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The Guyana-bound fishing vessel intercepted earlier this month with a huge consignment of marijuana from Jamaica was expected to return to that Caribbean island with cocaine, according to local investigators. Sources said the Jamaica-registered MV Tiffany was officially expected to return to Jamaica with a shipment of coconut oil. At the same time, the cocaine would have been stashed in ...

European Union (EU) Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has urged the Caribbean to do better on the implementation of projects being funded by the European Union. His call came on Thursday at the opening of an EU – Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) seminar to discuss the 11th European Development Fund (EDF). This round of funding will ...

European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs on Thursday announced a one billion Euro grant package for the Caribbean.  Addressing the opening of a two-day programming seminar for the Caribbean being held in Guyana, Piebalgs said the EU wants to use some of the funds to tackle rising crime and help in the reconstruction of Haiti which continues to ...

A man allegedly burnt down his house on the West Bank Demerara after his wife went to the police station to make a domestic violence report, according to sources. The fire occurred at 548, 99th Street, Parfaite Harmonie. Two neighbouring houses were damaged by the blaze that began shortly before 8 PM. Neighbours said the suspected arsonist rode away from ...

Guyana will have to implement a series of recommendations on how to avoid another crash at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) similar to the one involving a Caribbean Airlines jet two years ago, a senior official said Thursday. The Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Zulfikar Mohammed said the report, which confirmed pilot error was the ...

Government is prepared to pay off millions of dollars owed by the University of Guyana (UG) but its Council remains divided over whether tuition fees should be increased, a top government official said Thursday. Presidential Advisor on Governance, Gail Teixeira said Council members, who are also members of Cabinet, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, Vice Chancellor Professor Jacob Opadeyi and ...

Guyana’s Tourism Industry Minister, Irfan Ali has urged gold miners to re-invest some of their earnings in the country like the Alphonso Group of Companies has done with a US$3 million investment in the fast-food industry. ‘I want to call on persons especially within the mining sector who would enjoy some amount of liquidity to look at the options of ...

Electricity consumers in East and West Berbice will have to brace themselves for blackouts over the next two days after a vessel ran into the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) pump house at the Canefield power station, the company said in a statement. “During the interim period, the Company is forced to load shed during hours of peak demand, possibly ...

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on Friday approved the continued detention of nine suspects in the brutal robberies at Wakenaam Island and Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said the eight others were expected to be released from custody. The DPP, Shalimar Ali-Hack has granted the police permission for the nine to remain in custody until ...

At least three important members of the Alliance For Change (AFC) have defected to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) after sharp irreconcilable differences about campaign strategies and party management. The are Economist, Tarron Khemraj, businessman Rab Mukraj and Political Science Professor, Asquith Rose. Former soldier Malcolm Harripaul, who had long switched allegiance to the APNU, has been formally added ...