Last Updated on Monday, 13 December 2021, 20:55 by Writer The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has seized 80 kilogrammes or 176 pounds of marijuana with a street value of over GY$25,000,000 in Corentyne, Berbice, the agency said Sunday. According to CANU, its agents were on an operation on December 9 to 10 between the Sandaka pump station, Skeldon and Goat ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 December 2021, 20:58 by Writer A construction worker fell off a scaffold on Saturday and died, but his colleague survived the mishap, police said. Police identified the man as 23-year-old Norman Abrams of 804 B Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Abrams was employed by Christopher Menezes of Lot 135 3rd Street Montrose, East Coast Demerara. “The ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 December 2021, 21:06 by Writer A 19-year-old man was arrested early Saturday morning in Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo) for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl after a drinking spree, police said. “While transporting the victim back home (she was intoxicated) the suspect stopped the car and forcefully committed the act without her consent,” the Guyana ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 December 2021, 21:12 by Writer Police were Sunday searching for a man who allegedly killed a gold miner of Lethem who was working at Turtle Creek, Five Star, North West District. Dead is 38-year-old Victor Pedro. Police said he was killed at about 7 o’clock Friday night at a campground kitchen for workers and cooks, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 December 2021, 13:21 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Saturday activated a Cabinet-level task force to respond to the current rainy season and potential flood impacts across Guyana, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) stated. The task force, led by Prime Minister Mark Phillips, will work in tandem with all local authorities to ensure that all ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 December 2021, 13:31 by Writer Residents of Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara area on Saturday warmly welcomed GTT Fibre to their community as the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) company rolled out its keenly anticipated Fibre broadband service, the company said. GTT’s Chief Operations Officer for Home Solutions & Fixed Services, Eshwar Thakurdin said, given ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 December 2021, 13:36 by Writer A supervisor of Kissoondyal Enterprise Inc’s rice mill was Friday allegedly robbed of GY$3.4 million that should have been used to pay workers and rice farmers, police said. The woman told police that the incident occurred on Friday shortly after she arrived at the Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara-based rice mill ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 December 2021, 10:50 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Saturday set itself a part from its major coalition partner, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), in staying clear of criticising the process that led to the appointment of Vishnu Persaud as Guyana’s new Chief Election Officer. The AFC highlighted that anyway the ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 11 December 2021, 9:25 by Denis Chabrol One-time Chairman of the People’s National Congress Reform, Basil Williams on Saturday announced that he has pulled out of the race for the leadership of his party, exactly one week before delegates are due to cast their ballots. “I have examined all the circumstances and my team and I ...

Last Updated on Friday, 10 December 2021, 22:04 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon on Friday lampooned the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Retired Justice Claudette Singh for voting with the pro-People’s Progressive Party (PPP) election commissioners to appoint Vishnu Persaud as Chief Election Officer. “The Chairman of GECOM yet again shifted the goal post and changed ...