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– says it could help address some of the challenges While backing calls made by Acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Yonette Cummings-Edwards to do more to address the scourge of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Guyana, rights activist Nicole Cole is now urging the authorities to consider providing amnesty for those victims who are willing to testify. Cole said this could possibly help to address some of the core challenges faced in Guyana regarding TIP. However, she said the first thing that needs to be done is to recruit persons…

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Regional Health Officers from the 10 administrative regions were on Wednesday given an opportunity to highlight the challenges and achievements of the respective areas, and their plans for the year in bettering healthcare services for the public. This meeting was facilitated by the hosting of a public health meeting at Cara Lodge, in Georgetown, under the theme: “Collaboratively we build a resilient healthcare system that is acceptable, timely and appropriate to meet the needs of every person in Guyana.” During that time, representative from the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health…

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Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) has compensated passengers on a direct flight from New York to Guyana, who endured more than 10 hours delay on Monday. Passengers had complained about the treatment from the airline, including the fact that they were stuck abroad the aircraft for five hours at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York and then another two hours at the Piarco Airport in Trinidad. Flight BW527 was scheduled to depart New York at 12:25h on Monday, but owing to the inclement weather, left until 04:26h. Added…

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A Berbice labourer was on Tuesday morning arraigned at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Courts on a murder charge. Thirty-six-year-old Kareem Charles of Benet Dam, Rosignol, West Bank Berbice (WBB) was not allowed to plea to the indictable offence read to him by Magistrate Renetta Singh. It is alleged that on March 1, 2019, at Rosignol, Berbice, Charles murdered Muhammed Ally. He was remanded to prison and will make his next court appearance on March 25. It was previously reported that the young father, who was killed as he was on…

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Close to three months after it was announced that Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) had plans to acquire Scotiabank’s banking operations in Guyana, that process is yet to commence. As such, the Bank of Guyana (BoG) has also been left in the dark as it relates to the RFHL’s plans in this regard, as it is still to submit certain documents to start the acquisition process. This is according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan, who told the media at the sidelines of an event on Monday that the status quo…

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Guyana’s oil industry is attracting a significant amount of international interest, and according to Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin, the country is seeking to partner with reputable foreign companies and wants an arrangement that benefits the country in the short, medium and long term. According to the Department of Public Information (DPI), Minister Gaskin was at the time speaking at the Baker Institute’s forum on Oil and Gas Development in Guyana at Rice University in Houston, Texas held on Tuesday. He was among a panel of speakers which included: Minister…

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“We do not want necessarily to jail our juveniles and to make this a jailhouse nation, we want to have alternatives, we want to have diversionary measures and I see this Drug Treatment Court as an aspect of that.” Those were the sentiments shared by Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan on Wednesday as a two-day workshop kicked off at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre in Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown for stakeholders who will be involved in the new arm of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The court has come at a time…

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Two police officers were on Tuesday arraigned with armed robbery committed on a Brazilian national when they appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. 21-year-old Sherwayne Spiers of Parika, East Bank Essequibo, and 25-year-old Daniel Kellman of McKenzie, Linden, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read to them by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Police stated that on February 20, 2019, at the Takutu Bridge, Central Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), the accused relieved Ronaldo Ferreira of a cellphone and a small sum of Brazilian currency. At the time of…

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Days before a former factory worker took his last breath, he reportedly told his sister that he was beaten by one of his wife’s relatives. Sixty-two-year-old Kamaladeen Abrahim, also called “Rahim”, of Whim Village, Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) died while receiving medical attention at the New Amsterdam Hospital. According to reports, Abrahim, a US citizen arrived in Guyana in November for a brief stay and returned again in January. On the first visit, he reportedly claimed that he was robbed by a relative and on the second visit, he…

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