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Former President Bharrat Jagdeo, today reiterated calls for decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana (cannabis sativa) and pointed to the fact, there are many young people across the country who have been jailed, while large scale dealers walk scot free. Jagdeo was at the time addressing his party’s press engagement. The former president was asked to give his ...

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) Sunday night said two motor racers and the owner of a lumber yard are implicated in the seizure of more than 80 kilogrammes of cocaine stashed in a consignment of lumber bound for the United States (US) where the narcotic would have fetched a street value of GYD$550 million. “The said search revealed cocaine found in random boards scattered ...

Two Guyanese, one Grenadian and one national of Trinidad and Tobago Saturday night copped the Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence 2017 that was held in Georgetown, the Guyanese capital. The laureates are Mr. Winslow Craig (Arts and Letters) -Guyana ; Kwame Ryan (Arts and Letters)- Trinidad and Tobago; Shadek Nyack Compton (Entrepreneurship)- Grenada and Christopher Arif Bulkan (Public ...

The construction of a GYD$20 million arch over the East Coast Demerara Public Road-in honour of Guyana’s 50th Independence and indicating the eastern entrance to Guyana’s capital, Georgetown- symbolises Caricom integration, President David Granger said Saturday. “This arch defines the boundaries of our capital. It exemplifies private-public partnership. It epitomises the friendship between two Anglo-phone Caribbean states- Guyana and, Trinidad ...

A gold miner from Central Rupununi, who was guarding a sluice box at a camp in Potaro, was chopped to death and a number of gold mats stolen, police said. Dead is 56-year old Damon “Rastaman’ Scipio of Moco-Moco. “Investigation so far revealed that the victim who was employed by a small-scale mining company at 111 miles Madhia, was performing duties ...

A man, who tried to bribe a policeman with GYD$500,000 to release his 19-year old son, has been arrested and the cash lodged, the Guyana Police F0rce said in a statement. Investigators did not name the man, but said he is 39-years old and lives in “C” Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Police said the man had hoped that his son, ...

Guyana National Cybersecurity Incident Response Team (GNCIRT) confirms that a global ransomware attack is currently in progress. The self-spreading ransomware, known as ‘Wanna Cry’ or ‘Wanna Decryptor’, exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Windows operating system. It is believed that this ransomware is spread through phishing emails, malicious adverts on websites, and questionable apps and programs. IT Leaders are advised to ...

  Two men and one woman were early Friday morning arrested and several items suspected to have been stolen were seized by police. The Guyana Police Force said the “intelligence-led operation” at Bagotstown and Friendship, East Bank Demerara led to the arrest of the persons who were all found with narcotics in their possession. “One of the males who was ...

Guyana’s Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is peeved that his country and several other sister Caribbean Community (Caricom) nations have been listed by the United States (US) as “major money laundering countries.” “It is denial of all of the efforts that we in the Caribbean have been making to make our countries safer, to rid our countries of bad money and ...

The Guyana Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union (GP&TWU) on Friday warned the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) that if it does not abide by a High Court order on plans to send home 120 workers more legal action would be taken. GPTWU General Secretary, Eslyn Harris said after the Consent Order, GTT did not provide proper information at a ...