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The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) on Wednesday appeared set to give the International Administrator the green light to compile and submit a report on the forestry, oil and gas, mining and quarrying, and fisheries sectors to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) which could see the lifting of the country’s suspension from that global anti-corruption watchdog, according to ...

Four persons have been arrested in connection with the alleged discovery of large quantities of cocaine and marijuana on Norton Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, according to the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). The anti-drug agency said Andre Clarke, 50, of Norton Street, Wortmanville and Eon Martin, 45, of Pike Street, Kitty, Georgetown were arrested after the seizure of the narcotics in a ...

Seven residents of Linden, including two women, are wanted by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force as police probe several alleged financial crimes. Head of SOCU, Assistant Commissioner F. Karimbaksh said  each of the seven persons were “wanted for questioning in connection with Money Laundering and other serious offences in Guyana.” An eighth person is ...

A Brazilian helicopter, associated with an illegal gold mining camp in Guyana’s New River Triangle, has been impounded and the pilot and a gold miner have been arrested, the Guyana Police Force said late Tuesday night. Police said a grey Robinson 44 helicopter, which bears registration marking PTY-MBI, was flown to Aishalton airstrip . The Brazilian pilot, Alexander Felix, 54, ...

Cane View/Mocha residents whose homes were demolished by the government have instructed their lawyers to start legal proceedings after government failed to signal interest in mediation. Lawyers for the affected residents had set February 15 as the deadline for the government to respond to their request for mediation. That deadline expired without any response from the government. “We have strengthened ...

Two employees of Guy-America Security Service were arrested Monday morning in connection with the indiscriminate firing of a handgun, a police force spokesman said. He said they were slated to be charged. The spokesman confirmed that those arrested are the man who seen allegedly discharging the firearm and the other man who handed him the weapon. “Relative to a social ...

Doctors from the United States (US) Southern Command on Monday began performing surgeries, providing dental services and conducting professional knowledge exchanges at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and the West Demerara Regional Hospital, the American embassy here said. The doctors are drawn from the US’ Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) and are part of the U.S. Southern Command’s ...

The People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)- on the 100th birth anniversary of its Founder Leader Forbes Burnham- needs to reach across the political divide in the interest of nation building, his son-in-law Dr Richard Vanwest Charles said on Sunday. “Let us embrace diverse views, let us be courteous and respectful, talk to our comrades across the aisle and don’t be ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Sunday night ruled out supporting acting Police Commissioner Clifton Hicken to be appointed substantively to that post whenever President Irfaan Ali seeks constitutionally required consultations. “The President could possibly go ahead and keep extending him because he meet retirement time. You know when you got a tool that working good for you, you don’t want ...

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is assisting Guyana to increase the production of West Indian Cherry (Acerola) and reduce the amount of concentrate being imported by local juice producers, that United Nations (UN) body said. “While the demand for cherry remains strong in the country, especially for use in the fruit juice industry, the country has not been able ...