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Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed that local law enforcement officers have been in contact with their U.S. counterparts with the aim of arresting one of the three bandits who were implicated in the murder of Deokumar Basdeo, 22, of Sawah Village Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara. The bandit had fled to the United States. During a telephone interview on Wednesday, Crime Chief Blanhum also stated that the second suspect was still on the run, but the Police have launched a manhunt for him. The third suspect, he added, is…

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…says Bank of Guyana By Michael Younge The strength and security of Guyana’s banking system – which is the linchpin of the country’s financial sector – was placed under great threat on Wednesday following the publication of a spurious and misleading article in the Kaieteur News which sought to implicate the Central Bank, Republic Bank and a local businessman in questionable activities linked to money laundering. The daily tabloid reported that the Government’s State Asset Recovery Unit (SARU) is probing a “local bank” which was accused of money laundering going…

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Two persons are now dead in a double suicide at Lonsdale, East Bank Berbice (EBB), Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) which occurred on Wednesday morning. Dead are Sherriann Ali, 14,of Brothers Village and Deeraj Persaud, also called “Prakash”, 20, of Lonsdale. The two were discovered in a bedroom at Persaud’s home about 7:30h hanging by the neck from ropes. The discovery was made by Persaud’s uncle, Shafeek Ally. Reports are that the two were lovers and Ali was two months pregnant. The two had been living together for the past two…

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A New York jury has convicted a Brooklyn woman in the death and dismemberment of a Guyanese woman whose body parts were found on Long Island, New York. Leah Cuevas, 44, right, was charged with second-degree murder, accused of killing her neighbour Chinelle Latoya Thompson Browne, 28, left, over a dispute about rent and a utility payment. Leah Cuevas was on Tuesday convicted of second-degree murder in the death and dismemberment of Chinelle Latoya Thompson Browne, according to the New York Daily News. Browne’s dismembered body parts were found in…

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Two of Guyana’s beauty ambassadors are on separate missions to capture the crowns in the two most prestigious international pageants this Saturday and Sunday. International vocalist Lisa Punch will first have the opportunity to advance her position in the Miss World 2015 Pageant in Sanya, China on Saturday December 19, having claimed a spot in the top 25, while former Scholar and Foreign Service Officer Shauna Ramdyhan will seek to gain the judges nod in the Miss Universe 2015 Pageant in Las Vegas, USA on Sunday, December 20. Despite variances…

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– calls for legally binding global agreement Former President and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo was one of the leaders of an International Climate Conference held in Russia recently. Jagdeo, a leading global anti-climate change activist, addressed the event alongside the Head of the United Nations Environment Programme Achim Steiner and Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change Secretariat Christiana Figueres, commended the outreach by the Russian Government to business enterprises, civil society and the international community as part of its preparation for the upcoming Conference of the Parties…

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BY EDWARD LAYNE Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has been met with Guyanese based in New York, United States of America over the past weekend, to update them on recent political and other developments in Guyana. Jagdeo met with senior citizens and Guyanese community groups here to explain the situation in Guyana. The former Guyanese leader visited a Mosque and Mandir frequented by Guyanese. During these engagements, he spoke of the ongoing efforts to further strengthen the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), with heavy emphasis of injecting new blood in…

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The US Congress celebrated Diwali with more than 1000 Indian American invitees, including Guyanese and other Caribbean people, attending. Diwali has been celebrated annually in Congress and at the White House over the past 15 years. Some 30 members of Congress partook in the celebrations last Wednesday evening. The event was used to celebrate the accomplishments of the Indian American Diaspora. The annual celebration, which attracts people and organisations from all over the US, was organised this year by Congressman Ami Bera and Congressman George Holding, Democratic and Republican co-chairs…

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According to an online news agency, a 26-year old Vendor was on Thursday granted bail in the sum of Gy$1 million for the November 8 Demerara Harbour Bridge fatal accident which resulted in the death of his wife. The man, Dhanram Ramdeo Ramlall appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Judy Latchman and entered a not guilty plea while his Attorney filed the application for bail so that he could attend the funeral of his wife and also care for their 9-month-old child. In keeping with advice from the…

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