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Trinidad (Trinidad Guardian) – A total of 53 illegal immigrants were detained yesterday as a joint task force swooped down on known hideouts along the East/West corridor. According to a release from the T&T Police Service, the two-hour exercise, which was held at varying points along the Priority Bus Route, from the Aranguez Savannah to […]
The Chairman of the Ogle International Airport, Michael Correia, has dismissed concerns by some of the operators at the airport, that it is being badly managed. The Correia group owns a majority stake in the airport. Earlier this week, nine other operators announced the formation of the National Air Traffic Association in wake of what […]
The Guyana Police Force has managed to seize a total of 149.7 kilograms of cocaine at for the year so far according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum. This seizure represents a small reduction from the amount seized in 2014 which stood 155.5 Kg. However these figures represent a major reduction from seizures in 2013 which surpassed […]
The Guyana Police Force on Friday said heightened presence at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and in the vicinity of commercial banks and busy shopping areas will form part of its strategy over the next two months as it moves to clamp down on criminality during the Christmas season. The Police’s Christmas policing strategy […]
The Government of Brazil through the local embassy on Thursday handed over $26M in equipment to the Guyana Defence Force. According to a statement from the GDF, the donated equipment, is the outcome of continued government to government cooperation between Brazil and Guyana, and particularly, between the countries militaries. “The military aid package, consists of […]
Guyana’s rice exports increased by six percent during the period January to October 2015 as compared with the corresponding period for 2014. However, the industry is forced to deal with a significant fall in world market price that is affecting export earnings, and the continued insistence of an oversupply in the market, General Manager (acting) […]
The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has voiced its dissatisfaction with the government’s response to recent incidents of maternal deaths and has called on the government to do more to prevent such deaths. Former Culture Minister Dr. Frank Anthony led the PPP’s charge at a Thursday morning press conference. He said the country continues to […]
Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, Dr. Steve Surujbally on Thursday called on political parties to stop fuelling ethnic division as he disclosed that a request was made by one party for the Commission to specify the ethnicity of some 12,000 Guyanese who worked during the 2015 general elections. Dr. Surujbally explained he may be inclined […]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states and governments are being called upon to make urgent changes to the way they conduct business and foster more engagements with the private sector lest the region’s economy is left behind. The call was made by Suriname’s Minister of Trade and Industry, Sieglien Burleson during the opening of the 41st […]
A 26-year old Vendor was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of $1 million for the November 8 Demerara Harbour Bridge fatal accident which resulted in the death of his wife. The man, Dhanram Ramdeo Ramlall appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman and entered a not guilty plea while his […]
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