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Handing Over of Sites for Reconstruction (Kurupung, Kamarang and Imbarimadia)

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Home Affairs Minister, Hon. Robeson Benn, handed over the sites for the reconstruction of the Kurupung, Kamarang, Imbaimadia and Kato Police Stations. Minister Benn issued commencement orders to the contractors Truck Smart and Gharbaran Construction. Additionally, residents were encouraged to highlight issues that were affecting them. Minister Benn was accompanied by members of the Guyana …

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Meeting with Various Contractors to Urge the Timely Delivery of Projects

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Home Affairs Minister, Hon. Robeson Benn, held a meeting with various contractors to urge the timely delivery of projects. Representatives of Tony’s Construction, M&P Investment, Nabi Construction Inc., Builders Hardware, General Supplies and Construction, Mohamed’s Enterprise and other construction services, Permanent Secretary, Ms. Mae Toussaint Jr. Thomas, and other staff of the Ministry were all …

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Concerns about Ms. Annette Ferguson’s “Death Squad and Black Clothes groups” Comments

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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 β€œ. . . . . . setting up of Death Squad and Black Clothes groups” arriving out of the considerations of Financial paper 2/2021 during the …

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Two suspected-illicit drug aircraft discovered in Guyana and Suriname

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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 …

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Citizens’ Views of Neighborhood Safety and Police

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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!

Minister Benn Give Remarks at the Fire Advisory Board Third Meeting

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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 β€œthere 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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New Amsterdam Prison Inmates Awarded Digital Skills Training Certificates

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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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