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The Berbice man, who allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine-in-pastries early Monday morning to New York was hours later arraigned in a City Court for drug trafficking. Thirty-seven year old Nicholas Harinandan of 603 Fort Ordinance, Canje pleaded not guilty and was refused bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry. He is accused of being in possession of 7.5 ...

The government has called on Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman to “protect” Education Minister Priya Manichand from further “abuse” in the National Assembly and be given a right to address Parliament. General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C),Clement Rohee made this appeal on behalf of the government at its weekly press conference at Freedom House in ...

A man wanted for a series of serious offences including murder was shot dead in the Canje area Sunday night., police said. Police said Deodat “Popcorn” Seecharran was killed during an exchange of gunfire with police at Betsy Ground, Canje. He was quite recently implicated in the shooting death of Patricia Samaroo at Fyrish Village Corentyne. That incident occurred on ...

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 ...