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A man destined for New York was Monday morning arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport allegedly with a quantity of cocaine baked into pastries, a senior anti-drug agent said. The illicit substance weighed about seven kilogrammes. According to the official, the cocaine was found by agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) in two suitcases belonging to the ...

Guyana has intervened in the reported refusal by Trinidad and Tobago’s Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex to render medical treatment to a Guyanese man who later succumbed to a heart attack. “Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be aggressively pursuing the matter with the authorities of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago,” said the Guyana Foreign Ministry. Trinidad Guardian newspaper reported ...

Police were Sunday morning continuing their search for an Enmore businessman who was allegedly kidnapped and a ransom of GUY$50 million demanded from his family, a spokesman said. The kidnap victim has been identified as 40-year old Rajendra Singh of Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara.  The incident occurred at about 6:45 PM  Saturday at Foulis, Enmore. Investigators were told ...

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-Staff at Trinidad and Tobago’s Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) are once again under scrutiny after 35-year-old Guyanese national Jeetindra Sookram died of a suspected heart attack an hour after he was denied treatment there because he was not a T&T citizen. Sookram was then rushed to the Charlieville Medical Centre Ltd for treatment, but died in the ...

Friday’s banging on the parliament desks and the chanting took the House by surprise since the Government benches had considered the issue resolved with the Speaker’s ruling to allow the Minister to speak. Nevertheless after one suspension with the intention of working out the issue, it was repeated each time the Minister attempted to speak.  While the Opposition continued to ...

Guyana has withdrawn participation in proposed oil and gas conference with Suriname as the contested subject of the New River Triangle has surfaced once more. For years the two South American neighbours have been at loggerheads over ownership of the area to which Guyana has stronger legal claim and also occupies. Natural Resouces Minister, Robert Persaud told the National Assembly ...

Guyanese anti-drug agents have been trained in new techniques by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) on how to intercept drugs at airports. And Home Affair Minister, Clement Rohee has credited recent training programmes with recent drug finds despite several of the most innovative concealment methods by trafficker. Recent training which the anti-narcotics agencies are receiving have impacted their ...

A musician has been charged with allegedly stealing a laptop and he was granted GUY$100,000 bail. Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine also ordered Nicosie Clark to return to court on May 9. Police said Clark,20, of 30 Hadfield Street, Lodge, Georgetown stole the computer valued GUY$179,000 from Shane Jones on March 31 at John Street, Lodge. Prosecutor, Michael Grant did not ...

The Guyana Gold Board(GGB) has shut down its offices in the Bartica sub-district and called in the police to probe allegations of tampering during the purchase of the precious metal, the Natural Resources Ministry said in a statement. “The Guyana Police Force is currently questioning several persons including the employees of both the Bartica sub-office and the main office in ...

A major shake-up in the command structure of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has begun with the retirement of two top police officers and the assumption of Seelall Persaud as the new Police Commissioner. Replacing Persaud as Chief of Criminal Investigations is Senior Superintendent, Leslie James who was previously the Head of Special Branch. Taking over from James at Special ...