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The two St. Lucian women, who were caught with cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport this week, were Thursday fined and jailed for being  in possession of that narcotic for the purpose of trafficking. Cosmetologist 38-year old Chermisa Wheeler and babysitter 43-year old babysitter, Andree Willy pleaded guilty to the separate charges. City Magistrate, Judy Latchman fined Wheeler GYD$79,200 ...

Guyana has asked the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to help determine the pros and cons of re-establishing a development bank to provide soft loans to food producers and manufacturers, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced Wednesday night. “We have just requested CDB to commission a study to examine the demand for and the feasibility of establishing such a financial institution,” he ...

The Chinese company, Bai Shan Lin, has asked government for a two-year extension before it could begin value-added production but it first has to provide additional information before its request is considered, government said in a statement. “The Department has not considered the request and has requested information from the company about its proposed business plan and evidence of financing. ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan Wednesday night announced that construction of a hydropower station at Amaila Falls is back on government’s agenda because Norway wants to ascertain whether the project is feasible. Addressing the annual awards dinner of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), Jordan said a new study of the almost US$1 billion proposed project could start very soon. ...

Citizenship Minister and Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix has denied being given information about a corruption scheme at the General Registrar Office (GRO) during the time that he was Police Commissioner. It is understood that shortly after taking over the reigns of the Home Affairs Ministry from Ronald Gajraj, Gail Teixeira would have received information about a birth certificate ...

A North Ruimveldt, Festival City man died at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot several times at his Bogey Peak Street home. 37-year-old Christopher Molligan was shot to 8his hand and his buttocks. Neighbours reported hearing four gunshots and later seeing Molligan also known as Chrissy sprawled on the steps of his home. A report was made to ...

President David Granger says that given the resources at the disposal of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) he is satisfied with the work that the force has done over the past few months in the apprehension of crime. Granger’s statement come at a time when there is a steady call for the police force to do more to handle crime ...

 Guyana’s former High Commissioner to India, Ronald Gajraj has reportedly filed a lawsuit against  former Home Affairs Minister, Gail Teixeira following some startling revelations in a Wikileaks release. A report in the Guyana Chronicle has cited Teixiera as implicating a named person in a passport and birth certificate racketeering at the General Registrar Office. According to the report, Teixeira approached ...

Finance Minister, Winston Jordan said Wednesday that Guyana’s financial laws are being amended to ensure the country complies with a United States (US) law that requires other countries to hand over banking information about Americans and Permanent residents. “What we are doing here is not in response to what’s in the press this is in  response to the Foreign Accounts ...

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) says during the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, November 17, a damaged cooling component on the No. 11 Engine at Bartica necessitated the engine being taken offline thus reducing available capacity to the Township. At present, only the No. 10 Engine remains in service; consequent of this, GPL has instituted a daily load ...