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Monthly Archives: January 2016

Transparency Institute wants Broomes to relinquish gold mining interests

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 January 2016, 13:07 by Denis Chabrol The Acting President of Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) Compton Meerabux says that Junior Natural Resources Minister Simona Broomes should relinquish all her interests in Guyana’s lucrative gold mining sector. Broomes was recently relieved of her duties as Social Protection Minister and appointed Natural Resources Minister. Questioned by ...

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GECOM DCEO says voter education systems adequate

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 January 2016, 11:31 by Writer The Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Vishnu Persaud says that the current civic voter education strategies being employed by the elections body are adequate. This comes after concerns would have been raised that the voter education program may be lacking in some areas and ...

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French-flagged yacht adrift with dead man, dog

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 January 2016, 15:55 by Denis Chabrol Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsmen were Thursday night heading about 150 miles offshore Georgetown to French-registered yacht where a man and his dog were spotted dead aboard. Senior security personnel said based on all available information, an ocean going vessel reported seeing the yacht adrift and alerted Guyanese ...

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Trotman, Broomes to meet with miners over duty free concerns

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 January 2016, 15:55 by Denis Chabrol There will be no more US$3,000 signatures for Duty Free Concessions, says Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman who said that government would now be looking to engage miners bi-monthly to address some of their concerns. The Minister at a press conference today stated that he was made aware that some ...

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Junior Natural Resources Minister holds mining claims, but denies conflict of interest

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 17:32 by Denis Chabrol Junior Minister of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes Wednesday denied that she is in a conflict of interest position because she has interests in the mining sector. “I don’t see it as a conflict of interest. I have three mining properties in the Issano area and Pharsalus and I had  a ...

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FBI gets involved as 15,000 ounces of illegal gold leave Guyana weekly – Trotman

Last Updated on Thursday, 7 January 2016, 15:56 by Denis Chabrol Some 15,000 ounces of raw gold are being transported out of Guyana weekly, says Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman who disclosed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States (US) Homeland Security are looking into the issue. Trotman made the disclosure at a press conference on Wednesday detailing ...

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No politician gives direction to Police, GDF – President Granger

With some concerns that there may be political interference in the work of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Guyana Police Force (GPF), President Granger has made it pellucid that no politician gives operational direction to the two agencies. A GDF officer and two others were recently killed in an accident after a high speed chase went the wrong ...

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“The police has to answer, the GDF has to answer” – Teixeira weighs in on “sinister” recon mission

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 11:31 by Denis Chabrol Guyana Defence Officer (GDF) Robert Pyle who was recently killed in an accident on Carifesta Avenue was on a “sinister” mission says Chief Whip of the Opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Gail Teixeira. The GDF has confirmed that Pyle was on a legitimate mission at the time that he ...

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Guyana Goldfields Inc. Produces 35,901 Ounces of Gold in 2015, achieving commercial production effective January 1, 2016

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 7:53 by Denis Chabrol TORONTO, Jan. 5, 2016 /CNW/ – Guyana Goldfields Inc. (TSX:GUY) announced that gold production for 2015 mining operations totalled 35,901 ounces at its Aurora Gold Mine (“Aurora”) in Guyana, South America. From October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015, the Company produced 35,723 ounces of gold, of which, 28,850 ...

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Digicel Business achieves gold certification in the Caribbean

Last Updated on Wednesday, 6 January 2016, 7:42 by Denis Chabrol Digicel Business, the region’s leading Business Solutions provider, announced today that it has retained its Cisco® Gold Certification as well as the Master Cloud Managed Services Provider designation for its operations across the Caribbean – the highest levels of partner certifications from Cisco. “We are thrilled to have retained ...

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