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The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has expanded its Volunteer Corps (VC) to Region Nine – Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo- with assistance from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Government Information Agency (GINA) said. On Wednesday November 13, 2013, the CDC VC Officially launched its Region 9 arm. The registered members comprising persons from North, South and Central Rupununi, were issued ...

Cocaine seizures across CARICOM Member States, training of police personnel and the provision of fast boats to help curtail maritime criminal activities are among the successes of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), according to a statement issued by the Caricom Secretariat. These were outlined by Co-chairs of the Fourth Meeting of the CBSI Commission Ms Astonia Browne of the ...

Two men were Tuesday arraigned for allegedly robbing a man of footwear and several other items at gunpoint. 22-year old Ronell France and 19-year old Neko Devonish pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery under arms when they appeared before City Magistrate, Judy Latchman. They are accused of robbing Kestwick Miller of one pair sneakers, two cellular phones, one ...

Cricketer Carlyle Barton, who was captured on video surveillance allegedly shooting his friend on Orange Walk, Georgetown earlier this year, was freed of murder because of a lack of prosecution. City Magistrate Fabayo Azore ruled that the man be freed after none of the civilian or police witnesses came forward to testify in the case. He immediately ran out of ...

Anti-drug agents are looking for a man they say could help them probe the recent discovery of a quantity of cocaine that was destined for the United States. CANU identified the wanted man as 43-year old Robin Llewellyn Wills. Three addresses have been given for him. They are 20 J Duncan Street, Campbellville, Georgetown; 145 Guyhoc Park, North East La ...

A clerk of the Georgetown Magistrates; Court was Monday arraigned on a charge of stealing more than GUY$3 million from her place of employment, the court said. Twenty-three year old Tiffany Peters of Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara was charged indictably with stealing GUY$3.045 million from the State of Guyana while being an employee of the Georgetown Magistrates Court. ...

Environment Minister, Robert Persaud said government was continuing to lose political support because of the decrepit state of the local government system. “Politically, we lose every single day with the current state of local government bodies in terms of their lack of effective functioning,” he said. In remarks at a Stakeholders’ Consultation on Styrofoam, he reiterated that the Peoples Progressive ...

A 32- year old woman allegedly caught attempting to smuggle more than five pounds of cocaine to the United States (US) on Monday pleaded not guilty on her arraignment. She is Shellon Kandhai of 5 Railway Road, Industry, East Coast Demerara. The mother of six denied having the narcotic in her possession for the purpose of trafficking at the Cheddi ...

Three students of Stella Maris Primary School were struck down in Kitty by a suspected drunken driver who was immediately arrested by public spirited citizens. The 11-year old children were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in a conscious condition but crying out for serious pains about their bodies. Students Ebitoya Pilgrim, Shamar Lesperance and Kisi Carter were ...

(KHALEEJ TIMES).-His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai received on Monday on the sidelines of Dubai Airshow President Donald Ramotar of Co-operative Republic of Guyana. Shaikh Mohammed and President Ramotar reviewed bilateral relations in various fields and explored new ways of boosting joint cooperation in diverse areas including ...