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A twenty-four-year-old Guyanese woman was yesterday arrested following the discovery of 10 pounds of cocaine in her suitcases while she was waiting to board a flight destined for Antigua at the Eugene F.

China’s new ambassador to Guyana, Cui Jianchun was yesterday accredited during a ceremony at State House.

The investigation into last Friday’s fire at Vigilance, East Coast Demerara which claimed the life of three-year-old Bianka Sancho has been completed and the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) has determined that the blaze was caused by an illegal power connection.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday defended Guyana’s vote against a UN resolution on funding for a gay rights envoy arguing that the mandate of the office lacked specificity among other reasons.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) says the cabinet reshuffle by President David Granger  is cosmetic and meant to be  a diversion from the current controversy over the government’s revoking of the lease to Red House held by the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Inc.

Convicted drug trafficker Dennis Jones yesterday found himself back before a city court, where he was charged with trafficking 10 grammes of cocaine and forging an identification card.

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) will be presenting its annual Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure to the people of Georgetown by the end of January 2017.

The police in B Division are continuing the hunt for Shamar Mohammed Ally, the man who is accused of chopping his ex-girlfriend and her mother, at  Number 70 Village, Corentyne, on Christmas Eve.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has since rectified the water problem in Atlantic Ville on the East Coast Demerara, after receiving complaints from residents.

Cabinet on Friday, December 30, 2016 offered its no-objection to almost $100 million in contracts for the supply of equipment to two ministries.

The feasibility study for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge is expected to start before the month ends.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Anand Narine and Darrol Compton, the two men accused of killing Babita Sarjou six years ago, continued yesterday.

Two men, on separate charges of cannabis possession, met very different fates on Tuesday when they were brought before the Chief Magistrate.

A Blankenburg resident was last Wednesday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was charged with escaping from the cops at the Police Headquarters in Eve Leary.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama exhorted fellow Democrats yesterday to preserve his legacy-defining healthcare law as Republicans moved ahead with their long-desired bid to scrap it in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence called the “first order of business” of Donald Trump’s administration.

A labourer, who police allege committed two armed robberies, was on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged in a city court.

NEW YORK/LONDON,  (Reuters) – Gold rose to the highest in nearly four weeks yesterday as the dollar edged back from a 14-year peak and physical demand from major consumers China and India increased.

A  bandit on Monday evening invaded an East Canje home where he robbed a woman while her husband was at work.

As the investigation into the murders of University of Guyana (UG) student Azrudeen Hussain and poultry vendor Desmond Singh on New Year’s Day continues, the police are pursuing a third suspect.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro  yesterday shuffled his cabinet by naming a new economy czar to oversee the OPEC country’s decaying socialist system and a new oil minister to confront the economic difficulties caused by low oil prices.