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Marijuana remains the most trafficked drug in Guyana with the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) seizing approximately 2200 kilograms of cannabis during the first six months of 2022. That illicit drug is followed by cocaine. Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), James Singh, in his mid-year report disclosed that during the first quarter of 2022 […]
The Full Court, in upholding a decision of the High Court, has ruled that a poll conducted by the Trade Union Recognition Board in 2020, which resulted in the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) replacing the Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers as the workers’ representative at the Burma Rice Research Centre, was […]
Berbice resident Andrew Samuel Sealey has been taken into custody by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit after he was busted on Tuesday with more than three and a half kilograms of marijuana in his possession. The 29-year-old man was arrested in New Amsterdam with a large bag carrying five parcels of marijuana. The man and his […]
Although criminal charges were filed by the Police over the theft of $400 million worth of raw gold from a Mahaica home by a construction worker and the involvement of others in its sale, the Police Force has shielded the identity of the virtual complainant in the matter. Senior officials of the Police Force have […]
President Irfaan Ali addressed the UN General Assembly today and called for an immediate re-examination of the financing gap and the debt portfolio of developing countries. The President made the call as he spoke about the hardships being faced by many developing states as they recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. He said a reopening of […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) today defended the process that led to the hiring of retired Voter Education Manager as the new Assistant Chief Elections Officer at the Commission. On Tuesday, the opposition nominated Commissioners voiced some concern about the hiring process, pointing out that the new ACEO only applied for the job during a […]
An early morning row in the East Coast Demerara village of Ann’s Grove has left a 21-year-old young man and his father dead in a case of murder-suicide. The father’s reputed wife is currently hospitalised in a critical condition. According to reports, the father, Leon Bobb began his rampage by attacking his son Seon Scott […]
Former Voter Registration Manager at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Beverly Critchlow was today appointed Assistant Chief Election Officer (ACEO). However, the decision did not gain the support of Opposition-nominated Election Commissioners. Commissioner Vincent Alexander described the recruitment process as “contrived.” The decision to appointment Ms. Critchlow to the Office of the Assistant Chief Election […]
Opposition Member of Parliament Amanza Walton-Desir today reiterated her party’s call for President Irfaan Ali to fire Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo for alleged corrupt practices which were documented in a foreign media report earlier this year. Chinese businessman, Su Zhirong, who Mr. Jagdeo acknowledged as his friend, made some damning statements implicating the Vice President. Among […]
More than nine months after more than $400 million worth of raw gold was stolen from a Mahaica businesswoman, the Major Crimes Unit of the Guyana Police Force has launched an investigation. Two persons were charged today in connection with the heist. In a statement this afternoon, the Police Force confirmed the arrest of a […]
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