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St. Kitts and Nevis has suspended Iranian and Afghanistan nationals from participating in the St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Programme, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas has announced. “I now advise of the Government’s decision to suspend with immediate effect, participation of all Iranian Nationals in our Federation’s Citizenship by Investment Programme. This is regardless of their countries of residence. ...

Two Customs Officers are among four persons arrested for the discovery of a bag at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with more than 20 pounds of cocaine, officials said. Customs Officer Anthony Thomas surrendered to the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) in the company of his lawyer one day after a wanted bulletin was issued for him. The other Customs ...

A number of law enforcement officers in the southern Guyanese township of Lethem are being implicated in the smuggling of motorcycles from neighbouring Brazil. An official of the GRA did not immediately accept or return calls, although DemWaves was advised to call Thursday afternoon for a specific reaction. The official had days before said that six smuggled motorcycles haad been ...

The Region Nine Athletics Sports Club now has a new executive which hopes to promote elite athletes for national and international meets. The sports club was formed last year by its founder, Sugrim Singh, after visiting Rupununi last year and seeing the potential of athletes there. Rupununi elite athlete Samuel Caitan was one of the many athletes who gained sponsorship ...

(SUN SENTINEL).-A Guyana-born West Boca, Florida man accused of striking his wife with a machete at least eight times has declined an offer to plead guilty to the brutal July 18, 2011, attack in exchange for a 13-year prison sentence. Tilakdharry Basdeo, 35, now faces up to life behind bars if convicted at trial of the charge of attempted first-degree ...

GEORGETOWN – The U.S Embassy’s Youth Action Network (YAN) teamed up with partners for a lively day of community service in Linden under the theme:  “Ready to Serve, Ready to Lead.”  The YAN members joined together with U.S. military cadets from the Cultural Understanding and Language Proficiency Program (CULP) and U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers.  A total of 76 volunteers completed ...

The Buxton First of August Movement (BFAM), in collaboration with the Toucan Multi-Purpose Club (TMC), marks the 175th anniversary of the abolition of Plantation Slavery in Guyana with a series of events over the next month. The theme for this year’s events is “Emancipation, Reconciliation and Equality.”   “While we celebrate the tremendous achievements of our ancestors who made Emancipation ...

A murder accused was Sunday night found hanging in his cell in the Georgetown Prison, police said. Authorities have not definitively said whether the inmate committed suicide or someone killed him. The dead man has been identified as 26-year old Brian Blunt. His body was found hanging in his cell at about 11:10 Sunday night. Blunt was accused of the ...

Barbados-based Caribbean political analyst and pollster, Peter Wickham believes that Guyana should hold early elections because gridlock is stifling the country’s development. “I think is only a matter of time before an election has to be called and to me the sooner it is done the better because it gives the electorate the opportunity to give one political institution or ...

Workers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) on Monday protested the unilateral decision by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment (MNRE) to shift the regulatory agency’s 34th anniversary to coincide with Mining Week. MNRE Permanent Secretary, Joslyn Mc Kenzie, however, could not say whether the ministry would give into the demands for the anniversary observance to ...