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The Guyana Police Force said it is investigating the shooting and robbery of a 67-year-old man who was attacked by motorcycle riding bandits in the North Ruimveldt area. According to a police report, the incident took place around 12:45 this afernoon when the man, Reginald Manbodh, “had just returned home in his motor vehicle at North […]
A 49 year old Guyanese woman was arrested and charged after a quantity of cocaine was found in her luggage when she arrived at the VC Bird International Airport on last Tuesday. Police said 49 year old Carlin Jocelyn Jackson was slapped with charges of possession of cocaine, possession with intent to transfer, importation and […]
NY (CBS) – Officials say a passenger was looking bake more than just a cake as U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at John F. Kennedy International Airport found cocaine in a woman’s suitcase. Authorities say on June 6, CBP officers stopped Alizah Zaneshia Henry, who was arriving on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana via […]
The Head of the National Communications Network (NCN) Berbice operations Faizal Jafarally was on Friday morning fired. The dismissal was confirmed by Jafarally himself. News Source was informed that a team, including NCN’s CEO Molly Hassan and Communications Director at the Ministry of the Presidency Mark Archer travelled to the New Amsterdam location this morning […]
The two news editors who were fired from the state-owned National Communications Network are fighting back this morning and have accused NCN of firing them for their perceived political affiliation. In a statement, the former NCN staffers Edward Layne and Adele Rampersaud said “we wish to categorically reject these claims which bear no truth and […]
The National Communications Network on Thursday afternoon fired two of its news editors over a $68,000 fraud that involved hotel booking and bogus receipts. Senior News Editor and former anchor Eddy Layne and News Editor Adele Rampersaud were sent packing by NCN management following the findings of an investigation into an incident that occurred during […]
Two senior staffers at the Ministry of Public Service have been sent on leave after they attempted to transfer a number of government vehicles to private individuals including a former minister and her spouse. Police investigators have been called in to probe the alleged fraud after documents were found with forged signatures seeking to have […]
The United States Embassy in Georgetown announced on Thursday that it is unable to print visas at this time due to a persistent hardware failure in a State Department facility in the United States which started on June 9. The Embassy has asked that all applicants who were asked to pick up their passports on […]
A gold miner died this afternoon following a mining pit collapse at Jumbie Creek in the Mahdia community. Another miner is in a critical condition. The names of the two miners have not been released. The incident reportedly took place just after 12 noon on Thursday as the miners were in the pit digging for […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party is pleading with the new APNU+AFC government to ensure Guyana enacts, earliest, amended Anti – Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing legislation, lest the country is exposed to more international pressure. The call comes at a time when the PPP continues to reject its demotion to opposition status, after 23 years in […]
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