Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Fire fighters and police investigators are Sunday due to fly to Port Kaituma to continue probing the circumstances surrounding Friday night’s fire that left a woman and her would children dead. Businessman, Lenus La Cruz remained hospitalized under police guard in the gold mining township because he is the prime ...
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UPDATED: Domestic dispute led to businessman burning house with wife, four children
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia The bodies of the mother and her four children who perished in a fire at Port Kaituma have been identified and investigators said the blaze apparently stemmed from a domestic dispute with her husband. Those who perished are housewife Lurlene La Cruz, 39 years; her daughters Lea La Cruz, 14 ...
Read More »Anti-Money Laundering: APNU favours amended Barbados model but insists on an Authority
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Friday said in principle it supports the appointment of a multi-stakeholder board to receive reports from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. APNU’s point-man on the Special Parliamentary Select Committee that is considering amendments to ...
Read More »BARBADOS: Body of Guyanese woman found in bushy area
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia (BARBADOS NATION) Police have found the body of Guyanese national Onicka Malicia Gulliver who had been reported missing since Tuesday. She was 28 years old. Police reports indicate the discovery was made around 7:10 a.m. by the Canine Unit at a bushy area near a race track in Vaucluse, St Thomas. ...
Read More »Suspected robber caught after shootout with police
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia A 24-year old man was arrested after exchanging gunfire with policemen who saw him allegedly pull a gun on a woman as she was leaving her Sophia home. After the shooting, the man- Keron Cummings- jumped into a canal near the Sophia Health Centre where he was taken out and ...
Read More »Office Assistant convicted for marijuana possession for medicinal use
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia An office assistant at a service station was Friday fined GUY$3,000 and ordered to perform community service after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of marijuana. Quincy Spellen of Freeman Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown told Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry that he had four grammes of marijuana in his ...
Read More »Head of Southern Command says he lacks resources to fight drug trafficking
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia By Ernesto Londoño (WASHINGTON POST).-Dwindling defense budgets have been a boon to drug trafficking networks in Latin America as U.S. intelligence and interdiction assets in the Caribbean have been pared down, the top American commander responsible for the region said Thursday. “Because of asset shortfalls, we’re unable to get after ...
Read More »Politicians kicking around Guysuco
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Reeling from a barrage of criticisms by the government and ruling Peoples Progressive Party (PPP), the two parliamentary parties have denied calling for closure of the sugar industry. The issue emerged earlier this week when A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU), Tony Vieria recommended the significant scaling back of sugar ...
Read More »Traffic cop finds handgun on road
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Police were Thursday night checking their database to ascertain who might be then owner of a handgun that was found on the East Bank Demerara Public Road. A traffic policeman found the .32 Taurus Pistol and 12 matching rounds on the Bagotstown Public Road in the vicinity of Gossai’s Liquor ...
Read More »Govt presents amended Barbados money laundering law to select committee
Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 20:59 by GxMedia Government has presented a fine-tuned Barbados model Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism legislation that seeks to improve the governance mechanism, Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill said Thursday. “In fact, the Government’s counter-proposals of amendments recently placed before the Special Select Committee is a modified version of the ...
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