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A Guyanese national identified as Rudralall Baldeo found himself before a New York Judge after he pushed a grandfather off the Harlem Subway Platform in New York. The New York Daily News reports “A grandfather critically injured in an attack by a homeless drunk on a Harlem subway platform is a churchgoing family man targeted […]
Two Guyanese men, 54-year-old Desmond Wilson and 61-year-old Yugool Persaud have been found Guilty in Florida of two counts of violating the U.S Maritime Drug Enforcement Act. The two men were arrested in September aboard their vessel MISS TIFFANY as it moved across the Caribbean Sea with over 2500 pounds of marijuana as its cargo. […]
The Ministry of Finance has issued a number of warnings about the possible implications Guyana could face as a result of being blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF). According to the Ministry, the decision by CFATF “to encourage its member countries to consider implementing counter measures to protect their financial systems from […]
The Venezuelan airline, Conviasa airline made its inaugural flight today at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri, starting a direct service from Puerto Ordaz to Georgetown, Guyana. The airline, located at the Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela is the largest airline in that country, operating services to domestic destinations and to destinations in the Caribbean and South America. The […]
Five persons arrested by Ghanaian security officials aboard a Guyanese ship carrying 21 bags of cocaine worth $50 million have been charged for possessing narcotic drugs without lawful authority, according to news reports out of Ghana. The four Guyanese and one Ghanaian were arrested on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in Sekondi in the Western region […]
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 […]
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