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Guyana widens net on gold exports, wants international agreements for sharing gold trade info
In the wake of the United States Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) sanctions on Nazar Mohamed and...
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Guyana defends imposition of sanctions without evidence from U.S.; Ali says not compromised by connection to Mohameds
-Nazar Mohamed resigns from neighbourhood council President Irfaan Ali on Thursday said government decided to impose sanctions on Nazar Mohamed...
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New York-based Guyanese businessman charged with exporting gold
A New York-based Guyanese businessman has been placed on GY$600,000 bail on a charge of exporting gold without a licence,...
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Health ministry launches GY$1.8 billion eye care programme
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony (seated) and Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai presents a voucher to a woman at...
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Mohameds gold dealer’s licence to be pulled in wake of U.S. sanctions
The Guyana Gold Board (GGB) is finalising preparations to revoke the Mohameds gold dealership license, following the United States' imposition...
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Opposition, Bank of Guyana nominees to oil fund’s Investment Committee approved months later
City businessman Terrence Campbell The nominees by the Opposition Leader and the Bank of Guyana on the Investment Committee of...
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U.S. had conducted a separate pre-2015 probe into gold smuggling; domestic investigation was shut down in 2020
Mr. Raphael Trotman Former Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman on Saturday said the United States (U.S.) had been conducting...
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U.S. Ambassador defends no information sharing on Mohameds, PS Thomas with Guyana before sanctions
United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Nicole Theriot on Friday said there was a "preponderance of evidence" against the Mohameds...
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JAGDEO: U.S. agents asked PS Mae Thomas about Mohameds; dismisses questions about U.S. mistrust of Guyana gov’t
Ms. Mae Toussaint Jr.-Thomas Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said that then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Home...
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Mohamed’s cambio licence to be cancelled following U.S. sanctions; Mae Thomas resigns from PPP executive
Nazar Mohamed and his son, Azruddin Mohamed In the wake of the United States (US) sanctions on wealthy Guyanese Nazar...
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