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Barbadian authorities are expected to charge Guyanese born Captain Winston Leslie Fitzgerald Phillips in connection with the over five pounds of cocaine that was busted on a Panamanian registered vessel that stopped in Barbados after leaving Guyana last week. The 48-year-old Guyanese, captained the ship MV Rudisa Global, to Barbados and was in charge of its […]
The Opposition group, A Partnership for National Unity has settled on Medical Doctor, Karen Cummings as the replacement in the National Assembly for APNU member Deborah Backer, who officially resigned from the National Assembly last week to focus on her health as she recovers from an illness. Multiple sources in the APNU have confirmed the […]
Security and Intelligence officials in Guyana have confirmed that the terror threat which triggered heightened security at the Cheddi Jagan Airport came from Barbados. According to the officials who asked not to be named, Caribbean Airlines first received the threat over the weekend at its Barbados office in Bridgetown. “The threat came in the form […]
The Government of Guyana through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the Ministry of Public Works have activated an emergency plan in wake of the U.S Embassy’s warning about “unconfirmed threat information” relating to Caribbean Airlines flights destined for the United States departing on Monday, February 10, 2014. In a statement late on Sunday night, […]
The U.S Embassy in Guyana on Sunday announced that it has received unconfirmed threat information relating to Caribbean Airlines flights destined for the United States departing on Monday, February 10, 2014. According to an emergency bulletin posted on the embassy’s website, “out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy advises all U.S. Citizens in Guyana […]
An elderly American man and a Guyanese woman have been taken into custody and will face drug trafficking charges in the new week after they were separately busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with more than 40 pounds of cocaine in their suitcases. The two were both outgoing passengers on a Caribbean Airlines New York […]
A young mother of two children at Linden has been taken into police custody after she reportedly fed her children a high dose of the insulin diabetes drug, in a case of attempted murder and attempted suicide. Insulin is used for the treatment of various types of diabetes and an overdose could lead to several […]
The Diplomatic Representatives of the United States of America, Great Britain, Canada and the European Commission have indicated that they are pleased with the “willingness demonstrated by all parties to move Guyana toward compliance with international Anti Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) standards, including updated legislation and enhanced investigative capacity.” In a joint statement […]
The Guyana Police Force on Friday announced that 17 murders were recorded in the month of in the first month of this new year and that figure represents a 70% jump in murders when compared to the same period in 2013. In 2013, the Police Force reported that 10 murders were recorded in January. This […]
Leader of the Opposition and A Partnership for National Unity, David Granger on Friday confirmed that he has received the resignation letter of Deborah Backer as a Member of Parliament. He announced that the party is expected to meet over the weekend to decide on a replacement in the National Assembly for her. Ms. Backer […]
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