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Guyanese and Jamaican law enforcement authorities were Wednesday continuing their investigation into the discovery of more than 300 pounds of cocaine in two transshipment containers that allegedly originated from Guyana and were destined for Haiti and China. “CANU is currently in contact with its counterparts and investigations are on-going to ascertain how the narcotics were placed in the containers,” the ...

Police have been called in to probe an alleged sexual assault of one military officer by another serving member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the army said Tuesday. “Given the nature and seriousness of the allegation, the matter was reported to the Guyana Police Force which has undertaken an investigation,” the GDF said in a statement. The army said ...

The US$9.5 million Bell412Epi helicopter that Guyana purchased late last year is due to arrive on Saturday, Minister of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira said Tuesday. “The Bell helicopter that we had in the supplementary last year will be arriving on Saturday in Guyana,” she said. She made the disclosure while responding to questions by Opposition Leader Joseph Harmon ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Haimraj Rajkumar has reported that his electronic tablet has been stolen at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre where sittings of the National Assembly are being held. Police said Rajkumar,54, reported that the tablet valued GYD$60,000 was stolen between 10 AM February 26, 2021 and 8 AM February 27. Mr. Rajkumar, who ...

President Irfaan Ali Monday night announced that government would be conferring a national award on those responsible for insisting on a national vote recount and supervising the process that saw his People’s Progressive Party (PPP) being declared the winner of the general and regional elections. “I have taken the decision to institute a national award, the Order of Democracy, in ...

The official of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, who was accused of slapping a female pensioner, has been cleared of the allegation and she is back at work, Minister of Human Services Dr. Vindhya Persaud said. Dr. Persaud told News-Talk Radio Guyana 103.1 FM/ Demerara Waves Online News that the Public Service Commission (PSC) ordered that the ...

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall on Monday said election laws would be amended to hold the staff of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) accountable. “Of course a slew of amendments will be done to our election laws, to make the electoral process more credible and transparent and to hold the staff of the Guyana Elections Commission ...

Guyana has recorded more than 300 cases of child abuse for the year on top of in excess of 3,000 reported  in 2020, Minister of Human Services and Social  Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud said. “We have seen last year over 3,000 cases of child abuse; [it’s] very early in the year [2021] with over 300 cases,” she said at last ...

A pastor and well-known mechanic on the West Coast Berbice was Sunday killed in a road accident. Dead is Okechi Farley of Lot 5 Moor Park, West Coast Berbice. At the time of the accident on the Number 29 Village Public Road, he was riding a motorcycle when he was struck down by a minibus. The bus was being driven ...

A man, who police say was wanted for the killing of a man days ago, has been arrested and has admitted that he sustained injuries during a fight with the now dead man. Police say they arrested Silas France, also known as Tattoo or Max, on Saturday in Eye Lash Backdam, North West District. The Guyana Police Force say they ...