A container of rum from Guyana was intercepted in the Netherlands with more than 1,100 pounds of cocaine recently but the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) says that this container was scanned before it left Guyana and no drugs nor any other illegal or restricted substance were found onboard. A statement from the GRA noted that…
An investigation by the Guyana Revenue Authority into the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a rum shipment from Guyana has revealed that when the shipment left Guyana, there were only boxes of rum in the container. The cocaine bust took place in The Netherlands. In a statement today, the GRA said…
A 19-year-old mechanic was on Friday released on $550,000 bail for allegedly stealing a man’s 212 motorcar. Justin DeSantos of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara appeared before City Magistrate Dylon Bess and denied that on October 23, 2021, at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown he stole the car valued at $1.3 million, property of Campion Chichester.…
An investigation by the Guyana Revenue Authority into the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a rum shipment from Guyana has revealed that when the shipment left Guyana, there were only boxes of rum in the container. The cocaine bust took place in The Netherlands. In a statement today, the GRA said…
A 19-year-old construction worker was on Friday granted $1.9M bail on three counts of arson in relation to setting fire to a property located at Durban and George Streets, Georgetown in June. Anthony Sookhoo of Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, appeared before Magistrate Dylon Bess at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and pleaded not guilty to the three…
An investigation by the Guyana Revenue Authority into the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a rum shipment from Guyana has revealed that when the shipment left Guyana, there were only boxes of rum in the container. The cocaine bust took place in The Netherlands. In a statement today, the GRA said…
Guyanese can expect a full stock of poultry this season as the Guyana Poultry Producers Association has assured that there will be no shortage. President of the Association Patrick DeGroot told the News Room that “enough hatching eggs” have been procured to supply the holiday season. President of the Poultry Producers Association Patrick DeGroot DeGroot…
An investigation by the Guyana Revenue Authority into the discovery of more than 1100 pounds of cocaine in a rum shipment from Guyana has revealed that when the shipment left Guyana, there were only boxes of rum in the container. The cocaine bust took place in The Netherlands. In a statement today, the GRA said…
(BBC) – An Italian man who wanted a Covid vaccination certificate without getting the jab turned up for his vaccine with a fake arm, officials say. The man, in his 50s, arrived for his shot with a silicone mould covering his real arm, hoping it would go unnoticed. But a nurse was not fooled and…
By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Hopeful but worried. Those were the emotions 54-year-old Yourajpatti Stanwyck felt when she was told that she could benefit from a surgery that was never done before. On one hand, she could get the much-needed surgery and rid herself of her ailment. Though that seems ideal, Stanwyck was also worried that…
