A total of 2.330kg of cocaine with a street value of $2.6 million was seized during an operation by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU). The operation was conducted between Den Amstel, West Coast Demerara, and Ruby, East Bank Essequibo, on Thursday. Ian Griffith, 45, of North East La Penitence was arrested during the operation. Investigations…
President Irfaan Ali told the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)/Central American Integration System (SICA) Summit that Guyana is ready to collaborate with countries in Central America on agriculture. The Head of State also proposed a meeting between the Central American Agricultural Council (CAC) and CARICOM’s Special Ministerial Task Force on Food Production and Food Security that is…
ONE day after a wanted bulletin was issued for her arrest, Amrita Bahadur turned herself over to the police, on Thursday, while in the company of her attorney, Bernard DaSilva. Bahadur was wanted by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in connection to allegedly obtaining money by false pretence which occurred in Georgetown between June 2021…
Shyam Nokta, the Former Head of Guyana’s Office for Climate Change and an entrepreneur providing environmental services, is one of this year’s five laureates at the prestigious Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence. Other laureates include Jamaican novelist Marlon James, Barbadian ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon Dr. Kim Jebodhsingh, Surinamese Information and Communications technology (ICT)…
IN a show of solidarity for the people of Ukraine and their loved ones and supporters around the world, Digicel is giving customers across the Caribbean and Central America the ability to call and text from their home country to the Ukraine for free from today. “We know how important it is to be able…
Shane Warne, one of cricket’s all-time greats, has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 52. Warne, who was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century, claimed 708 Test wickets in a 15-year career for Australia between 1992 and 2007, and was also a World Cup winner in 1999.…
EXXONMOBIL Guyana has replanted the mangrove vegetation cleared at the Ogle foreshore, East Coast Demerara for the landing of its fibre-optic cable which will service its offshore facilities. According a release, the exercise was overseen by officials from the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) as part of regulatory approvals the company received to…
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is seeking the public’s help in ascertaining the identity of a man who was found dead at Barama Line, Baramita, North West District, Region One. According to the report, the alleged murder took place on Thursday. Police said the male victim is of Amerindian descent; his body was found with…
REGION Three is geared towards creating opportunities in the areas of agriculture, tourism, housing, industrial and commercial development in line with government’s vision for the enhancement of the region as private sector companies step up to focus on agriculture. With the recent pronouncements by President Dr Irfaan Ali at the 33rd Inter-Sessional Meeting in Belize,…
An unidentified man was found dead along the Meten-meer-Zorg Public Road on the West Coast of Demerara on Wednesday last. Police Headquarters reported that the man is about 60-years-old; no marks of violence were observed on the body. Police found the man lying face down on the road after they received a call from an…
