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A 31-year-old woman was on Thursday busted with a quantity of cocaine strapped to her body while attempting to leave Guyana’s shores for Suriname. The Police said the bust amounted to 668 grams and the interception was made at No. 78 Foreshore, Corriverton, Berbice. The woman was identified as Senimelia Alizzia Lewis, of 84 Sugar […]
The Private Sector Commission joined citizens and other stakeholders on Friday to register its concern over the “inability” of the state to protect citizens from widespread gun inspired crime. The PSC said citizens now feel threatened, regardless of where they happen to be, because of the belief that they are under threat from violent gun […]
Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Friday said that “operational but remediable deficiencies” exist within Guyana’s main drug fighting agency, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). Ramjattan confirmed that these deficiencies were unearthed during a recent investigation into the unit’s operations. The government had ordered the investigation after self-confessed drug lord Barry Dataram had made some […]
In keeping with his promise to operationalise the Public Procurement Commission by the end of October, President David Granger on Friday appointed the persons who will serve as the Commissioners on that body. The five persons, nominated by both the government and opposition, took their Oath of Office at the Ministry of the Presidency and […]
The government has announced that it intends to push ahead with criminally investigating several officials of the former People’s Progressive Party government who were involved in the hosting of World Cup Cricket here and the granting and acquisition of lands at Sparendaam, referred to as Pradoville 2. The two forensic audits were recently reviewed by […]
(BBC) A landslide on a major highway in Colombia has killed at least six people, officials said. On Wednesday, tonnes of earth engulfed the main highway leading north from Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellin. The mud from the mountainside covered an area the size of two football fields and buried two cars, a lorry and two […]
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has joined forces with IntellectStorm – an Information Technology based solutions and marketing company – to implement Guyana’s online National Sport Database. The announcement was made on Thursday at the NSC on Homestretch Avenue. It is being done at a startup cost of $2.8 million. The company will be gathering data […]
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary West Indies captain Sir Viv Richards believes the poor run of results in the current series against Pakistan could be a sign that tensions between players and the West Indies Cricket Board may be reaching breaking point. The 64-year-old former batting star, who is covering the series as a […]
(MOTP) First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger, yesterday, encouraged several teenage mothers to become the leaders of tomorrow, in her address at an opening ceremony of the Teenage Pregnancy Support Group, held at the Sophia Health Centre. The First Lady said that the group’s initiative provides a place and the opportunity for the young mothers […]
One man is dead and another is seriously injured following a drive by shooting incident in Sophia on Thursday evening. The dead man has been identified as Kevin Innis. According to reports, Innis and another man were standing outside a shop in B Field Sophia when a car pulled up with two masked men and […]
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