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A well-known Prashad Nagar, Georgetown resident, who describes herself as a businesswoman, was Friday convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment for being in possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. Lena ‘Aunty Lena’ Narine was also fined GY$17.1 million by Magistrate Rondel Weever. CANU said Narine was convicted for trafficking in 11.4 ...

Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr. Amery Browne has called on Venezuela to respect the territorial integrity of Guyana, the Trinidad Guardian reported on Friday. He says Caricom remains united on this issue. Browne made those statements on Thursday as Guyana expressed concern over what it viewed as the latest threat by Venezuela to annex its territory ...

Two persons died in an early Friday morning collision between a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard vessel and a civilian boat on the Moruca River, the defence force said. Preliminary investigations indicate that the collision between the Coast Guard Raiders Craft 17 (RC 17) and the civilian vessel occurred at approximately 0645 hours. The civilian vessel was occupied by ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday hinted that the state-run electricity sector could face a management shake-up, even as the government searches for more electricity generators to bridge the demand gap ahead of the completion of the 300 megawatt  natural gas-fired electricity plant at Wales, West Bank Demerara. “We have to fix it. Whatever it takes, we can’t continue with ...

Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said the two India-made planes that arrived last week for the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) are brand new aircraft and the US$23.37 million deal includes spares and training. Responding to criticisms from opposition critics that the two Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)-made Dornier 228 planes were second-hand and the price was inflated to facilitate a ...

–Yarde refuses to talk about repeated failure to take industrial action The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Thursday said it dispatched a letter to the Ministry of Labour threatening industrial action and asking for conciliation, saying that there is a deadlock after three years of efforts to secure collective bargaining with the government for increased salaries and better working ...

On March 21, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Georgetown Country Office collaborated with the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS), Guyana Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to seize a Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible (SPSS) approximately 150 miles off the coast of Guyana carrying 2,370 kilograms of cocaine.  The U.S. Navy’s guided missile cruiser USS Leyte ...

Guyana on Wednesday vowed not to allow Venezuela’s take over of any part of its territory, in rejecting President Nicolas Maduro’s activation of legislation to make Essequibo a new state in keeping with last December’s referendum. “Guyana wishes to put on notice the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Governments of the Caribbean Community and the Latin American ...

Three magistrates would be sworn on Friday as Commissioners of Title (Land Court judges) to serve in the Land Court in Essequibo and Berbice, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) announced Wednesday night. They are Ms Esther Sam, Ms Renita Singh and Ms Christel Lambert. Land Court Judges hear matters related to ownership of land and awards transports, and hears and ...

Tarique is my rock,” a tearful but smiling Kaisha Davis recounts in a minute-long testimonial for her younger brother. Tarique is a transgender man, meaning Tarique was assigned female at birth but now lives his life everyday as the man he knows himself to be. Family provides the basis of love and support for most Guyanese, and for Kaisha, love and acceptance ...