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Kurt Campbell reports… The Guyana Government has strengthened its capacity to fight money laundering and terrorism financing with a swift passage of the controversial Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill on Friday night . The passage of the Bill was not met with any resistance in the House as the […]
Chairman of Region 10, Sharma Solomon is not among the names that have been extracted by the APNU+AFC coalition, from its list of candidates to serve on the Regional Democratic Council for the Region. Government’s Chief Whip and Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally made the confirmation on Friday during an interview with News Source. The […]
Finance Minister Winston Jordan delivered his maiden address to the National Assembly on Friday and promised to put up a stronger fight against poverty, while ensuring Guyana is better positioned on the world market. Jordan assured that Guyanese can look forward to greater financial accountability from the new APNU+AFC government since he believes there is a […]
Although he has proclaimed his innocence, the Guyanese man arrested in New York for the over 580 pounds of cocaine which was found on a shrimp shipment from Guyana, travelled to the United States from Guyana to clear the shipment. The man, Heeralall Sukdeo was arrested in Brooklyn, New York last week as he overlooked […]
Police investigators have completed their probe into the alleged fraudulent transfer of government vehicles to former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford, her spouse Gary Beaton and two other private citizens. Crime Chief, Wendell Blanhum told News Source today that the police had completed its work and the file has been forwarded to the Director of Public […]
The United States government has criticized the former People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government over its inability to implement laws to fight corruption effectively and its lack of transparency while in Government. Secretary of State Jon Kerry submitted the 2014 Human Rights Reports to the U.S. Congress on Thursday, in which he stated that “although the […]
(NY Daily News) Federal agents have discovered a new delicacy from Guyana — shrimp coketail. A drug-sniffing dog noticed something fishy about a shipping container that arrived at the Red Hook Terminal from Guyana last week and hunted down 268 kilos of cocaine stuffed inside frozen shrimp, according to a complaint unsealed Wednesday in Brooklyn […]
The former People’s Progressive Party Civic administration is being accused of overpaying several millions of dollars in various contracts in 2013. The former government has been slapped with criticism for its tardiness in attempting to recover those monies. According to the Auditor General Report for the fiscal year 2013, the then PPP government made overpayments […]
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who holds responsibility for the public information sector, has announced that an investigation has been launched into the operations of the Government Information Agency. During an address to the National Assembly, the Prime Minister told the House that during the last administration, GINA would have collected money for the placement of […]
The U.S Embassy in Georgetown announced on Thursday that it has managed to restore its Visa Processing Systems which now allow for the printing of visas for applicants whose nonimmigrant visa (temporary visit – holiday/tourist/student) applications were approved on interview dates – June 08 to June 23, 2015. Applicants who were issued blue coupons between […]
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