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Court extends customs officers’ detention over 11.5 ton cocaine bust
The false inside of a shipping container that contained 11.5 tons of cocaine that Belgian authorities said came from Guyana....
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Guyana welcomes Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough
Dr Frank Anthony Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony is welcoming today’s announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech that they have...
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GRA scanner image of scrap metal container deleted; customs officers, broker locked up
The false inside of a shipping container that contained 11.5 tons of cocaine that Belgian authorities said came from Guyana....
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Fire destroys stores, damage another in Guyana’s capital
The fire destroying the building immediately east of Dhoray's Just one hour after receiving a call, firefighters contained a raging...
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Occupational Safety and Health officers being trained in foreign languages
Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton interacts with this vendor at the Bartica Municipal Market. Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton says...
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CANU awaiting scanner images of scrap metal-laden container; whereabouts of shipper unknown
Marlon Primo The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) was Sunday awaiting scanner images of the shipping container of scrap metal that...
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CANU releases 2, hunting 3 for Belgium’s 11.5 ton cocaine-in-scrap metal bust
Guyana's Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has released two shippers in connection with the 11.5 ton cocaine bust in Belgium, and...
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GGMC Board Secretary shot
The Board Secretary of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), Jacques Foster was Thursday night shot and injured. Police...
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Dr. Ashni Singh is Senior Minister responsible for Finance at the Office of the President
Senior Minister Dr. Ashni Singh Dr. Ashni Singh, who previously served as Finance Minister up to 2015, is back at...
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Overseas-based Guyanese can help craft national development plan- new US think-tank study; Guyana gets low marks
A new study by the Washington DC-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has given the Guyana government low...
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