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-by Dennis Glasgow- Guyana’s Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan has expressed concern about the country’s alcohol consumption problem and he believes it has become more serious alcohol because young young people are being introduced to alcohol at an early stage in their lives. Some surveys have indicated that the age of alcohol initiation in […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, will lead a delegation on a visit to Guyana on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 September. The Chinese Foreign Minister will meet with President David Granger, and Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carl Greenidge during his visit. Those meetings will […]
Retired Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Cecil Kennard, will be sworn in this afternoon as the Chairman and lone member of a Commission of Inquiry that will be examining the Georgetown City Council and its operations. The Commission is being set up by the Local Government Commission and comes on the heels of several complaints […]
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is once again hitting out at the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Guyana Police Force, claiming that it appears to be targeting members of the former PPP government more than it is going behind drug traffickers and money launderers. Mr. Jagdeo was back at the SOCU headquarters this afternoon to […]
Guyana’s top drug enforcement agency, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, is raising alarm over the increase in the demand for ecstasy in local schools. The agency has been making moves to address the problem. Speaking at the opening of the annual CANU training programme this morning, Deputy Director of CANU, Lesley Ramlall, explained that the […]
Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) are being encouraged to ensure they remain professional and showcase integrity at all times. CANU’s annual training conference opened this morning in Georgetown with the Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, reminding the agents of the importance of their job and the need for more professionalism and integrity. […]
Police in New York have arrested the biker who they believe shot and killed a Guyanese born, New York Corrections Officer on Friday. 30-year-old Queens, New York MTA maintenance worker, Gifford Hunter was arrested on Sunday and is facing several charges in connection with the shooting death of Jonathan Narain. Narain was heading to work […]
An Albouystown woman is the latest person to be held with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport. In a statement, the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit announced the arrest of Shellon Yolanda Barrow of Victoria Street, Albouystown. She was held on Saturday while preparing to board a Jamaica bound flight. According to CANU, ranks stationed […]
The Attorney-at-law, whose expletive laced tirade against a Police officer was caught on video, is offering an apology for his language. The Attorney, who gave his name in the video as Ryan “F%@#ing” Crawford, issued a statement on his Facebook page, saying that his behaviour was not proper and he apologises for it. “I am […]
Two days after a video started making the rounds on social media with a foul mouthed Attorney berating a Traffic Cop in an expletive laced tirade, the Guyana Bar Association has said that it prefers to “refrain at this time” from offering a comment on the Attorney’s behaviour since the issue is under probe. In […]
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