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Journalist Enrico Woolford refuses to apologise, compensate Natural Resources Minister for Facebook post

Journalist, Enrico Woolford on Saturday refused to apologise or compensate Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat for a Facebook post last week that he was allegedly escorted off a plane at JFK International Airport and questioned by federal agents. “There will be no retraction, apology or compensatory damages or payments of legal fees as requested, to your client or any ...

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Natural resources minister denies was questioned by US federal agents

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat on Friday dismissed a claim that he was escorted off a plane on arrival at the John F. Kennedy International Airport and questioned by United States (US) federal agents, instead saying the airline arranged for courtesies to be extended to him. “No, it was courtesies being extended to expedite clearing. I was not detained ...

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Guyana gov’t “regrets” US interpretation of tribute resolution for Abdul Kadir

The Guyana government on Monday said it regretted the United States’ (US) condemnation of the National Assembly’s passage of a resolution in tribute to former lawmaker, Abdul Kadir, who died last year in an American prison where he had been serving life imprisonment for terrorism charges. “The Government of Guyana regrets the interpretation given to the motion passed in the ...

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US condemns Guyana parliamentary tribute motion for terror-plot convict Abdul Kadir

The United States (US) Embassy in Georgetown on Monday condemned the resolution by Guyana’s National Assembly for honoring the life and work of US terror-plot convict Abdul Kadir. Kadir was sentenced to life in prison in the US after being found guilty of plotting a 2007 terrorist attack at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. “Members of the ...

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