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A 49-year-old teacher from Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara was charged on Monday with the possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The woman, Sharon McCurdy, pleaded not guilty when she appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court. She is accused of having 31.4 pounds of marijuana for […]
The Ministry of Public Works has announced that night time flights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport will resume tonight, as most of the repair works to damaged runway lights have been completed successfully. On Sunday, a number of flights were forced to divert to other countries after the Airport management. reported that a storm […]
With 218 party groups submitting nominations for the upcoming elections of the People’s National Congress Reform, incumbent leader, Aubrey Norton has clinched the majority of those nominations. In a statement at the end of nomination day yesterday, the PNC announced that Norton pulled in nominations from more than 170 of those groups for the position […]
By Svetlana Marshall The high-level meeting between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union ended today with a number of fresh proposals on the table. Among the new proposals put forward by the GTU, is for a multi agreement to be completed within thirty days. As he exited the Ministry of Labour today […]
Police investigators from CID Headquarters in Georgetown are supporting their counterparts in Region One, as investigations continue into the discovery of the headless body of a woman in the Port Kaituma area. The woman was identified by family members who recognised a scar that she has on her body. Her name has been given as […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has raised an alarm over the increase in cases of locals ‘fronting’ for foreign companies, which undermines the Local Content Act, and in some cases, evade taxes that ought to be paid to the Guyana Revenue Authority. In a release today, the Ministry said as part of its close monitoring […]
A 37-year-old former national table tennis champion remains in Police custody after he was nabbed at an apartment in Kitty, Georgetown, with guns and drugs. The man, Edinho Lewis, was arrested early on Saturday morning during a Police operation at his Dasilva Street apartment. According to the Police, a search of the man’s apartment uncovered […]
A number of flights heading to Guyana last night and early this morning, were diverted to other countries after the runway lights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport went out and became inoperable, leaving the runway in darkness. In a statement last evening, the Ministry of Works indicated that the runway lights and the backup […]
The People’s National Congress Reform has rejected a meeting of A Partnership for National Unity and the election of Executives of the Partnership, declaring that the meeting and election were unauthorized and null and void. In a statement on Saturday afternoon under the banner of the APNU, it was stated that the APNU held an […]
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton has called for the establishment of an Inter-agency Task Force in order to save the country’s gold-mining industry, which appears to be on the decline. During a press conference today, Mr. Norton said the rapid decline in the country’s gold production and declaration could be attributed to “Government incompetence”, however, he […]
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