By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2013
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Two inspectors attached to the Guyana Energy Agency Linden Operations have been fired after they refused to submit themselves for voluntary polygraph tests which are conducted out of the Office of the President. One of the staffers said he first refused to take the test in 2010 on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. He […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2013
APNU, Budget, David Granger, Dr. Ashni Singh, Guyana
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Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh this afternoon rolled out a $208.8 Billion Budget. The Income tax threshold remains at $50,000 but the tax rate has been reduced to 30% Heavy focus will be paid to the Education Sector which will receive $28 Billion while the Security Sector will receive just over $17 Billion. The […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2013
Alain Wilson, Bust, CANU, Cocaine, Customs Anti Narcotics Unit, Dominic Walsh, Guyana, Raymond Ousman Ghanny
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It took the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit weeks to track down the persons believed to be behind the over 700 pounds of cocaine that were discovered in lumber, but when the case got to the court today it only took a Magistrate a few minutes to grant bail to the two men charged in connection […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2013
Guyana, LIAT, Ogle
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The Ogle Airport is now closer to accommodating regularly scheduled International flights. Regional Carrier LIAT will become the first major regional airline to begin operations out of Ogle in a few months. The Ogle International Airport has now been officially certified as a Regional Airport. And LIAT is excited about the prospects. The airline held […]
By News Source Guyana on March 29, 2013
FBI, FIFA, football, Jack Warner, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Persad-Bissessar, Reuters, Trinidad & Tobago
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Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister Jack Warner is being investigated by the FBI according to Reuters and the Minister’s son is said to be a cooperating witness. Still the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister is waiting for more details before she acts. The Trinidad express is reporting that in face of an international report linking […]