Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo is unapologetic that he had unilaterally allocated radio licenses to, among others, his People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) “You hear every single day ‘friends and family’ and, of course, the PPP got a license and I don’t mind that one that one, I am a politician so they can accuse me of that one,”  he told ...
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Bharrat Jagdeo, Eric Phillips trade salvoes over racial discrimination, extra-judicial killings
Executive Member of the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA), Eric Phillips and Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo are at odds with each other over the issue of racial discrimination and extra-judicial killing of Afro-Guyanese. Phillips accused Jagdeo of committing a grave and indictable offence and questioned why Afro-Guyanese were sitting down and not demanding his removal from Parliament. Addressing the claim ...
Read More »Bandit arrested during botched robbery at Chinese restaurant
One of two bandits was arrested and the bandit’s handgun’s magazine along with cash belonging to the owner of a Chinese Restaurant recovered, police said. The Guyana Police Force credited the restaurateurs with “courage and bravery” in putting up a fight that led to the arrest of one of the suspected perpetrators. Investigators said the suspect is 23 years old ...
Read More »Investigation launched into Dataram, reputed wife’s fake passports
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Mr. Winston Felix has said that a full investigation has been launched to determine the circumstances under which convicted drug lord Mr. Barry Dataram and his reputed wife, Ms. Anjanie Boodnarine were issued fake passports and that those culpable will face the harshest possible action. According to reports, Mr. Dataram and Ms. Boodnaraine were arrested ...
Read More »Convicted drug lord Barry Dataram arrives in Guyana; obtained Guyanese passports
Convicted drug baron, Barry Dataram, and his wife, Anjanie Boodnarine, are back home and they had in their possession bogus Guyanese passports. They are in the names if David Persaud and Christine Persaud. The passport in the name of Persaud was issued on January 15, 2016 and the other in the name of David Persaud was issued on April 15, ...
Read More »Owner of Brooklyn company that imports fish from Guyana convicted after being ‘caught red handed’ with $8M shipment of cocaine
BY JOHN MARZULLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Friday, October 14, 2016. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS.- The jury didn’t buy this guy’s fish story. The owner of a company that imports fish from Guyana was convicted Friday in Brooklyn Federal Court of smuggling 250 kilos of cocaine in a frozen shrimp-laden shipping container. Heeralall Sukdeo claimed he was duped by a relative ...
Read More »Oil and Gas Association President denies forging signature while Gold Board Secretary
The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Oil and Gas Association (GOGA, Bobby Gossai Jr. On Friday vehemently denied that he ever forged anyone’s signature while he was Secretary to the Board of Directors of the Guyana Gold Board. “At no given time did the Secretary used, reused (“lifted”), misrepresented or disguised the signature of the former chairperson ...
Read More »UPDATED: Barry Dataram caught in Suriname
by Ivan Cairo Self-confessed Guyanese drug lord Barry Dataram was caught Friday afternoon by police in neighboring Suriname. Acting on a tip a police squad raided a home in Latour, south of the capital Paramaribo where the fugitive was hiding. He was nabbed along with his common-law wife ,Anjanie Boodnaraine by Suriname’s Special SWAT Team. He and Boodnaraine fled Guyana ...
Read More »Man remanded to prison for 26.5 grammes of ganja
26.5 grams of cannabis on Friday landed a man back in prison after he made an appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman. It is alleged that on October 12, 2016 at Robb Street, Elijah Malali had 26.5 grams of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. He pleaded not guilty. In her attempt at a bail application for her ...
Read More »Man allegedly robbed woman after she withdrew money from city bank
A father of two is now on remand after appearing before Magistrate Judy Latchman on counts of robbery under arms and possession of gun and ammo. The charge against Neil Semple is that on September 30, 2016, at Eccles East Bank Demerara, he robbed Rita Arkhan of one Apple I-Phone valued at $100,000, GYD$700,000 in cash, and other items all ...
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