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The Guyana Police Force is praising co-operation between citizens and the Police Force and believes that cooperation has resulted in the seizure of a high-powered weapon and several matching rounds of ammunition in Linden. Police investigators say they were able to retrieve a high powered AK 47 Rifle, two magazines and fifteen rounds of matching ammunition, […]
Guyana will need to ensure it secures convictions in the area of money laundering, terrorist financing, and theft of state assets if its exit from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) process is to be sustained. This is according to Attorney General Basil Williams, who on Wednesday declared the country’s exit from the process that […]
The World Bank has given Guyana a ranking of 124 in its Ease of Doing Business report. Last year Guyana was ranked at 140. But while Guyana is doing better in terms of the ease of doing business, starting up a new business in Guyana may not be as easy. The same report has given […]
Police investigators are this evening probing the robbery and shooting of BM Soat Manager, Rameez Mohammed. He was shot to the thigh just outside his Croal Street car dealership by gunman as he was about to enter his car. Reports indicate that Mohammed was relieved of a bag of money that he was carrying at […]
A United States Customs and Border Protection Officer is slated to give evidence in a gold smuggling case against a local businessman. The Officer is the latest and seemingly the last of several overseas witnesses to offer testimony in the case against Christopher Baldeo. In this case, Baldeo is charged with smuggling four gold bars […]
Urgent repair works at the Ministry of the Presidency has forced the government to temporarily hold its weekly Cabinet Meetings at the GDF Officers Mess located inside Army Headquarters, Camp Ayangana. The Ministry of the Presidency said repair works have already commenced in some sections of the main buildings of the MoTP complex. These urgent […]
The British High Commission has confirmed that Prince Harry will be in Guyana from the 2nd to 4th December on the final stop of a Caribbean tour. Prince Harry will be representing The Queen, in the year of her 90th birthday, particularly as Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Guyana mark independence anniversaries. “Prince Harry holds special […]
The 14-year-old neighbour of the Mahaicony shopkeeper who was found tied up and beaten to death, and a 24-year-old man from the same area, were today charged with the woman’s murder. The woman’s lifeless body was found last Monday (October 17, 2016) in her house. The two were not required to enter a plea to […]
The Director of Public Prosecutions is currently assessing whether any criminal or other charges could be brought against persons believed to be involved in fraud and mismanagement at the Guyana Marketing Corporation. The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) recently completed and forwarded a report on its investigation into irregularities at GMC for advice. An audit […]
A new Town Clerk has been appointed for the Municipality of Bartica, the Ministry of communities has announced. Ms. Phebe Wallerson who holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Biology from the University of Guyana will serve in the capacity of Town Clerk of Bartica. The Ministry said Wallerson brings to the post a wealth […]
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