Benn stated “there is a tremendous amount of work that has to be done both at the administrative and technical level” He encouraged the members
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The public is hereby advised that the immigration and support services department has been relocated as indicated hereunder: GPO
Relocation of the Immigration and Support Services, Ministry of Home Affairs Read More »
Georgetown, Guyana- The Ministry of Home Affairs Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP), in collaboration with Avasant Foundation of the United States of America (USA), conducted a fifteen (15) weeks Digital Skills Training Programme for Correctional Candidates at the New Amsterdam Prison. Thirty (30) inmates participated in the Programme and were awarded certificates on Friday March
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Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn and Permanent Secretary, Ms. Mae Toussaint Thomas, handed over a monetary donation, on behalf of the Ministry of Home Affairs, to Ms Dashana Skeete who has been accepted into the New Mexico Junior College (USA) on an athletic scholarship. Ms. Skeete, a young Lindener, is Guyana’s female track champion
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The General Register Office will from Tuesday May 18th, 2021 begin the distribution of computer generated certified copies of Birth, Deaths and Marriages which are registered in Guyana.
Distribution of Computer Generated Certificates Read More »
After conducting Surveillance for a number of days at a location along Number 68 village, CANU officers at about 04:00 hrs on the said day observed that about three (3) to four (4) individuals with flashlights were coming through a track not too far from where they were positioned. They also observed 2 lights on
Wanted Bulletin issued for Omesh Lakeram, 47 years old Read More »