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A deportee has been arrested for allegedly being in possession of more than two kilogrammes of cocaine worth GY$13.8 million. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) says he was arrested on Austin Street, Campbellville on Monday. Anti-drug agents say that when he was approached, he crashed his bicycle into a parked vehicle. A search was conducted and CANU says a brick-like ...

Workers of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) are to receive a 7 percent increase in wages and salaries, a move that the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Monday welcomed. “The announcement today represents a fulfillment of that commitment,” the union said in referring to discussions earlier this year between representatives of GAWU and Vice President Bharrat ...

Former Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Retired Rear Admiral Gary Best has topped the list of 15 elected members to the Central Executive Committee of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), the party said. Also elected to that decision-making body is another former Retired Chief of Staff, Retired Brigadier Edward Collins Based on certified results of last ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform  Aubrey Norton on Monday afternoon announced that he has appointed outgoing Chairman Volda Lawrence and former Central Executive Member, Dr Richard Vanwest Charles as party advisors. Mr. Norton said talks are underway with Joseph Harmon. “I also want to indicate to the party that I promised inclusiveness  and that the party constitution provides ...

Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Monday said his party is pro-private sector but he said from many accounts the Private Sector Commission (PSC) as politically biased. He sought to assure Guyanese that his party is pro-business but said he has been asked by business persons to draw a distinction between the private sector and ...

Newly-elected leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Monday hinted that a number of parliamentarians might be recalled, even as he declined to comment on Mr. Joseph Harmon’s position that he would remain the Opposition Leader. “I could say to you, however, that one thing that is evident is that the party comrades who would have ...

The Mocha to Great Diamond interconnecting road was Monday morning commissioned and is being touted to bring massive relief to commuters who are being plagued by long hours of waiting time to get to and from work. President Irfaan Ali, in his address,  warned motorists against speeding  and announced that the traffic law would be amended to provide for electronic ...

The People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) Chief Election Officer, Vincent Alexander on Sunday afternoon officially announced that Aubrey Norton is “poised to be installed” as the next elected leader of that party and that three other persons from Team Norton have been elected to top executive positions. He rejected suggestions that the prolonged delay in announcing the results had anything ...

Mr. Joseph Harmon on Sunday said he would remain Guyana’s Opposition Leader, although he was defeated by Aubrey Norton for the post of leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) which controls the opposition coalition. He noted that he would remain as an “ordinary member” of the PNCR but would still be Leader of the Opposition, a national constitutional ...

Mr. Joseph Harmon on Sunday publicly conceded that Aubrey Norton defeated him in Saturday’s internal elections for the post of leader for the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR). “Over the coming weeks I am sure matters related to the new leadership will arise and I stand committed to the unity of the party as an ordinary member,” Mr. Harmon said. ...