Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2015, 22:32 by GxMedia Four persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of 10 kilogrammes of cocaine in Campbellville, according to a senior official of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU). Two cars were also seized during the operation on Sheriff Street on Wednesday, the official said. All of those arrested ...
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Fisherman, gold miner shot dead
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2015, 19:54 by GxMedia A fisherman and a gold miner were shot dead in two separate incidents in the North West District (NWD) and at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara. Dead are gold miner, 37-year old Devon Moore of Stewartville, West Coast Demerara and fisherman 45-years old Elvin Pollard of Crane, West Coast Demerara. ...
Read More »Rohee, as Home Minister, confirmed police surveillance of opposition
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2015, 17:36 by GxMedia Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee on Thursday said he used his ministerial office to ascertain who had been conducting intelligence surveillance around the headquarters and members of his governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Appearing before a Commission of Inquiry into the bomb-blast death of Walter Rodney in 1980, Rohee detailed ...
Read More »Plane in minor accident at interior airstrip
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2015, 16:44 by GxMedia An Air Services Limited (ASL) aircraft Thursday morning ran off the airstrip at Kurupung, resulting in damage to the aircraft, according to sources. No one was reported injured in the incident that occurred about 9:40 AM. The sources said that Captain Michael Halim related that the brakes for the Britten ...
Read More »18 soldiers injured in road accident
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2015, 11:45 by GxMedia Eighteen soldiers were Thursday morning injured in an collision between a truck and a bus on the Garden of Eden Public Road, East Bank Demerara, a high-ranking officer of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) said. Three of them sustained broken bones and were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation ...
Read More »Govt comfortable with promotion of torture-accused cops
Last Updated on Thursday, 29 January 2015, 1:36 by GxMedia Cabinet Secretary Roger Luncheon says government is satisfied that the Police Service Commission (PSC) satisfied itself that there was no reason barring the promotions of former torture-accused police officers officers Mohanran Dolai and Narine Lall. Dolai, who was recently promoted to Corporal, and Lall, who was recently promoted to Inspector, ...
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