Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 18:58 by Denis Chabrol A 39-year old man ,believed to be the latest person to attempt to smuggle cocaine by swallowing it, was Tuesday morning taken off a Canada-bound flight and has since excreted several suspected cocaine pellets, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The law enforcement agency identified the man as 39-year ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 September 2017, 17:59 by Denis Chabrol Guyana  would be rushing health workers to storm-battered British Virgin Islands (BVI) to provide medical and technical support to that United Kingdom dependency, government here announced. The Ministry of Public Health, through the office of the Chief Medical Officer. is recruiting medical staff and professionals who will work along ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2017, 19:07 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton’s recent takeover of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport is expected to assist in government’s political mobilisation of Amerindians, political analysts said. When a source close to the minister was asked whether the added ministerial responsibility of the Vice Chairman of ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2017, 11:53 by Denis Chabrol A Corentyne pensioner became Guyana’s latest road fatality victim after he was killed in a hit and run accident on the Tain Corentyne Public road. Dead is Andre Buchan called Nalvan of Lot 51 Block 4, Tain Settlement, Corentyne. According to information received, the accident occurred at around 7 ...

General Manager of one of Guyana’s largest rice distributors Nand Persaud and Co. Limited has called on government to implement stricter security at all of the main entry ports utilized by shipping companies. His call comes one month after the Narcotics Police in Jamaica busted a shipment of rice from Guyana containing JA$100M in cocaine at the Kingston Container Terminal. ...

Last Updated on Monday, 11 September 2017, 4:03 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese miner was shot and injured Sunday afternoon when several armed persons believed to be Venezuelans invaded a mining camp in the North West District (NWD), sources said. Troy Joseph, 18 years old, of Falls Top, NWD was shot to his left hip at about 3 PM Sunday. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 September 2017, 15:56 by Denis Chabrol Police say they are investigating an alleged robbery under arms committed on Ready Mix Concrete Limited. The incident occurred at 69-72 Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara between 02:30- 03:00h Sunday morning of an undisclosed amount of cash ,by three armed male suspects . “Investigations revealed that the suspects ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 September 2017, 14:15 by Denis Chabrol Several persons were arrested early Sunday morning in connection with the alleged discovery of 34 kilogrammes of marijuana, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said. The anti-drug entity of the Ministry of Public Security said the marijuana was found at a house at the corner of Camp and Norton Streets, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 10 September 2017, 14:03 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government is exploring the possibility of evacuating Guyanese who have been badly affected by Hurricane Irma’s devastation of St.Maarten/St.Martin, following an emergency Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders teleconference meeting, Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge said Sunday. “We are willing to do whatever we can even for those wanting to ...

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