The man who was caught with a huge haul of cocaine and marijuana and cocaine at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara on Friday pleaded guilty and was jailed and fined one day before he celebrates his 45th birthday. Construction worker, Dexter Daniels of 98 Kara Kara, Mackenzie, Linden was sentenced to three years imprisonment on each charge and was  fined ...

ANTIGUA OBSERVER.-ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The biggest drug haul to be made in recent times by Caribbean law enforcement agencies was carried out by The Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy (ONDCP) in Antigua on Wednesday. Lawmen swooped down on a property at Old Runway and carted off 480 kilograms or 1,058 pounds of cocaine worth slightly ...

Guyana has waived visa requirements for several Latin American countries in an effort to boost trade and transportation links while at the same time strengthen its security, Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett announced. “Off course, we are strengthening our security apparatus as well because concomitant with more people moving, you need to strengthen your security as well,” she said. In ...

More than GUY$45 million have been spent on electricity, transportation and security for Former President Bharrat  Jagdeo in 27 months since he left office in November, 2011, according to information supplied to the National Assembly. However, the government refused to provide information on how much was spent on health benefits for Jagdeo for the same period December, 2011 to February, ...

People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) member, Vanessa Kissoon and party leader, David Granger are at loggerheads over his decision to suspend her before she appears before a Disciplinary Committee to probe her alleged misconduct. Asked why Kissoon was suspended before the alleged incident between her and PNCR General Secretary, Oscar Clarke was investigated, Granger said he acted based on available ...

A Guyanese woman and her 19-year old Canadian son, who were arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) shortly before they were due to leave Guyana, were Thursday arraigned on cocaine trafficking charges. Esarbai Gokul,50, and Anand Gokul of Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara pleaded not guilty to separate charges of being in possession of cocaine for the ...

Police said Cosmetologist Ashminee Harrryram of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara was shot dead about 11:15  Thursday morning.  Harrryram, of Lusignan, was at the time walking along the Lusignan Railway Embankment. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

A suspected serial bandit was arrested Thursday morning and GUY$4 million recovered shortly after he attempted to rob a man at the Mon Repos Market, police said. “The suspect, who is in police custody, is also wanted by the police in connection with two other armed robberies on the East Coast of Demerara,” police said in a statement. Police also ...

Bandits, armed with a cutlasses and a handgun, invaded a home chopped two occupants during a home-invasion and robbery at Albion, Corentyne, Wednesday night. Injured are 34-year Parbattie Bickram and her mother, 71-year old Ramkali Rampat. The incident occurred at 54 Doctor Bush, Albion about 8 PM. Rampat was admitted to a Hospital The bandits chopped Rampat on one of ...

(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS).- Investigators are determining if a partially dismembered body found in a parking lot is that of a Brooklyn mother of four, law enforcement sources said Wednesday. Chinelle Latoya Browne, 27, was last seen by her landlord Saturday near her Sumpter St. apartment in Brownsville, sources said. The Guyanese native had several beefs with her landlord over ...