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Girl dies, sister critical after senna pod tea

Friday, 20 March 2009
A five-year-old child was discovered dead in bed by her mother early yesterday morning, while her younger sister is critically ill, hours after they were each given a dose of senna pod tea, followed by an anti-diarrheal drug sometime later. More... Add new comment

PNCR calls for urgent inquiry into CLICO debacle

Friday, 20 March 2009
The PNCR yesterday called on the government to hold an “urgent and impartial” inquiry into the CLICO (Guyana) matters, including the disbursement of the funds obtained from the sale of the bonds held by CLICO in the Berbice Bridge Company. More... Comments (2)

Roger Khan must ‘face the music’ - President

Thursday, 19 March 2009
-says never had personal contact with him President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said that Guyanese drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan would have to “face the music” having pleaded guilty to several offences in the US adding that he has never had any personal contact with Khan and does not know of anyone in the government who had. More... Comments (3)

Guyana open to partnership in drugs war -President

Thursday, 19 March 2009
Guyana is willing to collaborate with the developed world in the war on drugs but only as a partner; not as a recipient of “lectures when there is no real assistance when we have to give and give and every time we ask even for assistance with prosecution they would constantly come up with excuses,” President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday. More... Comments (3)

Opposition missed the point on McKoy’s ineligibility - GHRA

Thursday, 19 March 2009
Saying that the government exploited flaws in the nomination process for members of the Rights of the Child Commission, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) yesterday criticised the parliamentary opposition parties for failing to expose the situation. More... Comments (5)

CLICO (Guyana) fires majority of Head Office staff

Thursday, 19 March 2009
…agency branches close doors, agents relocated “They told us the company solid and now when we do find out they don’t have money to do anything…is we does have to interact with the clients not them…wha we gun tell de people now” - Agent By Gary Eleazar More... Add new comment

Roger Khan’s plea bargaining…

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

The deal that has led US Prosecutors in the case against Guyanese businessman Shaheed ‘Roger’ Khan to accept a guilty plea commenced in earnest following the indictment of Khan’s former lead attorney, Robert Simels.
Attorney-at-law Vic Puran, who previously represented the embattled Guyanese drug king in Guyana, told this newspaper that following Simels’s forced withdrawal from the case, Khan’s new lead attorney, Diarmuid White, began the process of negotiating a deal that led to the eventual announcement.

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Khan saga warrants full probe here - Trotman

Wednesday, 18 March 2009
While Roger Khan’s guilty plea has likely closed the door on more explosive revelations, Alliance For Change (AFC) leader Raphael Trotman yesterday said enough evidence has emerged to warrant a full-scale investigation into the drug kingpin’s involvement with the government and the unsolved murders that piled up during his activities here. More... Comments (9)

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