By News Source Guyana on August 31, 2013
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Family members broke down in loud screams as undertakers wheeled out the blood soaked body of Diamond business woman Sirmattie Ramnaress aka Pavita Singh and Sabo. The 48-year-old woman who operated an import and distribution company for food products was found on Saturday morning sprawled in the bottom flat of her two storey 21st Avenue, […]
By News Source Guyana on August 31, 2013
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Nine officers from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), three from the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), and one from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Friday completed an International Passengers Interdiction Course conducted by the United States (US) Government under the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The five-day course was held at Police Training Center, Camp […]
By News Source Guyana on August 31, 2013
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The Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee is of the view that “deviant” behavior by men and women is not just limited to the coastal areas but could also be a problem that breathes life in the interior of Guyana. Domestic violence continues to be one of the biggest social ills in Guyana. The country has […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2013
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The 40-year-old son of Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse was extradited to the United States hours after being arrested in Panama and handed over to U.S agents. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Friday announced the arrest of alleged international narcotics trafficker Dino Bouterse. In a statement the District Attorney’s office said “Panamanian authorities arrested DINO […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2013
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A 17-year-old sugar worker attached to the rodent control gang at the Wales sugar estate on the West Bank Demerara died early on Friday morning after being struck by lightning while in the sugar fields carrying out a rat baiting exercise. According to reports, the young man who has been identified as Kleim Roberts was […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2013
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The son of Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse was arrested Thursday by U.S agents in Panama and he is facing possible extradition to the United States on reported drug trafficking allegations and charges. Surinamese media reported on Friday that the U.S Authorities have informed the Surinamese Government, that the President’s son Dino Bouterse was arrested when […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2013
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Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has declared that the Government of Guyana does not see trafficking in persons as a major problem facing Guyana although he admitted that the increase in prostitution in the interior mining districts is posing a serious challenge to local law enforcement. Speaking at a mining forum hosted by […]
By News Source Guyana on August 30, 2013
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The Government does not believe there is a need for any Commission of Inquiry to examine the state of the local education system. Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Thursday shot down a call by the Opposition Leader for a Commission of Inquiry to be launched to examine the local education sector. Mr. Granger last […]
By News Source Guyana on August 29, 2013
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Residents of Ituni in Region 10 launched protest action on Thursday morning as they continue to complain about the condition of roads in the area. Some of the residents said they have been complaining for “too long” and are tired of being ignored. Persons travelling to and from Kwakwani and other areas have been affected […]
By News Source Guyana on August 28, 2013
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64 year old Charles Goodluck of Betsy Ground, East Canje, Berbice, was on Wednesday morning charged with murder committed on 39 year old Chandradat Hussain of Goed Bananen Land, East Canje. According to the police, the elderly man appeared before Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Christianburg Magistrate Court where he was remanded to prison until […]