A 19-year-old woman is among four persons currently in custody following the break up of a cocaine pellet swallowing ring by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit. The young woman was busted on Friday evening at the Cheddi Jagan Airport while she was preparing to board a New York bound flight. She was questioned and taken…
Guyana will host the third edition of the Caribbean School Boys and Juniors Boxing Championships from August 17-19 and Hand-in-Hand Mutual Fire and Life and Insurance Companies has come in support of the event, which is organised by the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA). GBA President Steve Ninvalle, speaking at simple ceremony at the company’s Avenue of the Republic location, extended gratitude…
While declaring his innocence in a robbery that he claimed he was forced to be the driver for two bandits, a West Coast Demerara taxi driver was today remanded to prison over the same robbery. The accused, Harry James appeared before Chief Magistrate,Ann McLennan and tried his best to secure but bail was denied and…
A woman, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was on Tuesday robbed at gunpoint of her purse with cash and valuables while she was making a purchase at a fruit stand on Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown, Georgetown. News Room contacted the fruit vendor who disclosed that the customer was trailed from another location where…
The cosmetologist who was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport with a packet of cocaine stashed in her vagina and cocaine pellets in her stomach appeared in Court today and was sentenced to three years in jail after pleading guilty to the cocaine trafficking charge. 37-year-old, Natasha Blair of Grove, East Bank Demerara, appeared before…
The flood situation in Region 9 has worsened, according to information provided by Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig. Based on information received, the water level increased by approximately 5ft between 5 am to 11 am today in Tabatinga, Culvert City and Lethem. A total of 25 persons are…
-by Ravin Singh- The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) had its third President installed today just before the start of the 39th meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Justice Adrian Saunders of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was sworn in as the President of…
See below full statement issued by L. Seepersaud Maraj & Sons jewellery store: Today, the 3rd day of July, 2018 at 7:00hrs, someone from a neighbouring stall called to inform us that the stall in Stabroek Market where L. Seepersaud Maraj & Sons jewellery store is located was broken into. It is true that the police…
Five men are in custody and others are being investigated following the discovery of more than fifteen pounds of cocaine strapped to the bottom of a car that was inside a shipping bond compound at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. The vehicle had reportedly been used to ferry a shipment of ground provision and pumpkins to…
Four men were on Monday arrested after they were found in the possession of a boat belonging to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA). Police said the 55ft wooden boat was moored at the Marine Wharf. It was last seen at the location by a security guard employed with the Guyana Revenue at around 00:30hrs. However,…
