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(CBS News) WASHINGTON — The U.S. sanctioned Venezuelan Vice President Tareck El Aissami on Monday, calling him a “prominent Venezuelan drug trafficker.” In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated El Aissami as “a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act) […]
He may have been able to walk away from Guyanese Law Enforcement without being noticed, but a Guyanese national is now facing drug trafficking charges in the United States after he was busted on February 9, 2017 with four pounds of cocaine stashed in the false bottoms of his shoes. According to the U.S Customs […]
A wastewater treatment plant is to be constructed in the city, to provide the necessary capacity to address residential and commercial growth. The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will advance the design and construction of the facility within the next five years, Planning and Implementation Director, Ramchand Jailall explained in an interview with the Government Information […]
A 17-year old Lindener was today remanded to prison after being slapped with an armed robbery charge. The teen entered a not guilty plea. Because of his age, his name and identity will not be revealed. The Prosecution’s case is that on the 8th February in the Canvas City area in Wismar, Linden, the young […]
Local music producers Charmaine Blackman and Bonny Alves are seeking the public’s help in locating two of their laptop computers that were stolen from their Agricola home. The burglary took place while the couple was in Linden for the Calypso competition this past weekend. Mr. Alves recounted that it was just after 7 o’ clock […]
Even as the Movement Against Parking Meters is pressing for a complete revocation of the City Council’s parking meter contract with Smart City Solutions, the municipality has announced that it intends to slash the price for parking by 50%. Town Clerk, Royston King, has confirmed that motorists will be charged $25 plus VAT for 15 […]
In response to President David Granger’s grading of his government’s performance since taking office, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jadgeo is out with his own report card on the government. On the weekly television programme, “The Public Interest”, President Granger said he would reward his government with an A grade, because it has had to clean up […]
The Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory which was constructed at a cost of just over $1 Billion and opened in 2014 is not functioning presently, because of a number of technical and electrical issues. The repair works are to be undertaken by IEB Security, a Barbadian firm responsible for installing security systems at the laboratory by way […]
As the new work week started, more than 100 sugar workers from the Wales Estate, which was shut down last December, gathered outside the President’s Office to protest efforts to have them transferred to the Uitvlugt estate. The workers said they prefer to be paid their severance packages and head off into retirement, rather than […]
After 21 months in office President David Granger is of the view that his government’s performance is deserving of an “A grade” after having to clean up the mess left by the former administration. The President shared this view on Friday on his weekly television show ‘The Public Interest’ which was aired by the state-owned […]
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