By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2015
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(Trinidad Guardian) Northern Division police believe they may have uncovered a human trafficking ring after raiding an illegal brothel in Tacarigua on Wednesday night. According to reports, around 9.30 pm officers from the Arouca CID led by Senior Supt David Abraham and Supt Hendron Moses raided the property on the Eastern Main Road in Tacarigua […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2015
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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is urging President David Granger to ensure he makes himself available for the United Nations (UN) facilitated talks with his counterpart Nicolas Maduro in New York this weekend. Mr. Jagdeo believes this meeting is particularly important if the two neighbors are to resolve the current border controversy that has flared up in […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2015
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The United States Embassy in Georgetown on Friday announced the arrival of new Ambassador Perry Holloway. Mr. Halloway was confirmed by the US Senate by in August. He was sworn in as Ambassador to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on September 18, and is expected to present his credentials to President David Granger within the […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2015
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Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Brigadier Mark Phillips on Friday travelled to the army’s Base Camp Stephenson at Timerhi to mobilize ranks in wake of continued military activity in Eastern Venezuela, close to the border that the country shares with Guyana. Addressing a battle muster at Base Camp Stevenson, the Army […]
By News Source Guyana on September 25, 2015
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President David Granger on Thursday evening began his series of bilateral meetings with other Heads of Government attending the 70th United Nations General Assembly in New York. Last evening, the President held talks with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. After the closed door high level meeting, the President said the border controversy with Venezuela was discussed with Prime […]
By News Source Guyana on September 24, 2015
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Four police officers have been placed under close arrest for allegedly accepting $6 Million in cash as bribe money to release a bus with over $18 Million worth of cocaine. The Guyana Police Force on Thursday morning announced the investigation into the alleged corrupt transaction involving four of its own. Senior police sources confirmed to […]
By News Source Guyana on September 24, 2015
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A Guyanese woman living in St. Kitts braved the sunny weather conditions on Wednesday to stand with two placards in the capital of St. Kitts as the President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro started an official state visit to the Caribbean island. The woman, Denise DeFreitas, stood along the route from the airport with her placards […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2015
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Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro hopes to meet with President David Granger and hold face to face discussions when the two attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York in the coming days. Both Presidents are expected to address the United Nations General Assembly next Tuesday. President Granger will make his address on Tuesday morning […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2015
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In a statement on Wednesday afternoon, the Ministry of the Presidency reported that Chief of Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), Brigadier Mark Phillips, MSM has said that there is no increase in the number of GDF troops at the Guyana Venezuela border in light of the recent increase of activity by the Venezuelan […]
By News Source Guyana on September 23, 2015
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A Surinamese woman who was busted at the Ogle International Airport with close to two pounds of cocaine strapped to her body, has now excreted 15 cocaine filled pellets. According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force, the woman was taken to the Georgetown Hospital after the bust at the airport and she began […]