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A Campbellville businessman shot his wife dead then turned the gun on himself early on Saturday morning in the couple’s home which was located on the third storey of their three storey business property at the corner of Garnett and Delph Streets. The dead man has been identified as businessman Ramdat Lokhnauth aka Moses and […]
Nurses at the state owned, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation have started a “go slow” protest following the Government’s announcement that public servants will not be getting more than a 5% increase in their salaries this year. Several nurses at the Georgetown Hospital downed their tools and started the go slow protest on Friday morning, while […]
With Guyana being blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) for its failure to implement full money laundering legislation, the country is being given up to May 2014 to enact full legislation before it faces referral to the International Financial Task Force and be made to face additional sanctions. Reports of the move by […]
Residents of Cane View Avenue in South Ruimveldt between Greenheart Street and David Rose Avenue, woke up on Thursday morning to the shocking discovery of the lifeless body of a man wrapped in a blue tarpaulin on the road side. One woman at the scene described the man as someone known only as “drug head”. […]
A Brazilian national who operated a money changing and gold trading business at Mahdia in Region 8 was shot dead on Wednesday evening in his shop during a robbery by a number of gunmen. Reports out of Mahdia indicate that the gunmen escaped with a large sum of money and fired several shots in the […]
Guyana has been blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) for its failure to enact full anti money laundering legislation. The decision by the Financial grouping came down on Wednesday in The Bahamas. Attorney General Anil Nandalall confirmed the development to News Source. The Attorney General Anil Nandalall attended the Bahamas meeting of the […]
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is partnering with the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) to develop and launch a comprehensive anti-discrimination workplace policy which includes sexual orientation and gender identity as prohibited grounds. GCCI President, Clinton Urling, made the announcement in his opening remarks at a recent seminar which focused on […]
Cocaine seizures across CARICOM Member States, training of police personnel and the provision of fast boats to help curtail maritime criminal activities are among the successes of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). These were outlined by Co-chairs of the Fourth Meeting of the CBSI Commission Ms Astonia Browne of the Caribbean Community […]
The Government of Guyana has been forced to withdraw a US$30 Million Memorandum of Understanding that was entered into with an overseas based Guyanese for the setting up of a waste recycling plant. The decision by the Donald Ramotar administration came in wake of several embarrassing reports in the press about the company that was […]
The Ghana News Agency announced on Wednesday that the Western Naval Command of Ghana arrested a foreign vessel carrying 21 bags of substances suspected to be cocaine on Tuesday, November 20. The vessel, “ATIYAH, George-Town” is a Guyanese registered vessel which was travelling from Guyana. It was arrested and escorted by Ghana Naval Ship Yaa […]
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