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Just when you thought you have seen it all with efforts to get cocaine out of Guyana, a Jamaican national was on Wednesday busted with a fresh approach that simply could not stick. The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has arrested a 54-year-old Jamaican man who attempted to ship just over one pound of cocaine in […]
The People’s Progressive Party Parliamentary Opposition is threatening to take Health Minister Dr. George Norton before the Committee of Privileges for misleading the National Assembly on a multi-year agreement to store pharmaceutical drugs. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said on Wednesday that the PPP intends to take the Minister before the Committee “for lying to the […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday responded for the first time in person to the slew of criticism he attracted over comments he made recently while speaking to a crowd of mostly indo Guyanese immigrants in New York. Jagdeo repeated each of those very statements and said he intends to stand by them because they […]
Over 60 public servants were on Wednesday oriented into a five month course entitled “Spanish as a Foreign Language”, at the Foreign Service Institute in Georgetown. Those being tutored include Foreign Service/Trade Officers, Immigration Officers and personnel from several ministries and state agencies. This is the third teaching Spanish as a foreign language course being […]
The State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) will not only investigate past government functionaries but will also carry out probes, where necessary, on serving state officials and Government Ministers. Attorney General Basil Williams volunteered the clarification on Wednesday while casting aside accusations that public officials who served within and under the previous administration were being targeted. […]
A West Coast Demerara man is in police custody after another major drug bust at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport. Agents of the Police Narcotics Branch on Tuesday evening (August 9), seized over 175 pounds of cocaine in a large quantity of frozen fish and shrimp that was about to be shipped to New York. The […]
One day after 14-year-old, Malika Hamilton, barged out of her Hope, East Coast Demerara home following a telephone argument with her father, her lifeless body was found in the Hope Canal. Persons swimming in the canal made the discovery on Tuesday afternoon and it sent shockwaves throughout the closely knitted community. Scores of persons gathered […]
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has been granted $55.7M in supplementary provisions to further enhance its disaster response mechanism and operations. The approval of the funds came as the National Assembly discussed supplementary provisions for the CDC and other agencies that received funding from the Contingency Fund. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon faced a number […]
Police and mining officials are probing another tragedy in the mining sector. 45-year-old miner, Ricky Hughes died on Tuesday in a mining accident in the Omai area. According to reports, the man was operating an excavator at the time when it toppled and buried him alive.By the time he was pulled out, he was already […]
(BBC) Venezuelan officials have set out the timetable for a recall referendum on whether President Nicolas Maduro should remain in power. The Venezuelan opposition reacted angrily when they heard they would only be allowed to collect more petition signatures in late October. Opposition leader Henrique Capriles said an opposition march would go ahead in September. […]
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