By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2017
Crime, News
Guyana’s lead drug enforcement agency, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, is seeking the whereabouts of popular local super bike racer, Stephen Vieira, saw mill owner, Naraine Lall and West Coast Demerara businessman, Tazim Gafoor. The three are being sought by the agency for questioning in connection with Friday night’s 186 pound cocaine find in local […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2017
Crime, News
Police investigators have arrested a Sophia businessman, who attempted to bribe a policeman with $500,000 cash, to secure the release of his son from Police custody. The man was arrested on Friday during a sting operation after he contacted the Policeman and offered the bribe. The man’s 19 year old son was arrested by Police […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2017
News, Politics
With the sun shining brightly, the Ansa McAl company commissioned a new Independence arch at Cummings Lodge on the East Coast of Demerara on Saturday. The arch marks the eastern boundary of the City of Georgetown and is an independence gift to Guyana from the company which has been operating in Guyana for the past […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2017
Crime, News
The Guyana National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) confirms that a global ransomware attack is currently in progress. The self-spreading ransomware, known as ‘Wanna Cry’ or ‘Wanna Decryptor’, exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. It is believed that this ransomware is spread through phishing emails, malicious adverts on websites, and questionable apps and […]
By News Source Guyana on May 13, 2017
Crime, News
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, have taken a number of persons into custody after a large quantity of cocaine was on Friday afternoon discovered in several pieces of lumber in the village of Zeelugt on the East Bank of Essequibo. Up to late Friday night, agents were searching additional pieces of lumber that […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2017
Caribbean & International
(BBC) Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in 2010 are projected to live 10 years longer than those first using it in 1996, it found. Doctors say that starting treatment early is crucial […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2017
News
Secretary General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is pushing the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), to send a clear signal of its determination to make a difference in the region by reaching an agreement on the regional policy for micro, small and medium enterprise Speaking at the opening of the COTED Meeting at […]
By News Source Guyana on May 12, 2017
News
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure and the Ansa Mcal Company are offering apologies this morning over yesterday’s traffic chaos along the East Coast Demerara, during the installation of an independence arch at Cummings Lodge along the Rupert Craig Highway. The work which started early in the morning, had to be put on hold until last […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2017
Crime, News
Unable to hold back tears, a 40-year-old East Coast Demerara man appeared before the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court today, charged for the murder of his 18-year-old son, Azeem Khan. Better Hope resident, Omar Khan, was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge, but tears flowed from his eyes as the charge was […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2017
News, Politics
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is using the second anniversary of the APNU+AFC coalition coming to government to point out alleged acts of corruption. At a press conference on Thursday, several PPP Parliamentarians came together to blast the government, particularly over its management of the health sector and under procurement of medical drugs. During the […]