By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2017
News, Politics
After an absence for nearly 18 years, Guyana on Monday officially restarted the export of rice to Cuba. In a statement the Department of Public Information announced that approximately 7,500 tonnes of white rice is being exported to Cuba and the first shipment is about to set sail. According to the General Manager (ag) of […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2017
News
Faced with a bankruptcy move and lawsuits that could see it being forced to sell off some of its assets to meet debts, Dynamic Airways is preparing to suspend its operations to Guyana and pull out of the market completely. The move could come as early as next week and could put a dent in […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2017
Crime, News
Just when you thought you have heard and seen it all when it comes to the efforts of Guyanese to send cocaine out of the country, the latest drug bust by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit may prove to be a new swing in the drug trafficking arena. On Monday, CANU announced that it is […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2017
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has announced that there are two other persons in custody for the Saturday night robbery of and murder of a Berbice businessman. The first suspect was arrested early Sunday morning. The businessman, 58-year-old, Fazal Shaheed of Albion Berbice, was meeting with his brothers to plan a memorial service for their father, when […]
By News Source Guyana on September 24, 2017
News, Politics
(MOTP) President David Granger, on Friday evening, called on the Guyanese diaspora to use their skills, resources and education to help to transform the manufacturing sector of the country for the greater good of all citizens. The Head of State made these remarks at a ‘Meet and Greet’ Reception with some members of the Guyanese […]
By News Source Guyana on September 24, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators are probing a deadly robbery in the East La Penitence area, which left one man dead and two of his brothers nursing gunshot wounds. According to a Police report, 58-year-old, Fazal Shaheed of Albion Berbice, was meeting with his brothers last night at an East La Penitence home, when two armed men gained […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2017
Crime, News
Six days after he went missing, the body of 13-year-old Leonard Archibald, has been found. In a statement this afternoon, the Guyana Police Force announced that the murdered teen’s body was found on a mudflat at Korthberaadt River, which is located about three miles from Brothers Village, East Bank Berbice. The teen was reported missing […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2017
Crime, News
The Guyana Police Force has confirmed that it has two men in custody for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old boy from East Bank Berbice. The teenager’s body is still to be recovered but the two men have admitted to dumping the lad’s body in the Berbice river after they sodomised him into an […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2017
Crime, News
A week after he was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with four pounds of cocaine in his luggage, Linden resident and former Policeman, Travis Mendonca was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to drug trafficking. The 31-year-old man, who was earlier this year deported from Trinidad and Tobago, was getting ready […]
By News Source Guyana on September 22, 2017
News
An attempted robbery by two bandits did not turn out as planned late last night when one of the bandits shot the other during an attempt to rob a security guard. The incident occurred just around 11:30pm on Thursday as a 39-year-old security guard of Bachelors Adventure, was walking on the village’s Public Road. The […]