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Guyana’s Vice President and Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge has responded to the Venezuelan government’s decision to suspend the approval of the new Guyana Ambassador to Caracas. In a short statement on Thursday, Foreign Minister Greenidge vowed to continue speaking out against Venezuela’s illegal claim to the Essequibo region and Guyana’s oil rich maritime space. He said “I regret President Maduro’s fondness for broadcast diplomacy which Guyana will not follow. Guyana will not be silent where its rights under law continue to be denied.” President Maduro had appeared in a television…

Fifteen days after Gyaneshwarie “Laleta” Sivanand of Durban Backlands, Georgetown allegedly jumped off Kaieteur Falls, her battered and decomposing body was finally transported to Georgetown on Wednesday. The woman went missing on September 1 during a visit to the Kaieteur Falls National Park. The woman’s body was taken to the Lyken’s Funeral Home where it will await a post-mortem examination. Relatives of the dead woman have remained tightlipped. However, a member of the Special Forces told Guyana Times International that they spotted the body of the missing woman on Sunday…

A study conducted in 2013 on the prevalence of drug use among secondary school students in Guyana has revealed an alarming trend showing that students as young as 12 years old are engaged in the use of both licit and illicit substances. The Secondary School Drug Prevalence Survey Project was done by the Organisation of American States (OAS) Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in collaboration with the Government of Guyana. The study was undertaken in May and June of 2013. Some two years after the survey was conducted, the…

…son of murdered block-maker says still trying to come to grip with father’s gruesome murder Twenty-one-year-old Oswald Jason Yaw, of Back Circle, East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who admitted that he was offered Gy$1.7 million to kill 42-year old Herstelling, East Bank Demerara Joiner, Nathan Persaud is expected to make his court appearance today (Thursday) at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. His pay master, Beverly Persaud, who hired him to commit the heinous crime was already charged and remanded to prison. However, Yaw’s confession came moments after he was arrested by Police ranks…

Despite already coming in for harsh criticisms over the recent political appointments of Regional Executive Officers (REOs), the A Partnership for National Unity/ Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) Government went ahead and provided four more of its activists with jobs within the regional districts in the country. These persons will work outside of the regional system established constitutionally. Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on Monday appointed four new Special Representatives in four regions across Guyana, who would be tasked with the responsibility of working with the public on issues which could be…

– admits to “setting it up” By Andrew Carmichael Police have arrested the husband involved in Sunday’s Crabwood Creek, Berbice robbery, and he has told investigators that he had planned the robbery. Reports are that Krishnadatt Jettoo and his wife were beaten by five gunmen who invaded the couple’s Crabwood Creek home and took away in excess of Gy$5 million in cash and jewellery. Police in conducting their investigation interviewed the Jettoos and received conflicting reports. Information reaching Guyana Times International indicated that Jettoo told the Police that the men…

After weeks of intense investigations, the Guyana Police Force on Monday closed the probe into the multimillion-dollar fraud allegations at the Public Service Ministry and immediately handed over the files to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice on the way forward. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Wendell Blanhum, told the Guyana Times International that the investigation was wrapped up on Monday and in excess of 20 files were sent to the DPP’s Chamber the same day. On Tuesday, Communications Officer at the DPP Chambers, Liz…