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Drug Enforcement agents in Guyana and the United States are probing the discovery of a quantity of cocaine in the baggage hold of a Dynamic Airways jet which arrived at New York’s JFK Airport from Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday night. The discovery was reportedly made by a baggage handler at the JFK Airport, who found […]
Three men who were described by the Police as “rustlers” are currently in custody after being found with 15 stolen horses in the Region Nine area. According to a police report, at about 12:00 hrs on Tuesday, acting on information received, ranks from the Lethem Police Station went to Manari, Central Rupununi, where they arrested […]
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) women soldiers will soon join their male counterparts at the country’s border locations to lend support in the defense of Guyana’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. The announcement was made by Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips during a thanksgiving service on Wednesday to mark the commencement of activities to celebrate the […]
The Massy United Insurance Company, which was started in Barbados in 1976, has now officially launched its full presence in the Guyana market with the takeover of the John Fernandes Insurance Company. The two companies have completed an agreement which sees Massy absorbing the John Fernandes Insurance brand. At a reception to mark the launching […]
The 26th edition of Ram & McRae’s annual budget review has been published and it welcomes the early presentation of the 2016 budget while also offering some criticism In what appeared to be its greatest worry, the tax consulting body, expressed disappointment on the issue of Contract Employees. The number of contract employees has been increasing […]
One day after a sitting Opposition Member of Parliament and former PPP Government Minister was charged with 24 counts of fraud and released on bail, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has called on Finance Minister Winston Jordan to release the findings of all state audits conducted by the APNU+AFC government. But even as Jagdeo, a former […]
The Government Analyst – Food and Drug Department is once again advising food importers to ensure that when importing milk for release for sale on our local market, the product must be in compliance with the prescribe standards of the Food and Drug Regulation or that of the International Food Standard Codex Alimentarius. The Department […]
Twenty-six-year old Kwame Cumberbatch, who described himself as a local cyclist, was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in jail and fined $873,000 on a conviction of Trafficking Narcotics. The Cummings Street, Georgetown resident made an appearance before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. The man was busted with cocaine amounting to 194 […]
(BBC) Cuba has announced it will launch residential broadband internet services in two areas of its capital, Havana. The government has also said it will allow cafes, bars and restaurants to order broadband service. Currently, broadband home connection is legal only for diplomats and employees of foreign companies, a report said. The Caribbean nation is […]
(BBC) There is no chance that the Rio Olympics will be cancelled because of a Zika virus outbreak, Brazil has said. The authorities said there was no risk to athletes and spectators – except pregnant women – at the August event. Earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned a disease linked to Zika posed a […]
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