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(Antigua Observer) The Guyanese woman nabbed with cocaine at the VC Bird International Airport, in June, will spend the next three years behind bars after failing to pay the $262,500 fine imposed in the All Saints Magistrate Court yesterday. Forty-nine-year-old Carlin Jocelyn Jackson who appeared before Magistrate Nagio Emanuel was fined $131,250 for importation and […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who has responsibility for Public Information has declared an end to the “abuse” that he said the state media has suffered in past years. Prime Minister Nagamootoo has now promised major policy and aesthetic reforms for the state owned National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana National Newspaper Limited (GNNL), which […]
The widow of murdered Herstelling carpenter Nathan Persaud, was remanded to prison earlier today after being charged for the man’s murder. Persaud’s battered and lifeless body was found in his Herstelling, East Bank Demerara home. His wife, Gwendolyn Persaud later admitted that she had hired someone to kill her husband. The woman appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court […]
Officials of US carrier, Jet Blue have started discussions with the Government of Guyana about the airline adding Guyana to its list of international destinations. The initial talks were held last Thursday in Florida on the sidelines of the Florida Conference on Current Caribbean Issues: The Diaspora Discussion. Guyana’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign […]
Guns and ammunition surrendered to the police during the ongoing one month amnesty can be used to prosecute in other crimes, Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud disclosed on Monday. Persaud clarified that the government pardon only grants amnesty for the possession of firearms and made it clear that the police will not go after anyone who […]
(BarbadosToday) Two Guyanese nationals have been slapped with eight drug charges after being caught with drugs aboard their fishing vessel. Coco Ibert Prophett, 29, and Paul Fraser, 42, have been charged with possession of cannabis, possession with intent to supply cannabis, trafficking cannabis, importation of cannabis, possession of cocaine, possession with intent to supply cocaine, […]
A Lamaha Springs beautician will appear in court early this week to face drug trafficking charges. The woman believed to be in her 20’s was busted on Friday while heading to the airport. According to reports, agents from the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit acted on a tip and intercepted the car that the woman was […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has shot down criticism by Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on his selection by the government to lead a government team into National Unity talks with the People’s Progressive Party (PPP). In a facebook post on Saturday, the Prime Minister said “Jagdeo cannot be the loser and chooser at the same time. […]
Police and Army troops early Sunday morning began a journey to the Kaieteur Falls to retrieve a body that was spotted last evening by Park Rangers. The discovery comes almost two weeks after a female Tourist went missing during a visit to the falls. While authorities remain unsure whether the body is that of the […]
A Truck bearing Surinamese license plates was intercepted at # 5 Villages, West Coast Berbice on Sunday last and found smuggling four hundred (400) boxes of chicken with an aggregate value of over $2.8M, the Guyana Revenue Authority said. According to the GRA, the truck and its contents were detained by officers from the Law […]
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