A MAN, on Monday, chose to evade officers in Linden by ditching the motorcycle he was riding and dropping a bag containing over 7,000 grams of cannabis. According to police reports, the man was riding an unlicensed XR motorcycle in the vicinity of Millie’s Hide Out, Amelia’s Ward, on Monday evening, when he spotted officers…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
POLICE presence at the Stabroek Market is expected to improve following a meeting between officials of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) of Georgetown and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), on Wednesday. According to a press release, Commander of Police Division ‘4A,’ Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean, met with Chief Constable at the Mayor and City…
With $20.6 million in funding from the Guyana Red Investment Fund (GRIF), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has teamed up with the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) to see 26 individuals from several land management agencies in Guyana being afforded an opportunity to study at the University of Guyana (UG) under its Land…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
GUYANA-BORN poet, Grace Nichols, was, on Wednesday, presented with the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry 2021 by Her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, in the United Kingdom. According to the royal website, the Poetry Medal Committee unanimously recommended Grace Nichols as this year’s recipient on the basis of her body of work, in particular her first…
Local health authorities are expanding the healthcare services offered across Guyana and Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony says that there will be an increased focus on eliminating several neglected diseases. Infectious diseases such as filaria, leprosy, leishmaniasis and trypanosomiasis are among those neglected diseases the Health Minister said Guyana is seeking to eliminate. Already, Guyana…
The Albouystown man who was busted at the Eugene F. Correia Airport at Ogle with a suitcase full of imported marijuana aka poppy weed was sentenced to four years in jail today after pleading guilty to the drug trafficking charge. 47-year-old Elvis Thuesday appeared before Magistrate Rachel Liverpool at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court and pleaded…
A FRANTIC search has been launched for a Berbice fisherman who disappeared after the boat he was in, capsized in the vicinity of Bush Lot Village on the Corentyne Coast sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. Missing is 28-year-old Suraj Dhaneshwar of Lot 49 Railway Line, Rosignol, West Coast Berbice. The captain of the…
The Guyana Energy Agency on Wednesday received a substantial donation of solar PV systems from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for its hinterland sustainable energy programme. A handover agreement was signed between the two agencies for three solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, 12 deep cycle batteries and 18 solar PV panels. GEA will install the…
