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In a step up from previous attempts to smuggle marijuana into the prisons, two persons were nabbed in separate smuggling attempts and will now face the Courts on marijuana trafficking and smuggling charges. In one incident, there was an attempt to smuggle marijuana into one of the prisons in the soles of slippers, while another […]
The Mahdia School Dorm Fire Commission of Inquiry will travel to Mahdia, and other neighbouring villages on Wednesday to conduct a familiarization visit. In a press briefing today at the COI Secretariat, Secretary to the Commission Javed Shaddick, explained that the visit is not intended to facilitate public hearings, but to have an assessment of […]
Officials of Caribbean Airlines have indicated that the airline’s services to many of its destinations are returning to a state of normalcy, even in the height of ongoing complaints from affected passengers. The airline announced today that many of its flights were back on schedule, although the ferrying out of the affected passengers was ongoing, […]
Tributes poured in today for longstanding member of the People’s Progressive Party, former Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon. Dr. Luncheon, who served every PPP government since 1992, died on August 2 after a period of illness. At the time of his passing, he was employed at the Office of the President as an advisor. In […]
Hundreds of Sugar workers from the Albion and Blairmont Sugar Estates in Berbice continue to protest, demanding a severance payout from the Guyana Sugar Corporation, (GUYSUCO). The protesting sugar workers were initially employed at the Rose Hall estate, but after the closure of that estate in 2017, many of them were transferred to the Albion […]
Confronted by an alarming increase in gun related crimes, Law enforcement agencies plan to intensify their campaign to rid the streets of illegal firearms, according to the Home Affairs Minister. In a recent interview with News Source, Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn said the Police Force has seized a number of firearms in recent […]
One of the students who was critically injured in the Mahdia School Dorm fire which claimed the lives of 20 children, has been released from the Staten Island University Hospital, after undergoing three months of special medical care. The young girl, Mariza Williams, was air-dashed to the United States back in May after surviving the […]
Caribbean Airlines flights across its network remained severely affected on Monday, even after the Industrial Court in Trinidad and Tobago ordered the airline’s pilots back to work. As of this afternoon, several flights remained canceled while others were updated to the “delayed” status. The airline admitted today that Sunday’s widespread cancellations and today’s ongoing disruptions […]
A post-mortem examination was this morning conducted on the body of 19-year-old Malinda Niewenkirk by Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul SIngh. In his report, Dr. Singh gave the cause of death as compression injury to the neck, consistent with hanging. The post mortem examination also found no other marks on her body, the Police said. The […]
Police investigators are probing the murder of 29-year-old West Bank Demerara driver, Bharrat Gendalall. The Canal #2 man was stabbed to the chest on Saturday evening, when a group of masked men attacked him in his yard. The motive behind the attack remains unknown. The Police statement indicated that moments before Gendalall was stabbed to […]
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