Last Updated on Thursday, 20 June 2024, 23:52 by Writer President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said the Suriname government would be formally asked to explain why a number of detained Guyanese fishermen have been prevented from speaking with their lawyers. Minutes after he was briefed by Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hugh Todd that lawyers, who were hired by the Guyana ...
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Guyana widens net on gold exports, wants international agreements for sharing gold trade info
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 June 2024, 22:34 by Writer In the wake of the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) sanctions on Nazar Mohamed and Azruddin Mohamed, President Irfaan Ali on Thursday announced that a committee has been established to explore ways of further tightening the already rigid gold export system and widening the net ...
Read More »Guyana defends imposition of sanctions without evidence from U.S.; Ali says not compromised by connection to Mohameds
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 June 2024, 21:32 by Denis Chabrol -Nazar Mohamed resigns from neighbourhood council President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said government decided to impose sanctions on Nazar Mohamed and his son, Azruddin as well their businesses without any evidence from the United States (U.S.), but relied on the announcement by the Treasury Department. “Suppose, at the time ...
Read More »OPINION: Aubrey Norton developments: bad for him, the opposition, Guyana
Last Updated on Thursday, 20 June 2024, 21:21 by Writer by GHK Lall I thought that the Opposition Leader, Mr. Aubrey Norton, had seized the high ground and was in the clear. Wrong on both counts. The first was based on his 90 second audio-video, the second on the response of the alleged victim, which I read, but hadn’t seen. ...
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