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Three children from White Water , North West District were sickened by eating cocaine-stuffed sweets, according to well-placed sources. Authorities said two businessmen have been questioned by police. Their grandmother, Janet Samuels, said 11-year old Ashley Samuels, 13-year old Ann Samuels 13-year old Jalil O’Selmo were discharged from the Mabaruma hospital on Monday. She said they were still feeling weak ...

The Scout Association of Guyana (SAG) over the weekend held a series of activities in observance of its 104th Anniversary, the organisation said in a statement. This year the association honoured long-serving members and those who have made sterling contributions to the growth and development of scouting in Guyana and the world. Speaking at a ceremony held at SAG Headquarters ...

In the wake of a strike by LIAT’s pilots, the airline has  announced Tuesday afternoon that due to  action taken  by its airline pilots’ trade union LIALPA, the following flights have now been cancelled: LI 361 – Antigua-Guadeloupe-Dominica-Barbados-St. VincentLI 760 – St. Vincent-Barbados LI 727 – Barbados-Grenada-Trinidad LI 726 – Trinidad-St. Vincent-Barbados LI 512 – Guyana-Barbados-Antigua LI 312 – Antigua-St. Maarten- ...

Even as the extension of the runway for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) continues, government has ordered soil tests be conducted on peat in the area to determine if fossil fuel is available there, the airport said in a statement on Monday. China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), according to the CJIA, is tackling a trial section in the Timehri ...

Region 10 Chairman, Sharma Solomon says his regional administration has applied for a television licence. Solomon said Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon has confirmed that the application has been passed on to the Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Bibi Shadick. He said his decision to enquire from the Office of the President was prompted ...

Less than one week before Guyana’s National Assembly votes on crucial amendments to the financial crimes law, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has severely rapped Opposition Leader David Granger’s downplay of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). Granger was quoted by the privately-owned Kaieteur News newspaper as saying that the opposition coalition does not regard the PPC as an immediate ...

The University of the West Indies (UWI- Trinidad campus) is willing to help Guyana combat piracy by using low-cost mobile smart-phone tracking technology that can link up fisherfolk with Guyanese police and defence force, according to a senior official. Senior Lecturer at UWI’s Department of Engineering, Kim Mallalieu is in Kigali, Rwanda where her department made a presentation on how ...

Political parties used the occasion of Diwali – the Festival of Lights-to lob salvoes at each other over the state of”darkness” that the country has found itself. President Donald Ramotar, addressing the culmination of the Diwali night motorcade at the LBI Community Centre, reminded the gathering of mainly Guyanese of East Indian descent about the attitude of the political opposition ...

In the wake of concerns by the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) that the country’s deep-sea fishing grounds are about to be farmed out to Chinese, a top government official has denied such assertions and has ruled out sea bobs and prawns being among the targeted catch. The GHRA at the weekend blistered government for handing out the fishing grounds ...

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Friday petitioned the National Assembly to pass amendments to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism Act (AML/CFT), as a stand off between the opposition and governnment looms for the November 7 sitting. “Your Petitioner, mindful of the severe economic consequences of failure to enact the aforesaid Bill, respectfully requests that the ...