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The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is working along with the Guyana Rice Development Board and the Guyana Revenue Authority as it probes the 1.5 tonne drug bust in Germany in a shipment of rice from Guyana. Today, the Deputy Head of CANU, Lesley Ramlall explained that the probe has so far identified the date the […]
President Irfaan Ali this afternoon announced that Foreign Minister Hugh Todd has tested positive for COVID-19. Todd, who took the oath of office last week, informed the President of his test result and is now in isolation. In a statement, President Ali announced that he has advised all members of his cabinet to undergo COVID-19 […]
With Guyana seeing the cases of coronavirus climbing steadily, the Ministry of Education has started to engage various stakeholders on the issue of the reopening of schools. Schools in Guyana have been closed since March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Today, Education Minister Priya Manickchand met and held discussions with the Guyana Teachers Union on […]
The new PPP Civic government which campaigned on the promise of reopening the sugar estates that were closed under the previous government is not setting any timeline for any such reopening. Minister of Agriculture Zulficar Mustapha during a virtual press conference today said the situation will have to be properly assessed before any timeline could […]
In the past 24 hours, Guyana recorded a total of 34 new Coronavirus cases taking the total number of active cases to 391. In its COVID-19 dashboard which was released this afternoon, the Health Ministry revealed that recoveries remain at 189. There are also four persons in the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the Georgetown […]
A Sophia family of five has been left homeless after fire gutted their small wooden home this afternoon. The fire service was summoned to the scene just before 2pm but there was nothing that could have been saved. The 26-year-old mother of three, Lashana Mohamed was asleep in the house when she was awakened by […]
In a meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress on Monday, party leader, David Granger laid down the 10-point criteria that he nicknamed “the 10 commandments”, that will guide the party’s selection of the members who will be heading to the National Assembly as part of the APNU+AFC coalition. According to […]
Customs officials in the port of Hamburg in Germany have unearthed what has been described as the largest single cocaine haul in the country in recent years. Officials in Germany are reporting that 1.5 tons of cocaine was found stashed in a container with a rice shipment from Guyana. The container arrived aboard the container […]
Guyana’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has expressed concern again about the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country. Over the weekend alone, 30 new cases were recorded, taking the total number of cases in the country to 568 with 357 of those cases remaining active. The majority of new cases are from Regions […]
Attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes, who is representing the interests of the Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield, has written to the Director of Public Prosecutions requesting that she discontinues the private criminal charges that he is facing. Back in July, Mr. Lowenfield was charged with conspiracy to commit a felony and misconduct in public office. He was […]
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