Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 21:16 by Denis Chabrol The shipment of scrap metal, in which 11.5 tonnes of cocaine were discovered stashed on arrival  in Belgium, had transited the French Overseas Department of Guadeloupe, the Head of  Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) James Singh said Friday night. He said the broker has been arrested and investigators are ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 20:35 by Denis Chabrol Shawn Neblett, an ex-policeman was Friday extradited to the United States (US) to face drug trafficking charges, an American embassy spokeswoman said. From all accounts, he lost his defence before a Guyana Magistrates’ court to show cause why he should not extradited to the US, The US Embassy spokeswoman ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 20:21 by Denis Chabrol The  Guyana government appeared unwilling fund a  Argentines and Spain forensic experts to visit Guyana to investigate the killing and mutilation of the teenage Henry cousins, saying that could set the stage for similar demands in the future. “If we set precedent of this nature, then every person, we ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 16:32 by Denis Chabrol Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday virtually ruled our Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Oneidge Walrond being sworn in again, although the records show she had been sworn in as a parliamentarian while she had been a dual citizen. “Personally, I don’t think the government should swear in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 13:59 by Denis Chabrol Tourism Minister Oneidge Walrond appeared to have taken the oath of office as a parliamentarian before she had lost her United States (US) citizenship, but the Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs stayed clear of saying whether she has breached Guyana’s constitution. In the Certificate of Loss of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 9:36 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has released two shippers in connection with the 11.5 ton cocaine bust in Belgium, and has since begun hunting several other persons even as international cooperation continues apace, a top anti-drug agent said Friday. CANU Head James Singh declined to confirm whether Belgian law ...

Last Updated on Friday, 6 November 2020, 8:45 by Denis Chabrol The Board Secretary of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Jacques Foster was Thursday night shot and injured. Police said the 44-year old was shot by an identifiable man in his home village of Montrose, East Coast Demerara. Mr. Foster was injured to his right hand from which ...