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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 […]
There continues to be an upsurge in violent crimes in the mining communities deep in the Guyana jungles as more persons get involved in gold and diamond mining. Police Investigators are probing the death of yet another miner. 42 year old miner, Michael Morris of Sophia was reportedly involved in an altercation with some other […]
Cricketer Carlyle Barton who was caught on tape allegedly shooting his friend Shawn Nelson to death, walked out of the Georgetown Magistrates Court a free man on Tuesday morning after Magistrate Fabio Azore ruled that no prima facie case had been made out against the young cricketer. The incident took place in May on Orange Walk, […]
Security officials and members of the fire service were kept busy on Sunday evening as inmates of the camp street jail started a loud protest over the conditions they were being held under. A Section of the building was set on fire a number of times during the protest and inmates called for justice and […]
It was a bloody weekend on the country’s roadways on Sunday evening, two persons became the latest road fatalities. Taxi driver and former model Percival Chester and trainee dispatcher Tiana Holder were killed on Sunday night when Chester lost control of the Toyota motor car he was driving and slammed into a number of vehicles […]
The murder toll for the month continues to climb and police investigators are now looking for an Albouystown man who stabbed another resident of the community to death on Sunday. According to a police report, 24-year-old Lloyd Benjamin of King Edward Street, Albouystown, was stabbed to death on Sunday morning just after 10 o’ clock. […]
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