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In its announcement of instituting sanctions against Nazar Mohamed, Azruddin Mohamed and their companies along with Permanent Secretary Mae Thomas, the US Treasury Department stated that Azruddin Mohamed and Mohamed’s Enterprise evaded Guyana’s tax on gold exports and defrauded the Guyanese government of tax revenues by underdeclaring their gold exports to Guyanese authorities. The US […]
The US Government through its Treasury Department has accused Permanent Secretary, Mae Thomas, of being involved in bribery schemes with the Mohamed family and their business enterprises. Thomas, along with the Mohameds and their businesses have all been sanctioned for corruption by the US Treasury Department. In explaining Mae Thomas’ alleged involvement, the Treasury Department […]
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today announced the sanctioning of billionaire Guyanese businessman Nazar Mohamed, his son, Azruddin Mohamed (Azruddin), their company, Mohamed’s Enterprise, and Labour Ministry Permanent Secretary and PPP Central Committee member, Mae Thomas. In a statement, the US Treasury Department said the Mohameds and Thomas have been […]
A 49-year-old teacher from Bachelor’s Adventure on the East Coast of Demerara was charged on Monday with the possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. The woman, Sharon McCurdy, pleaded not guilty when she appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Vigilance Magistrates’ Court. She is accused of having 31.4 pounds of marijuana for […]
The Ministry of Public Works has announced that night time flights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport will resume tonight, as most of the repair works to damaged runway lights have been completed successfully. On Sunday, a number of flights were forced to divert to other countries after the Airport management. reported that a storm […]
With 218 party groups submitting nominations for the upcoming elections of the People’s National Congress Reform, incumbent leader, Aubrey Norton has clinched the majority of those nominations. In a statement at the end of nomination day yesterday, the PNC announced that Norton pulled in nominations from more than 170 of those groups for the position […]
By Svetlana Marshall The high-level meeting between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union ended today with a number of fresh proposals on the table. Among the new proposals put forward by the GTU, is for a multi agreement to be completed within thirty days. As he exited the Ministry of Labour today […]
Police investigators from CID Headquarters in Georgetown are supporting their counterparts in Region One, as investigations continue into the discovery of the headless body of a woman in the Port Kaituma area. The woman was identified by family members who recognised a scar that she has on her body. Her name has been given as […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has raised an alarm over the increase in cases of locals ‘fronting’ for foreign companies, which undermines the Local Content Act, and in some cases, evade taxes that ought to be paid to the Guyana Revenue Authority. In a release today, the Ministry said as part of its close monitoring […]
A 37-year-old former national table tennis champion remains in Police custody after he was nabbed at an apartment in Kitty, Georgetown, with guns and drugs. The man, Edinho Lewis, was arrested early on Saturday morning during a Police operation at his Dasilva Street apartment. According to the Police, a search of the man’s apartment uncovered […]
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