Venezuela raps Canuck mining in Guyana

Venezuela raps Canuck mining in Guyana

David Granger GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Venezuela has objected to a Canadian mining company operating in Guyana, telling the company it is infringing on Caracas’ sovereignty. The move has not gone down well with Guyana’s President David Granger. Granger told Parliament that, in a move that shows no regard for diplomacy, Venezuela’s ambassador to Ottawa issued […]

Call to remove Guyana AG over death threat

Call to remove Guyana AG over death threat

By Gerald V. Paul Guyana’s Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall – accused by Kaieteur News publisher Glenn Lall of expressing plans to kill him – “should resign or be removed over the statements he made in a conversation with Kaieteur News senior reporter Leonard Gildarie,” the Guyana Bar Association and the […]

Rice somewhat nice for Guyana

Rice somewhat nice for Guyana

Rice somewhat nice for Guyana High rice production has brought simultaneous market gains and storage woes. GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana government says repeated high rice production levels have brought many challenges ranging from lucrative markets to the capacity to store large amounts. Agriculture Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy said the government has been making major […]

Guyana elections gap irks U.S. envoy

Guyana elections gap irks U.S. envoy by Brad Savage ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar on Wednesday forthrightly dismissed a statement by outgoing U.S.Ambassador Brent Hardt who accused the head of state of selectively abiding by the country’s constitution, even as the country awaits long-overdue local government elections. Hardt, addressing a function […]

GY Gov’t concerned about treatment of Guyanese at Piarco

GY Gov’t concerned about treatment of Guyanese at Piarco

Questioning what Guyana gets in return for granting national carrier status to Caribbean Airlines (CAL), APNU MP Carl Greenidge complained about the way Guyanese are treated at Trinidad’s Piarco Airport. Greenidge related in his question that Guyanese who had arrived in Trinidad on a January 15th, 2014 CAL flight on their way to Guyana were […]

Guyana: No evidence PPP will implement and enforce new AML legislation

DEAR EDITOR, Financial Advisor from the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), Roger Hernandez, stressed that passing the new Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill is not good enough. It must be implemented! Laws passed without implementation and enforcement are useless, toothless and an exercise in wasted time. Guyana already […]

CARICOM concerned over the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT)

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11, (CMC) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Tuesday said it was “deeply concerned” at the failure of Guyana to approve the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT). In a statement, the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat said the regional grouping was “at the continuing delay in Guyana’s progress towards […]