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…before decision is made on further collaboration The British Government is currently awaiting the outcome of the recent probe conducted into allegations of fraud at the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) before determining the way forward in terms of collaborating with the agency. This is according to British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn, who told reporters on the sidelines of an event on Tuesday that while they are reviewing relations with SOCU internally, his Government is still willing to continue its relations with the Unit. “We’ve been assisting SOCU…

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Georgetown Magistrate Faith McGusty on Tuesday, remanded two female prisoners for assaulting and wounding each other during an altercation at the East La Penitence Police Station Holding Centre. Savita Persaud, who is on remand for two counts of trafficking-in-person and Revelana Smith, who is also on remand on a charge of attempted murder, both denied assaulting each other. The charged against Persaud stated on April 23 at East La Penitence Police Station Holding Centre she unlawfully assaulted Smith, while Smith is accused of unlawfully wounding Persaud on the same day…

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Al-Masjid Al-Haram, Mecca Mecca is the holiest place for all the Muslims in the world. It is also the largest mosque in the world that covers an area of 356,800sq-m. Millions of Muslims visited here for performing Hajj. It is the largest gathering in the world.  

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…denies victimising investor The Guiana Holding Incorporated, trading as Superbet, recently complained that it is not being granted its renewal of licences owing to victimisation on the part of the Guyana Gaming Authority. The Gaming Authority, however, on Wednesday denied stymieing the investor. In response to Superbet’s General Manager Shrikant Kisoensingh’s statements, the Gaming Authority explained that the certificate of good standing, which is required by the agency, was not produced by the trending gambling attraction but is necessary to qualify the business for their licence renewal. According to the…

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Guyana Elections Commissioner Sase Gunraj believes that penalties should be applied against GECOM employees, who disobeyed orders from the chairman to cooperate with the Ethnic Relations Commission during their investigation into hiring practices of the entity. Gunraj was at the time speaking at the conclusion of a statutory meeting on Tuesday. The ERC in its report had complained that the Human Resource Manager had stymied its investigation by not submitting documents. The commissioner revealed that when the matter came up for discussion, GECOM Chairman, retired Justice James Patterson, claimed that…

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A minibus driver and a conductor were Wednesday morning charged for raping a 12-year-old school girl. Keron Adams, 19, a minibus conductor of ‘D’ Field, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown was charged for engaging in sexual penetration with a child who is under the age of 16. He was not required to plea to the charge when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. Roy Roach, 41, a minibus driver, was charged with causing the child to have sexual penetration with Adams. Roach was also not required…

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The post-mortem examination (PME) conducted on the body of 47-year-old Indira Bipat who was discovered on Sunday morning in a ditch at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD), gave the cause of death as strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to head. Bipat, of Lot 18 Samaroo Dam, Pouderoyen, WBD, who is a part-time taxi driver, left her home at about 17:30h on Saturday afternoon in her family’s Silver-Grey Toyota Axio bearing registration number PXX 4114. After the woman failed to return home that evening and the following morning, her…

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…states actuaries warned about effect of deficits on future of fund As far back as 2016, the actuary review into the finances of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) had warned that repeat deficits may bring its reserves to the brink of collapse. Chartered accountants TSD Lall and Company said in the independent auditor’s assessment for the entity’s 2016 annual report, which was recently laid in the National Assembly, that the actuaries had warned that the reserves were in danger of running dry by 2021. “Without further qualifying our opinion, we…

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The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) on Monday revealed that some G$8.4 billion, excluding accrued interest, is owed by taxpayers within the perimeter of Georgetown and as such, it would be moving to recover these monies. City Treasurer John Douglas made this disclosure on Monday, telling media operatives that after a final computation, the sum of G$8.4 billion was found to be owed by residential and commercial taxpayers combined. Some records show that persons have not paid taxes for over 25 years. As such, a rate recovery drive will commence…

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