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Bryan Persaud, 21, of Lot 16 B Hampshire, Corentyne, Berbice, is the proud winner of an all expenses VIP trip for two to see international singing sensation Beyonce in New York City later this year. The young man, who sent almost 450 text messages during the six-week promotion, was in the company of his girlfriend and other relatives during the final drawing at the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Mandela Avenue office on Saturday. It is most obvious that the young man will take his girlfriend on the trip, providing that…

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New Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Dr Nicole Giles has underscored the importance of access to credit in Guyana and in the Caribbean, for Canada’s continued investment and development in the region. Dr Giles made this comment last Friday at the launch of Credit Info Guyana Inc at the Georgetown Club. The Bank of Guyana on August 30 officially presented the Icelandic company with its licence to operate in the country, enabling Guyanese to get easier access to financing. The granting of the licence followed a lengthy selection process that…

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A teen who was among several men accused of the vigilante-style killing of Alfred Munroe, also called “Guana Man” of Manchester Village, Corentyne, Berbice on April 9, has been set free. Zaffar Seetaram, 18, of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, walked out of the Whim Magistrate’s Court on Monday a free man after Magistrate Rabindranath Singh ruled that there was not sufficient evidence linking him to the crime. On September 23, Attorney Mursaline Bacchus made a no-case submission on behalf of Seetaram after the prosecution had closed its case. The magistrate…

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Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman has said that he will be using other methods to have the clerk of the National Assembly send bills to the president and not other government offices. He was at the time responding to questions on the clerk sending the four local government bills passed in the National Assembly to the attorney general’s chambers. Trotman believes that the bills should have been sent directly to President Donald Ramotar. He said if the president wishes to have further legal advice, then the decision should…

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– if necessary documents not submitted to broadcasting authority Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Chairman Bibi Shaddick said there are currently only three broadcasting entities in the country that are licensed to operate from a list of nine broadcasters. The delinquent six, she said have outstanding application documents to submit before they can be considered in compliance with the Broadcasting Act, which governs the sector. As such, broadcasting corporations that are yet to submit their documents to the GNBA in order to be licensed, have up until October 31 to…

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One week after giving notice to the West Palm Beach Court, Florida, through his attorney about his intention to change his “not guilty” plea to “guilty”, founder of EZjet, Sonny Ramdeo, on Tuesday admitted to wire fraud to the tune in excess of US$ 20million. The matter is being heard by Judge Kenneth Marra. The former Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara resident is expected to be sentenced on January 13, 2014 and will face several charges of wire fraud and money laundering. He can face a maximum of 90 years…

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The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is gravely concerned about a media report that appeared in the Sunday September 29 edition of Kaieteur News entitled “Only 17 lawyers in Guyana authorised to charge fees”. The genesis of the report is a notice issued by the GRA which carried the names of the latest batch of professionals who were issued with tax practise certificates as recent as September 15. The GRA finds the article very misleading and mischievous, to say the least, and believes that it was designed to cause confusion, particularly…

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A prominent New Amsterdam doctor died in a road accident Sunday evening, shortly after witnessing a game of cricket, his favourite pastime. Dr Physal Sattar, 69, of LFS Burnham Street, died at the New Amsterdam Hospital shortly after colliding with a truck on the Number 11 Farm Village Public Road. He was on his way home after attending the cricket match between Berbice and Demerara earlier at the Albion Sports Complex. Reports are that Sattar attempted to overtake a truck in his car, but instead drove straight under the larger…

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St Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves said he plans to intensify efforts in addressing the issue of reparations for native genocide and slavery when he assumes the chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) early in the New Year. “When I take over the chairmanship of Caricom in January, I hope to get letters to Europe,” Gonsalves, told a standing-room-only town hall meeting in Brooklyn late Saturday. “We’re going for reparations because of state-sponsored genocide and state-sponsored slavery,” he added. “Europe, by engaging us in this matter,…

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