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Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today expressed the shock and alarm of the Government at the export of more than 11 tons of cocaine through a local port with no alarm bells going off. Belgium Authorities found US$1 Billion worth of cocaine in a container that arrived there from Guyana. The shipment left […]
The US Drug Enforcement Administration is assisting Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit with the local end of the Belgium cocaine bust that has been traced to Guyana. Head of CANU, James Singh told News Source this morning that the DEA and CANU are working on a joint team probing the shipment of the more than […]
A 29-year-old sanitation worker lost his life yesterday while on duty at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Lilliendall. The young man, Kevin Smith, was reportedly using a freight lift in a section of the building when it crashed to the ground, leaving him with several fatal injuries. He was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital’s emergency […]
Firemen rushed across to a variety store on Regent Street on Sunday evening as a fire ravaged through the building located at 136 Regent Street. By the time the firemen arrived, the building which was already engulfed but they managed to restrict the fire to the one building and a tent facility that was set […]
A Saturday morning mass at the Brickdam Cathedral came to a pause after a man of unsound mind attacked and robbed Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne as he presided over the service. The entire incident was streamed live on Facebook. Moments after Bishop Alleyne led a small congregation in singing “Yaweh is the God of my […]
Three Officers of the Guyana Revenue Authority who were on duty at the John Fernandes wharf when a container with more than 23,000 pounds of cocaine was loaded on ship and left Guyana have been arrested. At least two of the Customs Officers were the ones on duty at the container scanner during the scanning […]
The coronavirus pandemic in Guyana claimed two more lives today, taking the total number of deaths to 134. The latest victims have been identified as a 56-year-old man from Region One and a 58-year-old man from Region 4. The Ministry of Health has announced that the country has also recorded 64 new cases in the […]
Hours after the Clerk of the National Assembly released US Embassy documents which showed that Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond was still a US Citizen when she was sworn in as a Member of Parliament, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo rushed to her defence. During a press conference, Mr. Jagdeo said the Minister never misled the country […]
A Georgetown man who has been involved in the scrap metal trade for a number of years is among the persons being sought locally in connection with the 23,000-pound cocaine bust in Belgium. The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit today announced that their investigators are looking for Georgetown resident, Marlon Primo to question him about the […]
A post-mortem examination conducted on the bodies of the couple found burnt beyond recognition in their Eccles home has listed the cause of death as smoke inhalation and burns. The bodies of 34-year-old barber, Leeroy King, and his reputed wife 35-year-old Cindy Moses were found after firemen responded and managed to put out a blaze […]
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