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Commission of Inquiry into drug lord’s allegations against CANU contains “sensitive information”

The full report of the Commission of Inquiry into allegations by self-confessed drug trafficker, Barry Dataram against the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) is not likely to be made public because the identities of certain persons have to be protected. “There is some sensitive information in that report and I think it’s a matter of how you treat the information with the ...

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Border think tank to be established

The Guyana government has decided to establish a broad-based think tank on border maters, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said Thursday. He said the National Border Institute would conduct research on the maintenance and preservation of the integrity of Guyana's land, air space and continental shelf. "The Border Institute is the repository of all documents, maps and charts that has ...

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No Cabinet decision on travel ban on indebted UG graduates, students

A call for Government to formally pronounce on a proposed travel ban for University of Guyana (UG) loan recipients, who are indebted to Government, will be heeded,  Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix said. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that the request was put to Minister Felix as he appeared before the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Foreign Relations, accompanied by Minister ...

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Defective GYD$781 million Kato Secondary School to cost GYD$140 million to fix

The Kato Secondary School in Region 8, which was built at a cost of GYD$728.1 million, has massive defects that would require at least another GYD$140 million to fix, according to representatives of the auditing company, Rodrigues Architects Limited. A recent integrity test of the structure has revealed that 60 percent of tests done on the concrete failed while a ...

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Shariff never communicated any fraud to Minister Harmon – sent on leave to facilitate police investigation

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, has reiterated that the reason Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Presidency, Mr. Omar Shariff was sent on leave, was to facilitate the ongoing police investigation into the acquisition of his personal assets and accounts. “The fact that Mr. Shariff has been sent on leave is because of an investigation by the SOCU [Special ...

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Suriname-headquartered airline set to begin serving Guyana, other Caribbean destinations from this month

The Suriname-headquartered airline, Fly Allways, says it will soon begin serving several Caribbean destinations where there are large populations of Guyanese residents. Using two Fokker 80-seater jets, the carrier is slated to begin scheduled flights on August 9 on the Suriname- Guyana-Barbados route. Plans are on stream to add St Maarten, Curacao, St. Lucia , Dominican Republic and Cuba to ...

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Amerindian Act may be amended to widen villages’ power to approve large scale mining

Minister of Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Vice President Sydney Allicock on Wednesday came under intense pressure to justify likely changes to the law to widen the role of  Amerindian communities in determining whether large scale mining should go ahead in their communities. Member of the bi-partisan Natural Resources Committee, Pauline Sukhai and Committee Chairman, Odinga Lumumba questioned why the apparent need ...

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Several policemen charged with robbing miners of raw gold

Five policemen were Tuesday arraigned for allegedly robbing three gold miners of a total of GYD$166,000 of raw gold. The cops were granted bail totalling GYD$3 million. City Magistrate, Judy Latchman granted the members of the Guyana Police Force their pre-trial liberty  after Police Prosecutor Shellon Jupiter did not oppose bail, only saying that it should be substantial and that there should ...

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Three charged with murder of family members at Mibicuri

Three farmers were Tuesday arraigned for the murder of three persons at Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder last month. Charged with the offence  are 18-year Jairam Tajeram, 26-year old Tameshwar  Jagmohan and 38-year old Carlton Chetram. They are accused separately of the murder of Pawan Chandradeo, Naresh Rooplall and Jaikarran Chandradeo whose bodies were found at Cookrite Savannah Backdam, Mibicuri. Their ...

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Shady character gunned down during argument over bail money; police hunting five suspects

A man previously known to the police was gunned down outside his Laing Avenue, Georgetown home on Monday, August 1, 2016 during an argument over bail money, a senior police officer said.  Dead is 32 year old Orin David.  Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said police have since begun searching for several ...

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