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Police intercepted a shipment containing eight pounds of suspected cannabis at BAC Couriers Shipping Company on D’Urban Street, Georgetown, on Thursday afternoon. According to a Police report, ranks conducted a search around 16:30 hrs on a brown cardboard box that had been shipped from Florida by a man identified as Shamar Fraser to a recipient…
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India captain Suryakumar Yadav has been found guilty by the ICC of breaching the code of conduct for his comments that alluded to the military skirmish between India and Pakistan, after their group match in the Asia Cup on September 14. It is understood Suryakumar’s not-guilty plea was rejected by ICC match referee Richie Richardson and that he was fined 30% of his match…
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The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will once again roll out its National Development Programme this Saturday (September 27) at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym in Albouystown, with national coach Lennox Daniels taking charge from ringside. Traditionally aimed at nurturing up-and-coming fighters who are just stepping between the ropes, this edition of the programme carries…
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West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph has been ruled out of the two-Test series against India next month because of an injury. He will be replaced by the uncapped pace-bowling all-rounder Johann Layne. A CWI tweet confirmed that Joseph had been ruled out and that he would be re-evaluated before the white-ball tour of Bangladesh, but did not…
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Minister of Education, Sonia Parag and Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation, Deodat Indar convened a meeting on Thursday afternoon to address urgent utilities issues facing schools across the country. As a result of this meeting, the Ministers have formed a rapid-response task force to tackle these issues, along with what seems to be the…
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Ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) found 14.8 kilogrammes (or about 32.7 pounds) of cocaine following an intelligence-led operation at Charity, Essequibo Coast, on Thursday. A CANU release noted that 13 brick-like parcels suspected to be cocaine were found at the location. One person was arrested and taken to CANU headquarters with the suspected…
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Several performance audits are currently ongoing for the Guyana Fire Service, and the water and energy sectors, according to Auditor General Deodat Sharma. Two of the audits are expected to be completed by the end of this year. “The performance audits we are looking at four audits presently, two we expect to finish at the…
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The GMR Group, who co-own Delhi Capitals in the IPL, are in advanced discussions to relaunch the Jamaica Tallawahs franchise in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). GMR, an Indian infrastructure conglomerate, has expanded its cricketing portfolio significantly in recent years. It is directly involved in the operations of Dubai Capitals in the ILT20, Seattle Orcas in Major League Cricket,…
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The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is set to host the National Senior Table Tennis Championship 2025 this weekend, marking the return of the prestigious event after a two-year hiatus. With national titles on the line and a place in Guyana’s table tennis history at stake, several of the country’s leading players will take to…
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Police Headquarters said cannabis plants and parcels of dried cannabis, worth $61.7 million, were destroyed on Thursday at Low Wood, Demerara River. Additionally, an unlicensed 12-gauge shotgun was found in a clump of bushes nearby. “During the exercise, the Police team discovered a plot of land measuring about one (1) acre, which contained about 1500…
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