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(GINA) Guyanese rice farmers could be soon benefitting from the new, Mexico market, as the country has signalled its intention to fast track a paddy deal with Guyana, even as Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo continues to seek buyers for local farmers’ rice. The Office of the Prime Minister reported that the Mexican Agriculture Minister Jose […]
A Guyanese born, American citizen was on Monday slapped with a $75,000 fine after after pleading guilty to an attempting to smuggle 29 whistling birds out of Guyana charge. The 27-year-old woman, Ramjit Takerdeen, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and agreed with the prosecution’s case that on October 31, 2015, she attempted to take the […]
The lifeless bodies of a young man and a young woman were discovered just after 4:00pm this afternoon at the seaside of the Kingston seawall in Georgetown. The two persons are still to be identified but are both believed to be in their 20’s. The discovery was made by afternoon joggers. Police investigators at the […]
The Government of Guyana will be moving to implement the National Drug Strategy Master Plan within the next two weeks. Under the plan, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit and the Narcotics Branch of the Police Force will be merged into a single new drug enforcement agency, the National Anti Narcotics Agency. Speaking on the weekly […]
President David Granger came in for harsh criticism from the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday as it decried the high incidents of criminal activity and violent crimes that occur daily across the country. The opposition party which was booted out of Government in May, said President Granger’s conclusion that there is no new […]
(MOTP) President and Commander-in-Chief- of the Armed Forces, Brigadier David Granger on Sunday declared that November 1, this year and every year hereafter, will be observed throughout the nation as ‘Defence Force Day”. The President was at the time delivering message at a church service held in commemoration of the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) 50th […]
An investigation has been launched into the death of a Parika taxi driver whose body was found yesterday on the West Coast of Berbice, close to a week after he was reported missing. Police investigators have confirmed that the body of Shurland Dalloo was found early yesterday morning in a canal in the Onverwagt backdam […]
A 46-year-old Guyanese man is in the custody of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit after he was busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Saturday morning with a quantity of cocaine. The man was an outgoing passenger on a New York bound, Caribbean Airlines flight, when the CANU agents found the nine pounds of […]
On a rain soaked Saturday morning, members from the New York Police Department joined members of the Guyana Police Force and hundreds of mourners in Georgetown to bid farewell to slain Guyanese NYPD Officer, Randolph Holder. Heavy showers drenched the pall bearers and the other police officers as the body was taken into the Brickdam […]
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) in a statement on Friday criticized the government’s move to engage the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), saying the move reeks of double standards. The government has set out to engage GAWU officially following a three-day countrywide strike at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) on matters of […]
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