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Guyana’s Attorney General, Senior Counsel Basil Williams, today said he has had enough of his name being dragged around and will no longer tolerate libelous statements being made against him. “Time is up”,Williams said, as he told a Friday afternoon press briefing that he intends to take legal action against the Former Attorney General, Anil […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan will today meet with the Banking Association of Guyana as concerns continue to be expressed about the availability of foreign currency on the local market. The Government maintains that there is no shortage, but there may be attempts of hoarding foreign currency by a number of businesses and exporters. Yesterday, the […]
The High Court in Chile has sentenced 33 former intelligence agents for the disappearance of five political activists in 1987. The court said that the five had been abducted and killed, and their bodies thrown into the sea. Investigators said they were killed in revenge for the abduction of an army colonel by left-wing guerrillas. […]
(BBC) A judge in Argentina has ruled that the former president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, should stand trial on charges of financial mismanagement. Ms Fernandez, 64, is accused of fraudulently administering state funds in 2015. The former economy minister, Axel Kiciloff, and the former head of the central bank have also been charged. Ms Fernandez, […]
A Police Officer was among three persons remanded to prison today after being charged with being in possession of just over a pound of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The bust was made near the Cheddi Jagan Airport on March 17, 2017. Those charged today were Police Officer, Louie Dublin, Plaisance businessman and store […]
Two Pakistani nationals were on Thursday fined $100,000 and ordered deported from Guyana when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to face charges of forgery. Forty-year-old, Arshad Mahood Mughal and 33-year-old Asian Riaz Mughal were arrested by Guyanese law enforcement officials after they attempted to leave Guyana for Canada using fake passports. The Court […]
A South Ruimveldt woman was earlier today remanded to Prison after she was charged for being in possession with over fifty live ammunition rounds. 27-year-old, Alana Edwards, appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was not allowed to enter a plea to the indictable charge. The Court heard that on the […]
There is no government decision or plan to bring the existing 2:00am close off time for bars and nightclubs forward to midnight, a high ranking government official has clarified. Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan recently announced there have been requests from religious organisations that he did not name, to bring this curfew forward by at […]
On Thursday, the Government’s Chief Spokesman, State Minister Joe Harmon said the government’s push to finalize and bring into effect a code of conduct for Ministers and public office holders is being stalled by the failure of the Opposition party, the PPP and civil society bodies to give their feedback on the document. But three hours after […]
US registered carrier, Dynamic Airways, has instructed its agents and travel agents in Guyana to use an exchange rate of G$250 to $US1 for passengers wanting to buy its tickets. The rates being used by other airlines are much lower. News Source made checks at a number of local travel agents and other airlines and […]
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