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Thursday, May 16, 2024

NCN/GINA heightens security following bomb threats

  – Following two consecutive days of bomb scare, the Government Information Agency (GINA) and the National Communications Network (NCN) have heightened security measures...

Over 600 grams of cocaine found on Caribbean Airlines flight at CJIA

– The Police Narcotics Branch at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) found a total of 644 grams of cocaine on a Caribbean...

Enmore Taxi Driver on bail following fraud charge

  - A 32 – year - old taxi driver of Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara, charged with fraudulent conversion was placed $150,000...

Former CANU Officer remanded for illegal possession of firearm, ammo

  - Roberto Cosburg, a former Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) officer was remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry for possession of unlicensed...

Mabaruma woman charged with attempted murder of Niece

- A Mabaruma woman charged with attempting to murder her niece was refused bail by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Friday, April 11. Twenty...

Dead woman fished out of Essequibo trench

 – The body of a woman of Sparta Village on the Essequibo Coast was found dead early this morning (Friday, April 11) in a...

Bomb scare at GINA/NCN forces employees to evacuate Building

  By Leroy Smith - The operations of the state television, National Communications Network (NCN) Inc. and the Government Information Agency (GINA) are presently disrupted...

Teacher sent on leave following report of ‘sexual misconduct’ with students

  By Fareeza Haniff – A male teacher attached to a Secondary School on Woolford Avenue, Georgetown  was sent on immediate leave by the Education...

PI into murder of female taxi driver to commence in May

– Twenty – three – year - old Labourer of Yarrowkabra accused of murdering a female taxi driver at Soesdyke made another appearance...

External audit firm joins corruption probe at Gold Board

  By Kurt Campbell – An external auditing firm has joined local law enforcement in the ongoing probe into allegations of corruption at the Guyana...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...