By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2015
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One of the political parties that make up Guyana’s coalition government is calling on the Nicolas Maduro regime in Venezuela to reverse the trade embargo that it has imposed against Guyana. Venezuela stopped its Petro Caribe rice for oil deal with Guyana as Guyana objected to its border claims. Guyana’s Alliance for Change (AFC) made the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2015
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The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) which has been accused of several corrupt practices while in government, in a statement on Tuesday said it is re-committing itself to the fight against corruption. The party claims that it has always been a party that has consistently embraced lean and clean governments and espoused zero tolerance for […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2015
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A 27 -year-old Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal and three other men were on Tuesday slapped with illegal possession of firearm and ammunition charges, even as police investigators are hoping that the arrest would lead them to crack other robbery related cases. None of the accused accepted knowledge of the illegal weapons and ammunition and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2015
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The Guyana Police Force on Tuesday issued wanted bulletin for two murder accused who escaped from the Mackenzie Police Station. The two men who have been identified as 30-year-old Stafrei Alexander and 25-year-old Robin Thomas were recently charged with the murder of Linden resident, Shevon Gordon. They were in the mining town to make a […]
By News Source Guyana on December 8, 2015
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More than a decade after being appointed as acting Chief Justice of Guyana, Justice Ian Chang will be proceeding on his retirement leave on December 15. The acting Chief Justice will be on leave before his official retirement begins on February 27, 2016. The government has commenced the hunt for a new High Court Judge […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2015
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(NY Post) A former Yankee Stadium security guard who was wrongfully busted for cocaine possession at Kennedy Airport in 2010 is suing Delta Airlines, claiming that they allowed his luggage to be tampered with en route from Guyana. Five years after the incident, the case kicked off Monday with opening statements in Brooklyn federal court. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2015
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Members of the Guyana Police Force based in Berbice, today arrested four suspected bandits after the men were involved in a botched mid morning robbery. According to a police report, it was just around 10 o’ clock this morning when a motor car bearing license plate number HC 4442 pulled up in front of a […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2015
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Suspended Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Law Enforcement Manager Troy Vannooten has come forward to challenge bribery allegations which have led to his suspension from the Agency. News broke last week that Vannooten had been suspended for his alleged involvement in accepting payment in relation to the 400 boxes of smuggled chicken which was seized by […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2015
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The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, Indira Ananjit was sent on leave to facilitate an ongoing audit into the disappearance of millions of dollars in law books and computer parts. Attorney General Basil Williams on Monday said that Ananjit was the person in charge of the purchase of the computer spares and […]
By News Source Guyana on December 7, 2015
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In an unprecedented sensitization exercise on Monday, consumers buying durable goods across Guyana were placed on notice that any store policy which prohibits refunds or returns on products is illegal and should not be condoned. Staff of the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission took to the streets to sensitive both consumers and vendors on what […]