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Guyana’s plantain exports have been wiped out because of the deadly Black Sigatoka disease but a top agriculture scientist  hopes that farmers and several extension officers will from Friday be better equipped to manange the disease. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) , Dr. Oudho Homenauth told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that Guyana registered ...

Authorities were Friday preparing to charge a Canadian man with cocaine trafficking after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle a large quantity of the narcotic out of the country, authorities said. Head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh said the 53-year old man had in his possession 25 pounds of cocaine. The top anti-drug agent said the ...

CARACAS, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) — Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez on Thursday accused Guyanese President David Granger of “falsely accusing” Venezuela of carrying out military operations in Guyana, calling for “respect” to her nation. In a press conference, the official said Granger “lied” about the alleged presence of a Venezuelan military ship in Georgetown, capital of Guyana, which was shown ...

Canadian law enforcement agents were Wednesday confident that they would be able to arrest a Guyanese man who was alleged part of a 13-member ring that that saw cocaine, prescription pills and handguns smuggled into Ontario from the United States and the Caribbean. He is 32-year-old Dwidth Ferguson of Georgetown, Guyana, who Canadian authorities say is still outstanding and wanted for importation ...

Tourism Minister Catherine Hughes said authorities were crafting a set of criteria for incoming passengers so that airlines would be better informed, and that intended travelers would first have to apply for visas Online. “We are also going to publicise more to the airlines what the requirements are. Unfortunately, the situation we had with Insel Air was that the airline ...

A senior functionary of the Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday declined to say whether her party supported the decision to increase ministers’ salaries, even as she sought to justify it as a means of discouraging corruption. Asked if the AFC had offered Cabinet support for the increases, Tourism Minister, Catherine Hughes told reporters “the business of Cabinet is confidential ...

Concealing marijuana in cigarette packets and selling the herb is not such a bright idea because the police will catch you. Police alleged that a couple– 46-year old Derek Alexander of 218 Half Mile, Wismar and 49-year old Duel Pollydore of 2119 Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden– pleaded not guilty to the offence. They were remanded to prison until November 10, ...

A policeman was Thursday granted bail for allegedly stealing one of his colleague’s Blackberry cellular phone. Macurty Simpson pleaded not guilty to stealing the phone from Earl Cornelius on September 18, 2015 at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) headquarters, Eve Leary, Georgetown. Police Prosecutor, Corporal Deniro Jones told the court, presided over by City Magistrate Ann Mc Lennan, that the ...

A drug addict has been arrested in connection with the brutal rape and strangulation of his great aunt at her home at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice. Police said Vaulda Britton died because she was deprived of oxygen due to manual strangulation. The incident allegedly occurred between Sunday, September 4 and Monday, September 5, 2015. Demerara Waves Online News was told ...

Authorities are preparing to rush emergency supplies to the drought-stricken Rupununi, obtain dorught-resistant cassava sticks and build a warehouse to stock necessities, the Ministry of the Presidency said in a statement. The announcement followed a high-level visit by top officials of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and Minister of State, Joseph Harmon to several communities in southern Guyana. “Even as ...