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The Guyana Police Force and the Child Care and Protection Agency have launched an investigation into the abandonment of a newborn baby near a canal in Recess, Mahaicony. In a statement today, the Guyana Police Force said the baby was seen by a team of doctors and is in good health in the care of […]
More than a year after the Audit Office found that COVID-19 supplies valuing more than $1B were procured in an ad-hoc manner, the Ministry of Health and the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) were hauled over the coals by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament and told better must be done. According to the Performance […]
A Trinidad and Tobago company- Davis Ecolife – has been ordered to repay the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) more than $6.1M over its failure to supply the authority with two Eco Pods. The judgement was handed down earlier this month by High Court Judge, Gino Persaud. An Eco Pod building system is a system […]
A CARICOM special mission to Haiti has wrapped up its meeting as CARICOM seeks to do more to address the current political and economic crisis in its member state. On Monday, Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness led the CARICOM team to Haiti. While there, he met with the interim Prime Minister of Haiti, Dr. Ariel […]
The two Brazilian men, who were nabbed last week at an illegal mining site in Guyana with an unlicensed helicopter, are facing a number of charges in the local Courts. The duo, helicopter pilot Alexandre Felix Plan and labourer Ricardo Silva, appeared in Court on Monday and were told of the multiple charges filed against […]
With the hope of arriving at a swift and amicable resolution to the dispute over funding for the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G), the Government and group’s Coordinating Council are expected to commence mediation soon. In the High Court today, IDPADA-G’s Attorney, Nigel Hughes informed Chief Justice Roxane George […]
The Regional Chairman for Region Four, Daniel Seeram, has issued a call for the removal of the Regional Executive Officer (REO), Donald Gajraj over what he considers to be a series of violations and infractions by the REO. During a press conference today, the Regional Chairman outlined several occasions where the REO failed to act […]
A newborn baby was found alive and abandoned near a canal at Recess, Mahaicony earlier today. The baby boy was found wrapped in a pair of pants and a gift paper by a group of farmers working in the area. Police officers were quickly summoned to the scene. Upon arrival, the police officers rushed the […]
With a number of cases still before the Courts, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) has reported that it was able to take more than $1.1 bilion worth of drugs off the streets of Guyana in 2022. According to CANU, it was able to seize over 3400 kgs of narcotics in 2022, which represents a […]
Almost a year after she was nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with cocaine in her suitcase and packets of cocaine strapped to her body, 26-year-old former media worker, Zanneel Williams was today sentenced to four years in jail. Williams was busted in April 2022 with more than 17 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on […]
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