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PARAMARIBO, Suriname – A Canadian company that operates a gold mine in Suriname says it will dismiss roughly 10 per cent of its workforce to reduce costs amid low global prices for the precious metal. Toronto-based Iamgold Corp. announced the cuts Thursday. The company owns about 90 per cent of the Rosebel mine, with the […]
(AP) Attackers killed six members of the same family and set their clapboard home on fire in northern Jamaica, and the island’s security minister on Friday linked the massacre to the island’s international lottery scam crime rings. The Jamaica Constabulary Force said the dead in the Logwood section of Hanover parish included two teenagers and […]
(BBC) Police in Brazil have arrested nine of their fellow officers suspected of carrying out a series of killings on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. Investigators say they were probably seeking revenge after the shooting of an off-duty policeman during a robbery in the area. Nineteen people were killed within several hours on 13 August. […]
A 53-year-old Canadian man was sentenced to four years in jail today after he pleaded guilty to a cocaine trafficking charge. The man, Miguel Andres Sardinha was busted at the Cheddi Jagan Airport Thursday evening as he prepared to board a direct flight to Toronto, Canada. According to reports, agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics […]
Georgetown businessman and drag racer, Sanjay Persaud was sentenced to 58 months in jail today by Magistrate Judy Latchman after he was found guilty of causing the death of city council worker, Leon Hunte by dangerous driving. Persaud was represented by Attorney Glen Hannoman who failed in his bid to secure bail for the businessman […]
by Gordon Moseley With a resumé that showcases a wealth of experience in tackling drug trafficking on the global stage, the new United States Ambassador to Guyana, believes that for Guyana to gain more successes in tackling the problem, there must be clear political will. In an exclusive interview inside the US Embassy in Georgetown, Ambassador […]
President David Granger responded to critics of his petty offenses pardon on Friday with an undertaking to pardon more young prisoners of petty crimes. He gave that undertaking as he addressed a rally to bring a close to the celebrations to commemorate Education month, which was observed in September. The President said despite the complaints from […]
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Friday offered its support for the 10% to 50% salary increase for Government Ministers and Members of Parliaments, but the governing trade union body expressed concern about the process that was in place for the increase. Speaking to members of the media, GTUC General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis, said there […]
The British Government will be supporting major infrastructure and development works in Guyana under a new fund that will also lend assistance to seven other Caribbean states. That US$550 Million fund will represent the largest foreign aid that any government will be pushing in this part of the world and it will come under the Caribbean […]
Police are probing the brutal murder of a 78-year-old woman in the village of Hopetown on the West Coast of Berbice. The body of Vaulda Britton was found in her home on Sunday. At first relatives believed that she had died from natural causes, although they had concerns about bruises that were spotted on the […]
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