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The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit has been granted an order by the High Court allowing it to further detain a 32-year-old East Bank Demerara man who was nabbed with cocaine, before filing charges against him. Herstelling resident, Permanand Persaud was arrested by CANU ranks last Thursday after they found 23 pounds of cocaine in the […]
With a worrying crime situation in the country, Acting Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken has made a fresh call for the public to work with the Guyana Police Force to ensure the safety of their communities. During a ceremony to remember fallen ranks on Sunday, Mr. Hicken said Police officers are often exposed to life-threatening situations, […]
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today dragged the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) over the coals due to its failure to submit its Financial Statement for 2022 to the Office of the Auditor General, in keeping with the statutory deadline. Statutorily, government agencies are expected to submit their Financial Statements to the Audit Office […]
Due to the increasing demand for house lots and land for industrial activities, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, has announced that the Central Housing and Planning Authority is seeking to acquire additional lands to meet the demand. He said in some regions, lands have been identified to facilitate further expansion of existing housing […]
Eight months after Attorney-at-law Tameika Clarke was arrested by the Special Organised Crime Unit for advising her client to remain silent, the Acting Chief Justice Roxane George has found that her arrest was a breach of her rights under the constitution. The arrest took place back in October of last year at the SOCU headquarters. […]
Looking further set the stage for the building boom taking place in many parts of the country, the Ministry of Housing and Water will be hosting the 2023 Building Expo from the 24th to the 27th August at the Providence Stadium. Last year’s event, brought together scores of construction companies, building suppliers, commercial banks and […]
Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Omar Khan, confirmed today that the Board of Inquiry that was set up to probe the shooting death of a soldier by one of his own colleagues at the army’s Timehri base, has been completed. In responding to questions from News Source on Friday, Brigadier Khan […]
For the second time in three years, Guyana will be hosting the regional military training programme, Exercise Tradewinds. This year’s training programme which is fully sponsored by the US Military Southern Command, will bring together military troops from across the region and the United States for training and various exercises in a number of critical […]
A future entrepreneur and an aspiring astronomer are among the three students that topped the country’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with 506.7 marks – one mark less than a perfect score. Together, they have earned themselves a place at the prestigious Queen’s College. The top performers have been identified as Glasford Archer of Leonora […]
Police investigators are probing the attempted execution of a Georgetown businessman on Thursday night. The businessman, Safraz Khan was sitting in his car at Austin’s Place in Campbellville when he came under heavy gunfire from a gunman who was dressed in yellow hooded raincoat. A barrage of gunfire was heard in the area just before […]
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