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Almost four weeks after more than 11 tons of cocaine arrived in Belgium from Guyana, local investigators continue to draw a blank with their probe. While a number of persons have been questioned as part of the probe, there have been no charges and the shipper of the container that was found with the cocaine […]
Six years after being charged with the kidnapping and murder of East Coast Demerara businessman, Rajendra Singh, the four assailants were sentenced to 11 and a half years in jail. The four convicts, Deonauth Katwaru, Tony Thomas, Micheal Lewis and Adony James appeared before Justice Navindra Singh and opted to enter guilty pleas to the […]
The number of coronavirus cases in Guyana is climbing at an alarming level and the increase in new cases is happening across all of the regions. Based on the data provided by the Ministry of Health, since the start of November, Guyana has recorded 1,028 new cases of COVID-19. There have also been 23 deaths […]
President Irfaan Ali brought the curtains down on his official visit to Suriname today with an address to an extraordinary sitting of the Surinamese National Assembly. In the address, the President reflected on the good relations that have existed between Guyana and Suriname over the past years and pledged to strengthen the relationship and the […]
Guyana has recorded its 147th Coronavirus related death. The latest victim has been identified as an 87-year-old man from Region Six. Since the start of November, the country has recorded 21 coronavirus related deaths and 981 new cases of the virus. The number of cases has been climbing steadily with 35 new cases being recorded […]
Attorney and PNC Reform Member, James Bond was this morning taken into custody by the Police as a probe continues into the sale of government lands along the East Bank of Demerara. In a Facebook post, Mr. Bond announced his arrest and indicated that he was asked to take a lie detector test surrounding the […]
Guyana and Suriname today moved one step closer to realizing the plans to bridge the Corentyne river, which separates the two South American states. A Memorandum of Understanding was this morning signed in Paramaribo between the Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Suriname for the bridging of the Corentyne River. President Irfaan Ali and a Government […]
A Guyanese woman who is originally from Plaisance, but now works in neighbouring Suriname as a vendor, was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with more than 4 pounds of cocaine in book covers and various containers. The 42-year-old mother of seven has been identified as Tommy-Ann Bunbury. She recently traveled to Guyana from Suriname […]
The Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission, Trevor Benn has become the latest person to be hit by the PPP Civic government’s firing squad. He has been told that his services will longer be required at the Commission from the 4th February 2021. Benn’s contract was scheduled to come […]
After first sending him on leave and later requiring that he maintains regular checks with the Office of the President after his leave was up, the Government today fired Dr. Vincent Adams as Head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Adams was hired under the previous government in 2018 and was credited with several improvements […]
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