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United States Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs, Michael Kozak said his country was not aware that Venezuelan gold was being smuggled to Guyana to help prop up the Nicolas Maduro administration, but that illegally mined metal from that Spanish-speaking nation was ending up in the Middle East. “In the case of other gold, though, it’s being illegally ...

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Shalimar Ali-Hack has withdrawn a charge against Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Mr Anil Nandlall for the alleged theft of over $2 million in Commonwealth Law Reports from the State of Guyana. Mr Nandlall, who was charged back in 2017, had been on trial for the offence of Larceny by Bailee before Senior Magistrate ...

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will from next year be conducting 100 percent moderation of all School Based Assessments (SBAs), based on an independent review of the administration of the CXC July/August 2020 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC) and Caribbean Advanced Proficiency examinations, top officials said Sunday. “Certainly, the lessons and information that would have been gleaned from this year’s ...

Guyana’s coronavirus death toll on Sunday afternoon stood at 111, even as the country grapples with lax enforcement of measures to help curb the further spread of the virus. The Ministry of Health said the latest fatality is a 78-year-old man from Region One (Barima-Waini) who died while receiving care at “our medical facility.” Earlier Sunday, authorities reported that the ...

Former University of Guyana (UG) Vice Chancellor Professor Jacob Opadeyi is back in Guyana and is employed as Special Projects Officer at the Ministry of Education, seven months after mounting the campaign platform for the governing People’s Progressive Party (PPP). Professor Opadeyi recently accompanied Minister of Education Priya Manickchand in talks with British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn. “A ...

A handyman, who had been been shot and injured five months ago during an altercation, was shot and killed five months later on Saturday night in ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Police say 27-year old Seon “Gaza” London of D’Andrade Street, Newtown, Georgetown was shot dead at about 6:35 PM allegedly by a 30-year old man of  ‘D’ Field, Sophia ...

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson shrugged off suggestions that traditional opposition strongholds were being targeted in the delivery of sport gear as a means of making political inroads. “A government will never look at the position of government and treat it as though it is a temporary situation. However, your actions are the ones that indicate whether ...

Four Venezuelans, who are suspected members of the feared Sindicato gang, were arrested early Friday morning at a hotel at Port Kaituma, North West District, police said. Two Guyanese were also held during the operation that was conducted between 06:30 and 07:00 hrs, a “The Venezuelans claimed to be miners in Venezuela, but are suspected to be members of the ...

Pastor Maurice Wilson of Vauxhall, Canal Number 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara had died by suspected drowning, police said. “No marks of violence were seen on the exposed parts of the body,” police said. Investigators said Mr. Wilson, 53, who is also a farmer, succumbed between 6 AM and 6 PM on Thursday, October 15, 2020 He reportedly suffered from ...

Guyana and Suriname are yet to finalise several major issues, including jurisdiction, concerning the proposed Corentyne River bridge between the two neighbouring South American countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Hugh Todd said Friday. “We haven’t gotten to that aspect of it. What we are doing right now, we are focussing on the technical specs, we are looking at financing and we ...