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The 27th Americas INTERPOL Regional Conference opened in Georgetown this morning with Prime Minister Mark Phillips noting that while cooperation among various countries and organizations continue to reap results in the fight against transitional organized crime, that cooperation must be swift in order to dent the backs of criminal networks. The Prime Minister told the […]
The Government of Guyana is silent on reports that the United States intends to use its veto powers on the United Nations Security Council to block the nomination of Guyana’s Ambassador to the UN, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett from the UN Secretary General job. The New York times is reporting that the United States has opposed the […]
While indicating that Guyana has already rejected a number of persons submitted by the US Government for resettlement as part of the third-country deportee agreement, the US Ambassador to Guyana has revealed that the agreement runs for two years. Under the agreement, the US will provide US$7.8 million to assist with the resettling of those […]
Explaining that the US Embassy would at times furnish information to Washington on visa holders and their eligibility to continue holding on to their visas, the US Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot, today said the embassy was not aware of information related to the visa review for Justice Gino Persaud. The High Court Judge was […]
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall has stated that the sale of taser guns or taser equipment is completely prohibited under the law as it also falls under the Firearms Act. A number of Chinese-owned businesses in Georgetown have been selling taser guns to any customer with a request for […]
Doubling down on his earlier testimony that Opposition Leader and US sanctioned businessman, Azruddin Mohamed, is a threat to society and national security, the Head of the Police Force’s Special Branch, Senior Superintendent Prem Narine told the Court today that he has information, which suggests that the businessman turned politician is allegedly linked to murders, […]
Guyana is currently experiencing record breaking temperatures, even when compared to the hottest years, Specialist Meteorologist, Komalchand Dhiram, has explained. Speaking at the Hydromet Service’s National Climate Outlook forum this morning, Dhiram said Guyana has been experiencing warm temperatures since January, which had an extreme spike in August. He said from all indications so […]
Four days after Chartered Accountant Terrence Jaskaran was considered by the Court to be an expert in forensic auditing, Principal Magistrate Faith Mc Gusty said that sentiments expressed by him in public could weigh on his testimony in Court as the 2020 Elections Case continued in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today. Notwithstanding the objections of […]
Declaring that the first half of this year has not been easy for the country, President Irfaan Ali believes the Government has been able to tame inflation and stabilize prices. In a recorded interview just before heading out to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, President Irfaan Ali said his Government has had […]
After a week of controversy surrounding his reported destruction of his personal diary and two notebooks containing critical information regarding his handling of the Mohameds’ extradition case, Head of the Special Branch Unit of the Guyana Police Force, Senior Superintendent Prem Narine, today told the Court that the books “shredded” and “burnt” earlier in January […]
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