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Media houses in Atlanta, Georgia are reporting that five teens have been arrested and police are searching for a sixth suspect in the shooting death of an aspiring filmmaker found last year along a road in Lithonia, Georgia. The 27-year-old Guyanese man, Leevon Daniels, of Conyers, was found dead of a gunshot wound at Swift and Main streets on May 6, 2015. According to Action News 2, Lithonia police announced Tuesday that they have arrested five teens and identified another teen in connection with the case. That sixth suspect is…

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Scores of workers employed at the Wales Sugar Estate, West Bank Demerara (WBD) converged in front of the Parliament Buildings, Georgetown on Thursday, January 21, in a peaceful picketing exercise to protest against the move by the government to close the estate. Loud shouts from irate sugar workers armed with placards reading “No to the closure of the Wales Estate”, “Workers Unite, Fight Unemployment”, “GAWU says CoI opposed closure” and more could be heard and seen from a distance near the Stabroek Market Square as Parliamentarians from the Opposition Party,…

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Scores of disgruntled New York-based Guyanese braved the inclement weather to stage several protests outside of various events hosted by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who travelled to North America to launch Guyana’s 50 Independence Anniversary celebrations. The three-day activity attracted very poor attendances and were marred by loud protest actions. During the Saturday afternoon meeting, a group from the Diaspora community staged a picketing exercise outside of the Richie Rich Catering Hall, Richmond Hill, Queens, where Prime Minister Nagamootoo addressed a small gathering of members from the business sector. Some…

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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that the Police Officer who allegedly raped a 14-year-old girl be charged with rape of a child under 16 years of age. According to reports, the young woman who hails from the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) was allegedly abducted by a gold miner and after she escaped, she sought to lodge a complaint with the Police Officer whom she was previously acquainted with. The young woman reportedly went to the Officer’s home and it was there that the…

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Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Khurshid Sattaur’s services with the agency have now been terminated following a unanimous decision taken today, Thursday January 21 by members of GRA’s governing Board. According to a media release from the GRA, this decision was made at the Guyana Revenue Authority’s 171st meeting held earlier today (Thursday) and will take effect from March 1, 2016. Acting GRA Commissioner-General, Ingrid Griffith, is slated to continue to function in the position of Commissioner General until further notice. In July last year, Finance Minister…

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– as non-resident Ambassador is accredited As Guyana seeks to strength ties with Kuwait, it could benefit from having several local projects funded by the Arab country. This was announced by Kuwait’s newly accredited non-resident Ambassador to Guyana, Ayadah Alsaidi, who handed his Letters of Credence to President David Granger on Wednesday at the Ministry of Presidency. Ambassador Alsaidi committed towards working to strengthen the relations between Guyana and his country and noted that despite having good relations, the economic and trade relations between the two countries last year were…

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By: Tusika Martin, Edward Layne, Alexis Rodney, and Indrawattie Natram Guyana’s suicide rate continues to escalate out of control and many are of the view that Government in spite of its promises to tackle the scourge head-on has so far done very little in this regard. The sudden upsurge in suicide on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) within the past 30 days, coupled with the recent tragic incident in Berbice where a 14-year-old girl and her 20-year-old male paramour hung themselves, has become cause for concern. Additionally, on Sunday…

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…express fear of being under police surveillance Former government officials and other new Members of Parliament of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Opposition have become targets of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as the controversial investigation into the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) continues. Former Prime Minister Samuel Hinds and parliamentarians Gail Teixeira, Irfaan Ali and Nigel Dharamlall are all reportedly under police surveillance and were recently called in to be interrogated on matters related to the NICIL forensic audit report…

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People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Chief Whip and a former Home Affairs Minister under the PPP/C Government Gail Teixeira has described the recent move by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to stake out Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington’s home as “sinister”, adding that the parties involved must come out and say who really gave the order. She said too that the move was a violation of one’s human rights; an argument already held by some sections of civil society. The surveillance on the vehicle, which…

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