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The Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson said the Chinese company that is expanding the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) was willing to buy the stone locally, but the price was too high and so it had to turn to Suriname. In a response through a ministry spokeswoman, Patterson explained that the Surinamese company, Grassalco, submitted quotations for the supply ...

A 19-year-old miner on Friday was Friday ordered to compensate his stepmother with GYD$200,000 or face prison time for stealing household items from her. It is alleged that between April 1 and August 6, 2014, at Port Kaituma Water Front, Rondel Roy Williams broke and entered the premises of Savitree Harrichand and stole items amounting to GYD$762,000 . The items stolen incl ...

Glenroy Parris Glendon Parris was on Friday charged with the possession of 369 grams of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The charge against the accused is that on September 28, 2016, at Itaballi Landing Mazaruni River, he had the 369 grams of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking. Parris, who was represented by attorneys at law Simone Ramlall and Latchmie ...

  Homicide Detectives assigned to the Rio Inn Night Club incident, Friday morning searched a house at Hadfield Street, Lodge. Two unlicensed handguns (.32 pistol and a .38 revolver along with fifteen (15) rounds of ammunition were found, police added.   Three persons, inclusive of two females have been taken into custody and are assisting with the investigation.   Additionally, ...

Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine on Thursday side-stepped questions about whether he believed that self-confessed drug lord, Barry Dataram should have been monitored and, instead stopped short of shifting blame to the Court that had granted him bail. “I think I have already said enough on that matter. A lot has been already said on that matter in the press,” he ...

Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine on Wednesday said 80 percent of recent robberies were committed with .32 handguns. He said seven of those were committed with stolen .32 pistols. He chided licensed firearm holders for betraying the responsibility that had been entrusted to them and instead “contributes to the general endangerment of the society.” Ramnarine said latest statistics show that seven ...

Three men are Friday expected to be arraigned for the cultivation of nine acres of marijuana that were destroyed by police in the Upper Essequibo village of Araray, the Guyana Police Force said in a statement. “Three males who were found tending to the cultivation are in custody and will appear in court tomorrow, charged with cultivating prohibited plants,” the ...

President David Granger on Thursday said convicted Guyanese drug-lord Barry Dataram, who fled the country to avoid being jailed for cocaine trafficking, might be travelling on a forged foreign passport. “Even though Mr. Dataram might have a foreign passport, it might be a forged passport. I would urge all law enforcement agencies to use every legitimate measure to bring him ...

President David Granger on Thursday said that the proposed salary increase, which had been put forward to the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) for 2016, is not the same for the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU). The President was quoted  in a statement issued by the Ministry of the Presidency as saying that the two negotiations are separate. “It is not my view ...

by Abigail Semple The Guyana Cancer (GCF) Foundation was launched on Thursday at the Marriott Hotel, Guyana with the aim of preventing the dreaded disease and reintegrating survivors into society. The GCF was registered in June 1, 2016, after several years of conducting cancer awareness programmes through the then Avon Community Help Fund (ACHF). At the time, it was under ...