Bajan gets three years for 152lbs ganja found on vessel destined for Barbados

A Barbadian was this morning sentenced to three years behind bars and fined $51,934,500 after pleading guilty to trafficking 152lbs of marijuana. Fifty-one-year-old Michael Forde...

Deputy Chief Elections Officer charged for misconduct in public office, gets $300k bail

Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers was this morning slapped with two charges of misconduct in public office in relation to the March...

Eight new Permanent Secretaries appointed

The Office of the President has announced the appointment of Permanent Secretaries within several Government Ministries. The appointments are as follows: Mr Malcolm Watkins – Mr Watkins...

Blairmont Estate to focus solely on exporting packaged sugar, Enmore to supply local markets...

As Government forges ahead to restart operations at the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), Chief Executive Officer (Ag.), Sasenarine Singh, says the Blairmont Estate will...

Guyana’s teachers undergoing ICT training to deliver online classes

More than half of the nation’s teachers have already registered for the ProFuturo Online training programme, the Education Ministry said today. Since the official launch...

CANU interdicts vessel at GNIC wharf with over 150lbs of suspected ganja destined for...

The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) yesterday, found 69.2 Kilogrammes (152.6lbs) of suspected marijuana onboard a Barbados registered vessel at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation...

CEO meeting with PTA executives to ensure children are kept engaged during closure of...

The Chief Education Officer (CEO), Dr Marcel Hutson has begun meeting with Parent Teachers Association (PTA) Executives from across the country to discuss ways...

‘Crack’ gets 10 years for rice farmer’s death

Paul James, also known as ‘Crack,’ was this afternoon sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for the June 01, 2015 killing of Cane Grove, Mahaica,...

OPIONION: Disastrous Oil Deals for Guyana Must be Renegotiated; No Retreat no Surrender

Regardless of which political party is in power, the obnoxious and detestable 2% contract between the Government of Guyana and Exxon’s subsidiary and their...

Regularisation is most sensible and humane solution to Success squatting debacle – APNU+AFC

Regularising is the most sensible and humane solution to the impasse between the authorities and squatters at Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD), says the...

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