Two Guyanese admitted to possession, trafficking and importation of 14.5 kilogrammes of cocaine and 2 kilogrammes of cannabis in a Barbados court on Monday
A Barbados Today report said Guyanese Coco Profitt and Paul Fraser admitted to committing the crime on a boat, the Lady Sandra, at Bridgetown Port on September 10, 2015.
Over $200,000 in cash and a quantity of phone cards, valued around $30,000, were among the items stolen from Poonai’s Pharmacy and Animal Health Care, in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne during the wee hours of yesterday morning.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s upper house of parliament voted yesterday to give lawmakers more power to reject the final terms of the country’s exit from the European Union, ignoring pleas from Prime Minister Theresa May’s government not to hamstring their negotiations.
Citizens who have opted for the prepaid meters can now receive them as the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) now has meters in stock, GINA reported yesterday.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The state of Hawaii said it will ask a federal court today for an emergency halt to President Donald Trump’s new executive order restricting travel from six Muslim-majority countries, becoming the first state to challenge the ban in court.
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge yesterday ruled against Native American tribes seeking to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline as their legal options narrow weeks before oil is set to flow on the project.
Odell Hicks, a mason who was charged in January with unlawful possession of a pistol and live ammunition, was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years in jail after being found guilty of the crime.
The options being considered by the government and the proposals by the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union (GAWU) on the future of the sugar industry will form the basis of a White Paper.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal environmental agency, Ibama, launched yesterday a centralized database to track timber from source to sale, a vital step in the fight against illegal logging in the Amazon.
HAMBURG, (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister accused Berlin yesterday of exerting systematic pressure on Turkish citizens in Germany and hampering campaigns in support of President Tayyip Erdogan’s bid for new powers in a referendum next month.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Guatemalan capital yesterday to demand the resignation of President Jimmy Morales, whose popularity has dropped since his brother and elder son were caught up in a graft investigation.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump yesterday endorsed Republican legislation to replace the Obamacare healthcare law but the measure faced a rebellion by conservative groups and lawmakers, complicating its chances for passage in the U.S.
Million-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the construction of facilities for the Mahdia Radio Station, in Mahdia, under the Office of the Prime Minister.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panamanian former dictator, CIA spy and convicted cocaine trafficker Manuel Noriega was in a coma yesterday after suffering a hemorrhage from an operation to remove a benign brain tumor, representatives for the 83-year-old said.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives intelligence committee said yesterday he had seen no evidence to support President Donald Trump’s allegation he was wiretapped by then-President Barack Obama during the 2016 presidential campaign.
HOUSTON/CALGARY, (Reuters) – Doug Lucas stood outside a Houston energy conference early one morning last month handing out resumes and hoping to catch the eye of oil executives with a hand-written sign advertising “Petroleum Eng.
KUALA LUMPUR/ SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country yesterday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, as police investigating the murder of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur sought to question three men hiding in the North Korean embassy.
A jury on Monday convicted a career criminal for gunning down US-based Guyanese cop Randolph Holder and he now faces a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole.
(Reuters) – Attorneys for a Mexican immigrant in Seattle, who has permission to work in the United States, are hoping to convince a federal judge to hear a challenge to his immigration arrest and bypass U.S.