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With the Christmas season fast approaching, several local shipping companies have confirmed that there has been a vast decline in the shipment of domestic freights from the U. S. for the period of November to date, compared to last year. Many of the shipping companies, however, said commercial consignment shipments remain stable with businesses in Miami, Japan and Europe. Laparkan Shipping Limited, Marketing and Sales Manager Yonette Jeffers told Guyana Times International that her company has seen a fall in the number of domestic shipments being transported for the Christmas…

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EZjet boss Sonny Ramdeo was on Wednesday arrested in Brooklyn, New York on a charge of embezzlement from his former employer. The Florida newspaper Sun Sentinel has reported federal prosecutors as saying that Ramdeo faces charges of embezzling US$20 million ($4B) from his former employer in a payroll tax fraud scheme. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation in a statement on Wednesday said that he was formally indicted on December 6, 2012 and made his first appearance in a New York court on Wednesday. While Ramdeo was arrested in New…

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The benefits that Guyana would have accrued in the fields of infrastructure, economic and technical assistance, human resource development, and investment through its longstanding relationship with the People’s Republic of China are to continue under new Chinese Ambassador to Guyana, Zhang Limin. He presented his letters of credence to President Donald Ramotar on Monday, and vowed to continue the “time-honoured” friendship which the two countries have been sharing over the last four decades. “During my tenure in office on this post, I will exhort my efforts to further develop the…

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In an effort to develop the music industry in Guyana, the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry launched its National Music Arts Festival on Monday, at the ministry’s boardroom, Main Street, Georgetown. This festival is one of three sponsored by the ministry, and is aimed at improving the quality of Guyanese music and sustaining the country’s musical heritage, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. It is scheduled for April 2013, and will encompass choral and solo performances, musical renditions on instruments, dramatic poetry, steel pan, and drumming. Culture, Youth and Sport…

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By Bhisham Mohamed Gilbert Bristol, 36, an exporter of Lot 154 Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was on Monday remanded to prison for the 233kg of cocaine that was found among fish feed at the Guyana National Shipping Corporation (GNSC) last Friday. He made an appearance before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court where he pleaded not guilty to the charge when it was read to him. The particulars of the charge stated that on December 7 at the GNSC Wharf, Gilbert Bristol trafficked 233kg of cocaine…

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– launches inaugural flight to Toronto By Elvin Carl Croker It was a doubly sweet experience for Caribbean Airlines on Tuesday when its new Boeing 767 jet touched down at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport for its inaugural flight to Toronto, Canada, and Transport Minister Robeson Benn announced that the airline was now the national flag carrier. On hand to welcome the jet was Caribbean Airlines Manager (South America) Carl Stewart who greeted airline Chairman Rabindra Moonan and Chief Executive Officer  Robert Corbie among others who were the first to…

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Indo-Guyanese and other Indo-Caribbeans are keen followers of Swami Ganapathi, based in Mysore, India, and they turned out in large numbers for the spiritual concert held last Sunday afternoon at the Flushing Temple auditorium where His Holiness Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji performed continuously for two hours. The event was organised by supporters. Sri Swamiji has millions of followers at his holy Datta Centers around the globe, including several in the U.S. He is well known in Guyana and the Caribbean. He previously conducted spiritual ceremonies and concerts in Guyana and…

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– as new Ambassador is accredited The relations Guyana hold with neighbouring Venezuela at the political, diplomatic and bilateral cooperation levels were described by the new Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana Reina Margarita Arratia Diaz as “unstoppable.” She presented her letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday bringing a message from President Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Government about their commitment to continue strengthening ties for the benefit of the people of the two countries. Chavez was re-elected president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela after a comfortable victory…

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