Edinburgh man held over 22 kg cannabis
On Sunday 21st April 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation on High Street, Georgetown, where they intercepted a motor car.
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On Sunday 21st April 2024, Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) Officers conducted an operation on High Street, Georgetown, where they intercepted a motor car.
-15-year-old in ICU Region Six has so far recorded 440 dengue cases for the year with eleven in the last twenty-four hours and a 15-year-old is hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.
A 23-year-old Sophia labourer was fatally shot on Sunday night after he resisted the efforts of two men to rob him of his motorcycle in front of his home.
-leading figures from former Omai Gold Mines Ltd have role Reunion Gold Corporation (RGD) of Canada and G Mining Ventures (GMIN) have struck a deal for gold mining in Oko West in Region Seven.
By Femi Harris-Smith Pacific Development Inc (PDI) has been ordered to refund a woman $6 million dollars for construction of a house it promised, after a court found that the land earmarked for the erection had not been granted by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).
Public Accounts Committee [PAC] member Ganesh Mahipaul has accused the Government of deliberately cancelling yesterday’s sitting of the PAC because it is aware of the damning revelations contained in the 2020, 2021 and 2022 Auditor General’s Reports.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – California will conclude a two-year investigation into Exxon and the fossil fuel industry’s role in causing global plastic pollution by summer and decide if it will file a lawsuit against oil giant, its attorney general told Reuters yesterday.
The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that the control tower at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri received a distress call at 15:20 hours yesterday, alerting authorities of a medical emergency onboard AirEuropa’s flight bound to Spain from Peru.
Chief Labour Officer [CLO] Dhaneshwar Deonarine yesterday declined to comment on scathing criticism from Justice Sandil Kissoon for not discharging his functions in relation to the four-week-long strike by teachers.
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says the recent teachers strike has underlined that Guyanese from all races and communities can come together on issues.
The autopsy for the Corentyne eight-year-old child who died suddenly at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital on Tuesday last was inconclusive.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday afternoon received a delegation from Kuwait which is exploring various investment opportunities, including in infrastructure.
Massy Distribution Guyana, as part of its Forces for Good Initiative, recently donated US$5,000 to the Rotary Club of Garden City.
The University of Guyana (UG)’s Faculty of Engineering and Technology has received its first international accreditation for the Associate of Science in Petroleum Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the London-based International Energy Institute.
Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton says that the government has invested significant resources through an “inter-ministerial” collaborative approach to facilitate much-needed programmes to empower the young population.
A 28-year-old Bartica businessman is currently in custody after ranks yesterday on duty at the Itaballi checkpoint searched his belongings along with his vehicle and found a haversack containing a firearm, 10 rounds of ammunition and 40 pills suspected to be amphetamines (ecstasy).
Five police officers were awarded for being beyond reproach when Assistant Commissioner Khali Pareshram and Deputy Commander Senior Superinten-dent Michael Kingston conducted a muster with ranks from Regional Police Division 4’C’ at the Divisional Headquart-ers in Cove and John, East Coast Demerara recently.
Lorne Anthony Whinfield, a 35-year-old resident of Hyde Park, Timehri, East Bank Demerara was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to two charges of ‘Unlawful Possession of a Firearm without License’ and ‘Unlawful Possession of Ammunition without License’.
Sophia labourer Alvin Griffith, 22, was fatally shot last night after two men tried to relieve him of his motorcycle.
The Government of Guyana, through the Guyana Geology and Mine Commission (GGMC), today disclosed the signing of a Mineral Agreement with Reunion Gold Corporation.
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