A 48-year old man, who was arrested at No. 59 Village Beach Front, Corentyne Berbice has pleaded  not guilty to being in possession of 85.5 pounds of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Tuesday. The anti-drug agency said  Sean Benjamin was remanded to prison until March 23, 2022 by Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh at Springlands ...

The man, who was arrested allegedly attempting to leave Guyana for the United States with cocaine in fried rice, has pleaded not guilty. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) says that 28-year old Esmond Jermaine Anderson was remanded to prison until March 8. CANU says he was held with six pounds of cocaine in frozen fried rice minutes before he was ...

Bishops’ High School teacher, Coen Jackson was Tuesday found not guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child under 18 years old by abusing a position of trust, his legal team said. Attorney-at-Law Nigel Hughes said the jury was unable to arrive at a verdict on the remaining three counts on the same charge. In the remaining three ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Tuesday argued against government building a more than US$1 billion natural gas pipeline, and instead suggested that the gas be shipped to shore or other markets. PNCR Central Executive Member, Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best declined to provide details to justify his party’s preference for shipping, instead saying that would be done before ...

A search, rescue and recovery team on Monday spotted the net of the trawler that capsized in the Atlantic sea early Sunday morning, resulting in the disappearance of three fishermen, Public Works Minister II Deodat Indar said. “They saw the net floating in the general area where the trawler sank,” he told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online ...

The man, who allegedly shot dead his son-in-law has been captured, Guyana Police Force Crime Chief, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum  said. The man was reportedly held earlier Monday at the Eugene F. Correia ‘Ogle’ International Airport shortly before attempting to board a plane to Trinidad and then to the United States. He is accused of the shooting death of 25-year ...

As families await word about the disappearance of three fishermen after a seabob trawler sank off the coast of Mahaicony early Saturday morning, officials on Monday said emergency response was hampered by the late delivery of information to authorities. “Our understanding is that there was no information passed on to the Lighthouse or MARAD (Maritime Administration) at the time of ...

A search has been launched for several fishermen who have gone missing and are feared dead after the trawler they were working on capsized. Those missing and feared dead are Harold Damon, Winston Sam and Ronald Burton. The lone survivor is Vincent Dazzell who claimed that he was rescued by fishermen and given a bus fare to Georgetown. He has ...

A  man from Number 5 Village, West Coast Berbice has been arrested after 2.9 kilogrammes of cocaine were found in a bowl of fried rice in a suitcase he was carrying, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) alleged on Sunday. CANU said its agents intercepted the narcotic, with a street value of US$84,000.00 (approximately GY$17.2 million), on Friday while 28-year old ...

A more than 2o-year-old idea to generate electricity from wind for consumption by Guyanese could this year move to the installation of six turbines at Hope Beach and Chapman’s Grove, East Coast Demerara and their output would be supplemented with solar energy during periods of less wind, an official said. Project General Manager for the Hope Energy Development Project, Johan ...