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The Government of Guyana has defended its decision to clamp down on illegal mining in the protected Kaieteur National Park, despite protests from relatives of some of the illegal miners. Over the weekend, a number of illegal mining camps were shut down and miners arrested. The move came following repeated attempts dating back to more […]
(Trinidad Newsday) AN ABUSIVE relationship ended in murder on the weekend as Guyanese-born grandmother Enid Rosaline Periana, 62, was chopped to death inside the man’s apartment in Madras Road, St Helena. Police believe Periana was hacked to death Friday night although the gruesome discovery of her body was made the following day in the apartment […]
The Guyana Police Force on Monday dismissed claims by the Opposition that there are some 200 persons who have been blacklisted from leaving Guyana by the Special Organised Crime Unit of the Force. The Police described the allegation as nothing more than “a fabrication” and offered figures to show the number of persons blacklisted in […]
A meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) got off to a heated start on Monday after the Finance Director of the Georgetown Public Hospital, Ronald Charles, disclosed that he was “not fully” the Finance Director and could not answer questions being put to him. There was a brief exchange of words between Chief Executive […]
A date has been set for the commencement of the trial involving Former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall. On Monday, Nandlall asked that his trial in relation to the alleged larceny of over $2 million worth of law books from the Ministry of Legal Affairs, be tried in the Magistrates’ Court instead of the High Court, […]
The crew aboard a Guyana Defence Force aircraft faced a different type of turbulence on Saturday as a young Indigenous woman delivered her baby mid-air. Lucky for them, there was a young medical student on board to guide the delivery. It was just before 6:00pm on Saturday, that one of the GDF’s aircraft was transformed into […]
Guyana’s Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to develop stronger systems to monitor health risks globally, since this is an issue which small states continue to grapple with. The Minister was at the time delivering her address at the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. According […]
Intelligence gathering by police investigators has resulted in a major drug and illegal guns bust in the Campbellville community. On Friday night, police ranks moved in to the Duncan Street, Campbellville home of a young couple and found over 25 pounds of cocaine along with three unlicensed guns with matching rounds. A 31-year-old man and […]
(Bahamas Tribune) A GUYANESE woman was sentenced to 28 months in prison yesterday after pleading guilty to two counts of drug possession. Linda Reynolds, 23, was charged before Deputy Chief Magistrate Andrew Forbes with possession of dangerous drugs with intent to supply and importation of dangerous drugs. According to initial police reports, a Guyanese woman […]
Guyana’s Opposition Members of Parliament stayed away from the 51st Independence Anniversary flag raising ceremony, leaving their front row VIP seats empty. Last year, the Opposition had complained about improper seating arrangements and walked out of the Golden Jubilee festivities. Last evening as Guyana crossed into its 51st year as an independent nation, they simply […]
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