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The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) says it fully supports the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) for its crackdown on illegal mining and smuggling of gold in the in Guyana. The support from the GGDMA comes after the GGMC carried out enforcement exercises in the Sand Hills and Toroparu areas during which […]
A 22-year-old man from Linden, who was working as a miner at Issano Landing in Middle Mazaruni, Region 7 was found murdered on Sunday morning. He has been identified as Samuel Marciano of One Mile, Wismar in Linden. A police report stated that Marciano was shot multiple times to his body on Sunday morning while […]
The Government of Guyana and the Immigration Department remain tight lipped on the reasons behind the detention of five British muslim men while they were preparing to depart Guyana earlier this week. The men were reportedly in Guyana for a few days as part of a visit to the Caribbean. However, as they were preparing […]
When the extradition request hearing for Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed got underway today, the Prosecuting Attorneys accused the father and son of being part of an international criminal enterprise with links to Venezuela, the United States and the Middle East. The Government of the United States of America has submitted an application to the Guyanese […]
On his last working day as Opposition Leader, PNC Reform Leader, Aubrey Norton today said he will not be offering his support for the confirmation of a substantive Chancellor and Chief Justice. Last Friday, President Irfaan Ali last wrote to the outgoing Opposition Leader seeking his agreement for Justice Roxane George to be appointed as […]
After being granted bail this afternoon in the Magistrates’ Court following the filing of an extradition request, father and son businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed, declared their innocence of the charges of mail and wire fraud related to the export of gold and money laundering that are contained in the US indictment, which was revealed […]
Businessmen, Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed were granted bail in the sum of $150,000 each this afternoon by Senior Magistrate, Judy Latchman after they were taken before the Court for an extradition hearing. The US Government on Thursday formally requested the extradition of the father and son to face an 11-count indictment in Florida related […]
Billionaire businessmen, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed were both arrested in Georgetown on Friday following an extradition request from the United States. The younger Mohamed, Azruddin Mohamed, was arrested just outside the Guyana Revenue Authority office on Smyth Street in Georgetown on Friday morning. He was handcuffed and arrested after being surrounded two van loads of […]
Minister of Housing, Collin Croal, has confirmed that the Ministry of Housing is moving forward with its regularisation plan for Parcel 1 of Conception or Fitz Hope, which is an area in Linden that is known as Amelia’s Ward Phase 4. A number of persons have moved into the area without proper documentation for the […]
The High Court has granted permission to the Police to continue to detain eight of the suspects who were first arrested as part of the investigations into last Sunday’s bomb attack at the Mobil Gas Station after their 72 hours of detention time expired. The 9th suspect remains in custody also as their detention time […]
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