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August 15, 2019

Senior citizen remanded for cocaine in shoes

A 66-year-old man, who was allegedly nabbed at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri with over 200 grams of cocaine stashed inside his shoes, was on Thursday remanded to prison. Roderick Andrew Chase appeared before Principal…

Aspiring Lawyer tops Region 6

“It’s a great privilege,” 17-year-old Jhashodra Ramnarain said when she found out on Wednesday that she topped the East Berbice- Corentyne Region at the 2019 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Examination. She told the News…

CARICOM statement on US mass shootings

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply shocked and saddened by the recent mass shootings that took place in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, in the United States, and which resulted in the loss of 31 lives. CARICOM condemns in the…