President Donald Ramotar on Saturday said government’s counter-amendments to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT) amounted to a compromise to address concerns by the main opposition party. “You will observe from our counter proposal that subjectivity and discretion are wholly removed from the appointment process and almost all those persons are statutory office holders. I ...

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 suspect in the death of his wife and children. He ...

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 years, and Lavette La Cruz, 3 years; and sons Labron ...

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 the 2009 Anti Money Laundering and Countering of Financing Terrorism ...

(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. Relatives are on the scene and a man is said ...

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 handcuffed. The gun was later found in the canal near ...

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 possession on March 12 for medicinal purposes. He explained that ...

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 74 percent of suspected maritime drug smuggling,” Marine Gen. John ...

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 production and turning to aquaculture and ethanol production. Vieria had ...

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 Store about 5:30 PM Thursday. Police sources said the serial ...