The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said a joint probe with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has so far found that the more than 300 pounds of cocaine found in shipping containers in Jamaica might have been placed there after the containers were examined by GRA. “It is suspected that the containers may have been contaminated after those security checks were ...

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hugh Todd on Wednesday summoned Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana, Luis Edgardo Diaz Monclus and handed him a protest note concerning the incursion of  this country’s airspace by Venezuelan fighter jets. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said Mr. Todd also expressed “Guyana’s condemnation of the recent violation of Guyana’s sovereignty” on Tuesday at about 1:20 PM when the ...

Opposition parliamentarian Tabitha Sarabo-Halley on Wednesday alleged that Minister of Public Affairs Kwame Mc Coy assaulted her just outside the dome where sittings of the National Assembly are being held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC). Ms. Sarabo-Halley said she has reported the matter to police and statements have already been taken from her and two witnesses. The Clerk ...

Venezuelan fighter jets overflew Guyana’s police and military installations Tuesday afternoon, but there was no other incident, officials confirmed. The incident occurred at Eteringbang, a mining area near the border with Venezuela, at about 1 PM. “Two Venezuelan fighter jets flown over Guyana air space at Eteringbang landing and circled over the Eteringbang police station and GDF (Guyana Defence Force) ...

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) on Wednesday rejected an unconditional apology by the Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Rudy Small for unsavoury remarks he made about health care workers there. GPSU Vice President, Dawn Gardner told News-Talk Radio 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that the union rubbished his apology and demanded that he be removed ...

Guyanese and Jamaican law enforcement authorities were Wednesday continuing their investigation into the discovery of more than 300 pounds of cocaine in two transshipment containers that allegedly originated from Guyana and were destined for Haiti and China. “CANU is currently in contact with its counterparts and investigations are on-going to ascertain how the narcotics were placed in the containers,” the ...

Police have been called in to probe an alleged sexual assault of one military officer by another serving member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the army said Tuesday. “Given the nature and seriousness of the allegation, the matter was reported to the Guyana Police Force which has undertaken an investigation,” the GDF said in a statement. The army said ...

The US$9.5 million Bell412Epi helicopter that Guyana purchased late last year is due to arrive on Saturday, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira said Tuesday. “The Bell helicopter that we had in the supplementary last year will be arriving on Saturday in Guyana,” she said. She made the disclosure while responding to questions by Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Haimraj Rajkumar has reported that his electronic tablet has been stolen at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre where sittings of the National Assembly are being held. Police said Rajkumar,54, reported that the tablet valued GYD$60,000 was stolen between 10 AM February 26, 2021 and 8 AM February 27. Mr. Rajkumar, who ...