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Three persons were Wednesday arrested during three drug raids in two south Georgetown neighbourhoods, police said. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said anti-narcotics police raided three houses and unearthed a quantity of cocaine and marijuana. Whittaker said the raids were conducted on two houses in North East La Penitence and one at Albouystown, Georgetown, during which a total of ...

(ASSOCIATED PRESS).-A judge set bail Wednesday at nearly $1.6 million for a demolition contractor charged in a fatal building collapse despite a prosecutor’s contention that the South American defendant is a flight risk. Sean Benschop, 42, has used several aliases, had numerous run-ins with law enforcement and is not a U.S. citizen, according to Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Selber. Benschop, ...

Guyanese travelling with large sums of US dollars, declared before departure, are being fined in Trinidad and Tobago- a concern that Foreign Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett plans to again raise with her counterpart. Addressing the House’s Foreign Relations Committee, she said that although Guyanese would have declared US$10,000 in keeping with local laws, they are being fined by Trinidad and Tobago ...

Key Western Nations and several civil society organisations on Wednesday urged the passage of new and improved local laws and pledged their support to hold local government elections before year-end. “Building on our established record of constructive engagement and support for effective and responsive democratic institutions, we look forward to supporting the Guyana Elections Commission, the Government of Guyana and ...

An unhappy group of Lindeners on Wednesday collected the awards made by the Commission of Inquiry into the July 18 killing of three protesters and injuries to more than a dozen others at the hands of the police in the mining community. The Region 10 residents reported to the Office of the President where they had been invited to uplift ...

The United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) is providing financial support to Government’s agriculture diversification and export promotion drive. The organisation is providing Government with funding to the tune of £1.3M or US$2M to support the Guyana Agriculture Diversification Programme (GADP.) It is expected that this investment will create over 1,000 new jobs, increase tilipia export from 1,000kg to ...

Educational under-achievement in schools mainly among boys in West Coast Berbice is being addressed through a project being undertaken by a former student of one of the schools in the area. The “Literacy and Numeracy Intervention Programme” in the Trafalgar/Union Community on the West Coast of Berbice was launched on Tuesday. The project is  the brainchild of Mr Sherwin Fraser, ...

Guyana’s opposition, government and the private sector hope to reach consensus on the country’s first Economic Summit. The announcement was made by Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC), Ronald Webster at the umbrella business organisation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held Tuesday at the Pegasus Hotel. Webster said the political opposition was integrally involved in planning and participating in the ...

Fly Jamaica is expected to begin flying from Guyana to New York and Toronto in the coming weeks, according to Tourism Minister Irfan Ali. Ali said top airline executives advised him of their decision at a tourism exposition held recently in Toronto. “Fly Jamaica has indicated to us at the Toronto Trade and Tourism Expo that by the end of ...

Gocool Boodoo’s contract as Chief Elections Officer (CEO) will not be renewed based on legal advice given to Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Dr. Steve Surujbally. However, the seven-member commission did not meet to decide on Boodoo’s fate either by majority or by consensus because two commissioners associated with the governing Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) were absent. ...