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The largest airline in Latin America, Latam, says it is suspending its flights to Venezuela because of the worsening economic situation. The suspension came a day after Germany’s Lufthansa said it would suspend its services to the country. The German company said Venezuela owed it millions in ticket revenues. Oil-rich Venezuela has been hit hard […]
A special commission in Haiti has recommended throwing out the disputed results of last year’s first-round presidential election and holding a new vote. Commission President Pierre Francois Benoit said “zombie votes” and other problems meant last October’s ballot could not be considered legitimate. Haiti has been under an interim president since February. A run-off vote […]
(BBC) A second minister in Brazil’s new government has resigned. Fabiano Silveira was in charge of the ministry tasked with fighting corruption but left after a recording was made public, which seems to show him trying to derail a corruption investigation at the state oil company. Last week the planning minister stepped aside after a […]
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party, Nigel Dharamlall is denying any involvement in any criminal act. Police investigators are currently seeking legal advice following a complaint filed against Dharamlall that he threatened to shoot a foreign worker attached to the IDB Office in Guyana after the man was seen speaking to his ex-wife. […]
Three mining officers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission escaped without injury this afternoon (Monday) after coming under gunfire from Venezuelan soldiers in Guyana’s Cuyuni river near Eteringbang. The three officers were traversing the area carrying out monitoring duties when at least four gunshots were fired at their boat by the Venezuelan soldiers […]
Two Security Guards attached to the RK Security Service, along with a third person, were on Monday charged for a staged robbery in which monies belonging to several companies were coveted. The two guards, Damion Pearce and Cleveland Pyle along with Pearce’s reputed wife Eulesie Stephen, made their appearance at the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court where […]
Activity at crossing points along the Guyana/Venezuela border remain normal, says Citizenship Minister Winston Felix. Over the last two weeks, Guyana has been paying attention to warnings of a possible influx of Venezuelan refugees in light of that country’s food shortage situation. There were reports that persons were crossing the border to purchase food supplies […]
Member of Parliament for the People’s Progressive Party and former Permanent Secretary, Nigel Dharamlall, is currently under probe by Police investigators on the East Coast of Demerara following a complaint that he used a firearm to threaten the life of a foreign employee of the IDB office in Guyana. Reports indicate that the incident occurred just […]
Former Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has taken Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud to task over claims that he, Rohee, allegedly stymied the training process of police ranks while he served as Minister under the People’s Progressive Party government. Mr. Rohee denied that he ducked applications for overseas training of ranks and called on Persaud, […]
Police and Geology and Mines investigators are once again moving in to the Konawaruk area in the Potaro community following another deadly mining accident. An 18-year-old miner who has been identified as Ramal Williams of 58 Miles, Mabura Road, died on Sunday after he became trapped in a mining pit when it collapsed. When the […]
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