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A Corriverton, Berbice family has been thrown into mourning following the death of their 5-month-old baby. It is suspected that the child, Mason Cush, was electrocuted after chewing on an electrical cord in the home. The incident took place on Wednesday morning. According to a police report, the baby was at home with his parents, […]
(ABC) A passenger was arrested last weekend at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens after authorities say he attempted to smuggle live birds concealed within hair rollers. U. S. Customs and Border Protection agents stopped the arriving passenger on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana. During the course of the inspection, they discovered 70 live […]
The Guyana Police Force is continuing its crackdown on the sale of ecstasy pills. Today, a 22-year-old woman was charged after she was allegedly caught red-handed selling the ecstasy pills to school children. The woman was nabbed during a stake out and undercover exercise by lawmen. According to the Court documents, on the 8th December, […]
Moving into the new year, Guyana will continue to market its tourism product to the international community. The country has seen an increased number of arrivals over the past year and that number is expected to significantly rise as more airlines sign on to serve the Guyana market. The Tourism Authority is expected to tie […]
Those Police Officers who run foul of the law should also expect to face the full consequences for their action. Commissioner of Police, Leslie James made it clear this morning during a Police Force Christmas event that the Guyana Police Force has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to officers following the Force’s Standard […]
Guyana is expected to work closer with the US Drug Enforcement Administration and Interpol to better monitor and track down those persons suspected of being involved in the drug trafficking trade here. Appearing on an NCN Budget in Focus TV show, Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan explained that successful efforts have been made in the […]
President David Granger returned to Guyana last evening after completing the second round of medical treatment and evaluation in Cuba for his non Hodgkin lymphoma. According to a statement from his office, the Cuban Team of Specialists treating the President, have reiterated their complete satisfaction with his response to medical treatment and have explained that […]
President David Granger will be returning to Guyana this evening, having completed the second round of medical treatment and evaluation at the Centro de Investigaciones Médicas Quirúrgicas (CIMEQ) in Havana . According to a statement from his office, the Cuban Team of Specialists on Monday reiterated their complete satisfaction with the President’s response to medical […]
As the trial continues into the $550 million cocaine in timber bust, one of the accused, popular motorcycling star, Stephen Vieira today denied any knowledge of the cocaine, that was discovered in pieces of timber being prepared for export. In an unsworn statement read in Court today, Vieira said he had no knowledge of any drug […]
The ExxonMobil company today donated over $8.3 million worth of specialized equipment to the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Natural Sciences. UG Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith welcomed the gesture by the company and said the initiative of the company will fall into the University’s efforts to reinvent itself. “It matters; the investment that Exxon Mobil […]
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