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Guyana’s Ambassador to Venezuela, Cheryl Miles was Wednesday afternoon accredited, several months after she was appointed. “As of yesterday, she presented her credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela (Delcy Rodriguez). That fulfills an obligation that President Maduro had given in November last year,” Foreign Affairs Minister, Carl Greenidge announced Thursday. Greenidge was at the time responding to questions from opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic front-bencher, Gail Teixeira. Miles had been identified in November, 2015 to fill the top post at the Guyana embassy in Venezuela, following the…

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…to ply New York, Miami routes A new air transportation service has extended its operations to Guyana with the aim of ameliorating the shortages of flights to several destinations worldwide. On Sunday, Trans Royale Corp – One Guyana Air Travel, made the announcement of this new venture, which it said will be travelling to Guyana from JFK, New York and Miami, Florida. The flight operation is a joint venture between Trans Royale Corp — One Guyana Air Travel and Eastern Air Lines Group Inc, a Miami based airline. According to…

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…as SOCU swoops down on city businessman By Devina Samaroo Another city businessman reportedly became the target for yet another of the many money laundering operations being conducted by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), which is controversially working under the auspices of the Ministry of the Presidency instead of being an independent authority like all other law enforcement bodies. During a press conference on Wednesday, the businessman’s lawyer, Anil Nandlall told media operatives that a contingent of 12 SOCU ranks “unleashed” themselves into the businessman’s home earlier in the…

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– more than half successful – Ambassador United States Ambassador to Guyana Perry Holloway in an exclusive interview with Guyana Times International disclosed that a total of 39,000 Guyanese were interviewed for non-immigrant visas, and way more than half of that number were successful in their application. The Ambassador reckoned that the growth of Guyana’s financial system, could be one of the reasons Guyanese have been approaching the Embassy for non-immigrant visas. According to Holloway, the number of visas processed has been increasing over the last 10 years. “So the…

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Late into the second day of the 2016 Budget debates, Members of Parliament (MPs) from both sides of the House clashed on whether Budget 2016 offers the “good life” that Government has been touting. The late session of Tuesday’s debate sitting saw the likes of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) members Jennifer Westford, Indra Chandarpal and Ganga Persaud taking on Junior Public Infrastructure Minister Annette Ferguson, John Adams and Rajcomarie Bancroft from the Government’s side. In her presentation, Minister Ferguson outlined the plans Government has been pursuing to develop the…

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– DEA’s Regional Director The much anticipated Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has finally opened its office in Guyana with promises to destroy and dismantle local drug networks. The United States’ premier anti narco-trafficking agency will be housed in the US Embassy’s compound at Duke and Young Streets, Kingston, Georgetown. The simple but significant opening ceremony was held in the presence of Government Ministers, members of the security sector, members of the Judiciary, and members of the Diplomatic Corp. Addressing the small gathering at the Embassy on Wednesday, DEA’s Regional Director…

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Vital factory maintenance work in the sugar factories across the country and other field works were severely affected, today (Thursday), as the overwhelming majority of sugar workers struck solidly in support of the Wales sugar workers and those aggrieved residents in on-going efforts to “stay the decision” to close the Estate. Members of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) are engaged in solidarity action which highlights the fact that workers of both Unions will have their livelihoods…

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Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has called on Government to humanise Budget 2016 by reversing and adjusting some of the measures outlined by Finance Minister Winston Jordan in favour of policies and programmes that will directly benefit the poor, as well as emerging small-scale Guyanese businesses. As a result, he called for the extension of the ban on the importation of used vehicles from eight to 12 years; a move which he said would benefit the poor and working class. Jagdeo was speaking with Journalists on Tuesday, where he discussed the…

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…“newspaper just trying to remain relevant” In response to a spate of articles in Kaieteur News since the PNC-led APNU/AFC Government took office, which laid numerous claims of corruption and other irregularities during his administration, former President Donald Ramotar said the Kaieteur News was desperate to retain some “relevance” in the new dispensation and had descended into “wild fabrications”. Ramotar had recently demanded that Minister of Finance Winston Jordan “bring evidence” to buttress his claims that the audits launched by his government indicated state-owned entities violated the law “with impunity”.…

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