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‘Panta’ wanted in connection with cocaine found in frozen fish

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Ranks of the Guyana Police Force Narcotics Branch are on the hunt for a West Coast Demerara (WCD) man who is wanted for questioning in relation to a recent trafficking in narcotics incident that occurred at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, East Bank Demerara. Wanted is 52-year-old Mohamed Imrazie Alli, also known as “Panta”, a seafood exporter, of Lot 11 La Jalousie, WCD. He is wanted for the June 8 drug bust where over 9 kilograms of cocaine was found stashed in a shipment of frozen fish. Three persons…

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Bandits invade home of Pouderoyen businessman

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Police investigators have managed to arrest one person while the hunt is one for another, following the shooting of a West Bank Demerara (WBD) businessman during a robbery on Monday night. According to reports reaching Guyana Times International, at about 19:00h, two armed men barged into the businessman’s Pouderoyen, WBD home and terrorised the family. During the ordeal, Prakash Seegobin, also known as “Jai”, was shot to his leg. Seegobin operates a shop at his Lot 3 Bella Dam, Pouderoyen home. This newspaper was told that the two perpetrators; one…

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Pomeroon boat builders charged with murder

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Lennox Baharally and Rondell Edwards were remanded to prison after they made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer a joint murder charge. The duo was charged for the murder of Mohammed Abdul Shameer, who died on April 26, in the Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) after a boat capsized. Baharally 34, a boat builder, and Edwards, 19, also a boat builder, reside in Upper Pomeroon River. Defence Attorney Jerome Khan told the Court that it was an unfortunate incident and his clients’…

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First ever social workers’ conference to be held in Guyana

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The Ministry of Social Protection in collaboration with the University of Guyana (UG), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Guyana Association of Professional Social Workers (GAPSW) will be hosting a conference on Standards for Professional Practice from July 20 to 21. This conference is the first of its kind to be held in Guyana, and targets social work administrators, practitioners and educators. It will be held under the theme ‘Standards for Professional Social Work Practice.’ According to GINA, the conference aims to allow key stakeholders to examine their…

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Jagdeo accuses Gov’t of ‘sidelining’ Guyanese contractors

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…says hundreds of jobs at stake if Suriname-based Chinese company is selected for low-income homes project Hundreds of Guyanese will be denied job opportunities if Government seals the deal with a group of Surinamese-based investors to construct low income and medium-income houses at the Perseverance Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara (ECD), according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. During a news conference on Wednesday, Jagdeo accused the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change Administration of sidelining local contractors for a group of Chinese investors for the undertaking;…

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SARU being used as ‘propaganda arm to destroy reputations’ – Jagdeo

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BY DEVINA SAMAROO Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo says the forthcoming legislation to institutionalise the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) can be regarded as nothing more than laws for witchhunting, a contraption which can backfire on the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition. SARU was established with the purpose of hunting for State assets which initially belonged to the Government, but later ended up in the hands of private individuals. It has since been conducting investigations and making recommendations to the Guyana Police Force for charges to be…

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Colombian fined G$30,000 for overstaying in Guyana

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A Colombian woman was on Wednesday brought before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for overstaying her time in Guyana. Karen Rosario Mona, 29, of Colombia, South America, pleaded guilty to the offence when it was read to her. The court heard that on May 12, 2016 and July 11, 2016, she failed to comply with the conditions of a permit to stay in Guyana, which stated that she was permitted to stay in the country from March 11, 2016 to May 11 2016. The Prosecution’s case…

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Ash Deonarine still being sought by Police

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Local investigators are still pursuing the extradition of former Deputy Chief Executive Officer (DCEO) of the Guyana Power and Light Inc, Ash Deonarine, to answer to the two multimillion-dollar fraud charges. In August last year, Deonarine was sent on administrative leave after he allegedly transferred some G$27.8 million to his personal account without the approval of the Board of Directors. He is also being accused of paying former board member Carvil Duncan, a sum of G$948,000 that was not authorised. Following months of investigations, the two former GPL Executives were…

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Guyana nominates two judges for Network of Hague Judges

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Guyana’s Chief Justice (ag) and another senior judge were nominated by Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Basil Williams last evening to become Guyana’s representatives on the International Network of Hague Judges. At the opening ceremony of the Hague Convention Conference at the Pegasus Hotel last evening, Minister  Williams nominated Chief Justice (ag), Madame Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards and Madame Justice, Roxanne George as Hague Network Judges as part of Guyana’s commitment to joining the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Williams said he has no doubt that the…

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Enmore man hangs self

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…relatives claim he had domestic problems By Kristen Macklingam The body of 48-year-old Mohanlall Udairaj was found hanging inside of his bedroom early this morning by his sister-in-law and nephew who had visited the home following concerns raised by the dead man’s neighbours. Tuladai Raj told this publication that she and her son made the shocking discovery around 07:30h today at the man’s lot 143 Hope West Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) residence. She explained that her husband, the brother of the deceased, had arrived at Udairaj’s home earlier Thursday morning…

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