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Anti-Narcotics police Sunday afternoon intercepted more than 20 kilogrammes of cocaine  in frozen seafood shortly before it was about to be loaded on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Trinidad, according to sources. Four persons, who took the consignment to the airport, have been arrested so far.  Sources said police were still looking for the shipper who is from La Jalousie, ...

Police on Sunday issued a wanted bulletin for a man in connection with the importation of a large quantity of arms and ammunition last week, according to sources. He has been identified as Mark “Demon” Cromwell. He is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to a matter of Possession of Firearms and Ammunition that is under investigation. Police ...

by Zena Henry The Union of South American Nations (UNSAUR) has joined foreign missions in the observation of Guyana’s General and Region Elections 2015 with the specific objective of eyeing the implementation of best practices during the country’s electoral process. The regional body, of which Guyana alone speaks English as the main tongue, delivered a high profile team of regional ...

APNU+AFC member Kamala Persaud Saturday evening advised coalition supporters not to wear their party colours when they go out to vote on May 11th lest they be hassled at the polling stations. Persaud, who hails from Bartica, told the thousands of supporters who turned out to the coalition’s last rally before elections on Monday, that it is quite likely that ...

by Zena Henry The A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition has rejected any possible attempts to delay the announcement of the country’s General and Regional Election results, just hours away. The Guyana Election Commission has suggested a 48-hour time-span-at best by Wednesday morning- should be enough before citizens know who their next president is. However, with ...

by Zena Henry Obviously offended by the constant resurrection of her father’s name by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) every election period, daughter of the late Forbes Burnham, Ulele Burnham, gave her father the final burial with the endorsement of the new political buzz; the A Partnership for National Unity+ Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition. Burnham said she is burying ...

Former United States President, Jimmy Carter and several members of his delegation left Guyana suddenly on Sunday after he fell ill, the Carter Centre said in a statement. The Carter Centre said the mission would continue to observe the elections slated for May 11, 2015. “President Carter was not feeling well and has departed Guyana to return to Atlanta today.The ...

A man was early Sunday morning shot to his head on Main Street, Georgetown in the vicinity of Palm Court following a traffic accident, police said. Police identified the injured man as Nigel Isaacs. He sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head and has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in a critical condition.; The ...

Just days after authorities announced that an American oil giant has found hydrocarbons offshore Guyana but was yet to determine if it was in commercial quantities, the leader of the opposition coalition, David Granger announced that if he wins next Monday’s general elections government would stash away some of the earnings from the natural resources sector for future generations. “I ...

by Zena Henry With mere hours to go before National and Regional elections 2015, the A Partnership for National Unity +Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition held its last lap rally Saturday May 9, with a massive turnout of several thousands to devour the Square of the Revolution and its immediate environs. The Coalition’s theme of “change” to usher in a ...