Last Updated on Friday, 30 May 2014, 2:15 by GxMedia Police in Region Seven were probing a report that a Brazilian gold mining operation on the Mazaruni River was robbed Thursday evening of an undisclosed quantity of raw gold by several gunmen. Sources said a team of investigators was being assembled to go to the area by boat early Friday ...

Last Updated on Friday, 30 May 2014, 0:29 by GxMedia  President Donald Ramotar has called on the parliamentary opposition to pass the anti-money laundering legislation without conditions following Thursday’s revelation that Guyana has been further blacklisted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force.  Below is his statement issued by the Government Information Agency in its entirety. We have just received ...

Last Updated on Friday, 30 May 2014, 0:20 by GxMedia Several of Hotel Tower workers have opted to take severance pay while the others have been promised their outstanding wages and salaries ahead of their return to work next Monday, President of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU), Sherwood Clarke said Thursday night. He said the union and a ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 23:43 by GxMedia Co-founder of the Working Peoples Alliance, Eusi Kwayana on Thursday conceded that anyone could have committed acts without the knowledge of the leadership of Guyana’s two major political parties. Testifying under oath at the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry for a third straight day, the 89-year old veteran Guyanese politician, ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 23:16 by GxMedia The government and opposition remain firmly entrenched in their respective positions on the anti-money laundering legislation as a regional financial body recommends further sanctions against the country for its non-passage of the legislation a year after it was initially due. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) in a statement ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 21:30 by GxMedia The United States (US) on Thursday agreed to help Guyana beef up the operations of juvenile detention facilities, at a time when there are allegations of unsavoury practices by inmates and a number of persons associated with the New Opportunity Corps (NOC). Speaking at the signing of a Letter of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 19:59 by GxMedia A 53-year old United States citizen , who allegedly attempted to smuggle a huge quantity of cocaine in frozen fish to New York,  on Thursday pleaded not guilty and was remanded to prison. She is 53-year old Joyce De Cunha of New York will next appear at the Providence Magistrates’ ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 19:34 by GxMedia The United States (US) is preparing to lay the groundwork to establish an office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) by local vetting anti-drug agents to minimize the chances of they violating integrity of shared information and strategies. American Ambassador to Guyana, Brent Hardt announced on Thursday that some of ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 17:57 by GxMedia The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) has referred Guyana to its parent body and recommended further sanctions against the country for its failure to reach a deadline for the implementation of anti-money laundering legislation.  Below is the CFATF statement. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) is an organisation ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 May 2014, 1:52 by GxMedia An anti-narcotics policeman, who allegedly facilitated the attempted smuggling of a quantity of cocaine and marijuana to Barbados, was Wednesday arraigned on a drugs charge. Constable Ian Johnson,24, was arraigned at the Sparendaam Court before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell for possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Johnson pleaded not ...