By News Source Guyana on November 26, 2013
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An American couple in Knoxville, Tennessee has started a fundraising drive in their hometown to complete the adoption of a child from Guyana, but the Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency in Guyana, Ann Greene told News Source on Tuesday that the agency which overlooks all adoptions has “absolutely no record of the […]
By News Source Guyana on November 26, 2013
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The Government of Guyana has turned down a multi billion dollar USAID agreement claiming that the document covering the agreement was flawed. The Government’s Chief spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon said the project proposal presented to Guyana did not reflect bilateral input of the Government of Guyana and USAID, and on that basis considerable reservations were […]
By News Source Guyana on November 25, 2013
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The Guyana Police Force on Monday confirmed that two persons were killed late on Sunday night when the boat they were in, collided with another boat in the vicinity of Maritaro in the Upper Demerara River. The two dead men have been identified as 28-year-old Dale Duggin of Maritaro Village and Williamson Felix. Duggin was […]
By News Source Guyana on November 25, 2013
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on November 24, 2013
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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. […]
By News Source Guyana on November 24, 2013
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on November 24, 2013
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2013
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on November 23, 2013
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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 […]
By News Source Guyana on November 22, 2013
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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 […]