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Three men have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of large quantities of marijuana including more than five kilogrammes of foreign ganja, also known as ‘poppy’, worth more than GYD$1 million, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Thursday night. That law enforcement department of the Ministry of Home Affairs said 23-year old Uday Monilall, a taxi driver and carpenter, ...

President Irfaan Ali on Friday announced that Guyana’s major Online marketplace, www.stabroekmarket.com , would be launched before yearend and would offer even products by small-scale businesses to the rest of the world. Addressing the formal opening of the multi-million dollar Amazonia Mall at Providence, East Bank Demerara, he said the Online store would showcase Guyanese goods. “We are also working ...

The Guyana government said that only vaccinated persons would be allowed to enter a government ministry or agency, and those unvaccinated would have to make appointments. According to the latest COVID-19 guidelines, access to services being offered by a ministry or government agency is for the most part available to open vaccinated persons but those who have not taken the ...

In a judgment released on Thursday the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed the appeal of the Trust Company (Guyana) Limited in the matter of Trust Company (Guyana) Limited v Guyana Securities Council [2021] CCJ 11 (AJ). The Court affirmed the orders of the Guyana Court of Appeal. The CCJ heard the appeal on 20 April 2021. The Guyana Securities ...

The Guyana government said minibus speedboat operators must prove that they are vaccinated, in keeping with the latest COVID-19 guidelines, before they could be allowed to operate. “In order to transport members of the public, every operator and conductor of any public transportation service shall be vaccinated,” state the guidelines that take effect on August 1. Further, the Minister of ...

Owners of casinos, betting shops, cinemas and restaurants will from August 1, 2021 have to ensure that all patrons show proof that they have been vaccinated before they are allowed entry, the latest COVID-19 guidelines published in the Official Gazette state. From August 1, 2021, the guidelines mandate operators of casinos, betting shops and cinemas to ensure that there is ...

Attorney General Anil Nandlall maintains that Guyana’s Executive President cannot be brought before the courts in civil and criminal actions, but lawyers for the Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday disagreed, saying that President Irfaan Ali was named in his official capacity. After the PSC named Dr. Ali as a respondent in a case against the Police Commissioner’s refusal to ...

Guyanese singer of international acclaim, Mark Holder, died  Thursday morning in Canada after a period of illness, relatives confirmed. He was 74 years old. Holder was recognised as a pioneer of Caribbean music and was well-known for songs such as “Something of Value” and “Hold On To Your First Love”. He had over the decades toured several countries and performed ...

Fire on Thursday morning gutted an apartment building on Fifth Street, Alberttown, Georgetown. Initial reports are that at least two  women have perished in the blaze at 136 Fifth Street. One 0f them was a Cuban and the other a Venezuelan. The apartment building was occupied by mainly Spanish-speaking persons.   Thick grey smoke billowed into the air shortly before ...

The ExxonMobil-led consortium is expected to increase its production from the Liza-1 well after a new flash-gas compressor system is installed during the last quarter of this year, even as the co-venturers prepare to drill more exploration wells in the coming months, Hess Corporation announced on Wednesday. Hess, which  has a 30 percent stake in the Esso Exploration and Production ...