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As the probe continues into the GYD$550 million worth of cocaine-in-dressed lumber, Guyana is seeking international assistance to recover recordings that may have been erased from a digital recording device, the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said Tuesday. “CANU still has a Digital Video Recording device retrieved from Nazim Gafoor at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara that has been discovered to have been ‘wiped’ and ...

A Cabinet sub-committee has been established to finalize the Government’s Diaspora Engagement Strategy and Action Plan’ in order to give policy direction with regards its engagement with ‘Guyana’s Region 11.’ Minister of State Joseph Harmon Monday (May 22, 2017) made the announcement as he addressed the opening ceremony of a one-week confab at the Guyana Pegasus aimed at facilitating a 10-man ...

Government Monday  rejected criticism over the Civil Defence Commission’s (CDC) handling of the current widespread flooding in Region Eight, saying it was the resources of the State that brought relief to the affected residents. This is according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, who today (May 22, 2017) provided an update on government led visit to the affected areas Sunday. Minister ...

The Office of the Prime Minister last year paid Beharry Automotive Sales Limited a total of $22M for three vehicles, payments which were made using money allocated to be spent the previous year as well as paid up front only for delivery to be made nine months later. “Everything is wrong about this transaction and it falls on the lap ...

After failing to provide clear answers about how a Contingency Fund Advance of $11M made in January 2016 was used to pay staff of the Government Information Agency (GINA), in December the previous year, the entity’s Director, Beverly Alert, has now called on the Auditor General to re-look at the entity’s finances. The matter came up for scrutiny when the ...

A suspected con artist from Trinidad and Tobago has been arrested and is to be prosecuted for a number of offences before he is deported to his home country, police said. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department, Superintendent Wendell Blanhum told Demerara Waves Online News that Daniel Ali was arrested Saturday evening. The Crime Chief said since Ali’s arrest at ...

In the wake of the transfer of a nurse in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) following her public disclosure that a well-known pro-government official had been accessing a very strong painkiller, Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan said people who disclose misdeeds should be encouraged. “We cannot discourage whistle-blowers. We need to promote persons out there who are prepared, who have the courage to ...

An unidentifief man was Sunday afternoon killed and several others injured in a smash-up involving a minibus and a Tacoma pick-up. An eyewitness said the dead man’s teeth were on the ground and his neck was barely hanging on. Persons at the scene said the minibus, Bvv 5273, was traveling east along D’urban Street, Georgetown when the pick-up, GRR 8350, ...

A  41 year old businessman of Helena # 1, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was Saturday afternoon arrested with an unlicensed .32 Pistol, fifty  .32 and seventeen  9 MM live ammunition, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. Police ranks acting on intelligence swooped  down on the suspect’s home about 22:55hrs and conducted a search, during which the illegal weapon ...

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 11:30h Sunday on the Success Public Road, Leguan, Essequibo Island. Dead is Police Constable 23238 Shaqiel Woolford, 20 yrs., attached to Leguan Police Station and of 12 Catherine, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara. Enquiries disclosed that Constable Woolford was proceeding east along the road on Motor cycle CH1860 when another motor cycle ...