Government on Sunday ruled out permitting the cultivation of hemp, a member of the cannabis family, for industrial purposes, saying the plant was still prohibited by the United Nations (UN) and Guyana was not about to become a narco-state. Acknowledging those in  favour of industrial hemp in Guyana is having a “more vocal lobby,” Minister of State, Joseph Harmon said the ...

A chef was Sunday morning arrested after he admitted to swallowing 35 cocaine pellets to take to The Bahamas, police said. The Guyana Police Force did not release his name, but said he 26 years old,  employed by an “established fast-food” entity and lives at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Anti-narcotics police said the man, who was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan ...

Amid growing concerns that government ministers have lost touch with the grassroots almost two years after they were elected to office, they are appealing for patience in improving the quality of life of Guyanese. At an outreach held Sunday (April 23, 2017) at Den Amstel Primary School, West Coast Demerara, Deputy Regional Executive Officer for Region Three (West Demerara- Essequibo Islands), Jennifer ...

President David Granger has departed Guyana for a visit to the United Kingdom from April 24-28, 2017, where he will have an audience with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, his ministry announced Sunday. In addition to his meeting with the Queen at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, the Head of State will also attend the Caribbean Council’s Annual Reception at the ...

President of the Florida headquartered Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce Wesley Kirton has suggested that the Guyana government looks to the Diaspora for investment in upgrading airstrips in the country’s hinterland. He threw out the suggestion while chairing the first Annual General Meeting of the National Air Transport Association of Guyana held on April 19 here. Kirton said that public private ...

A mason was arrested allegedly with ganja, a gun and bullets in Albouystown, and police indicated he could be arraigned as early as Monday on a number of charges. The Guyana Police Force said lawmen got a tip-off, “responded promptly and arrested” the mason on Albouys Street, Albouystown allegedly with one .32 pistol, two magazines, 17 live rounds of ammunition ...

by the Associated Press New York — The phone call came as Raymond Murray neared the bottom of his luck. His wife had died, his career had been ended by injuries, and struggling to get by on his disability check, he had scraped together just enough to pay a lawyer to avoid imminent foreclosure on his modest Brooklyn home. The ...

Caribbean youth leaders and policy makers are pushing for access to sexual and reproductive health services to be accessed by young people even if they do not reach the age of sexual consent. The decision was taken at the end of a  meeting of Caribbean youth leaders under the aegis of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), on ...

A 23-year old man, who allegedly robbed a Bourda Market vendor of GYD$400,000 cash, and subsequently exchanged gunfire with police, was shot and injured, police said. The Guyana Police Force did not name the suspect, but said he is from Laing Avenue, Charlestown, Georgetown. He sustained a gunshot wound to his right foot and has been hospitalised in a stable ...

A day after government announced that police were probing a reported plot to assassinate President David Granger, the Guyana Police Force on Friday rubbished a media report that senior ranks were part of a plan to kill the Guyanese leader. “This false and malicious accusation levelled against members of the Force is designed to tarnish the good reputation of the ...