Guyana, South America

Yesterday, 30th of September, 2024, we published a story detailing an incident where Mikhail Rodrigues, popularly known as the Guyanese Critic, had beaten a man identified as Brian Persaud, of Hampshire Village, Corentyne. Rodrigues alleged that Brian hit him with a beer bottle on his head prompting him to chase him down the stairs of the Montra Nightclub on Lamaha Street. However, Rodrigues stopped short of admitting that he dealt a beating to Brian, claiming instead that all he did was grab him by his shirt near to the collar.

On Saturday 31st August 2024, CANU officers, in collaboration with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Special Forces Unit, carried out an operation in the Region #1 area which led to the discovery of an illegal airstrip.

A Guyanese man residing in the town of Lethem, Region 9, has reportedly killed a pit bull dog which trespassed into his property today, 31st of August, 2024. Prior to the act which he justified as self-defense and protection of family, the man, who goes by Facebook name Paul Case, posted an expletive-laden video in which he threatened to kill the dog if the owner does not come to get it in time. The man claimed in the video (posted at end of this article) that the pit bull posed a threat of bodily harm to his dogs, children, and other family members. He claimed that the pit bull attacked his dogs.

A young Guyanese woman has made the brave and admirable step of reaching out to the general public for financial assistance needed to undergo a surgical operation after she was diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition. Sacrificing her own pride in the noble duty of fighting for own life, Anjanie Singh, who resides in Mon Repos Village, East Coast Demerara, first published her story on Facebook on the 13th of August, 2024. The post has since gone viral with many expressing sympathies and prayers, and a handful making donations. Anjanie told this publication today, 17th of August, 2024, that so far, she has received a little over $150,000 Guyana dollars from MMG donations from kind individuals. She needs a total of $7,000,000 Guyana dollars. The Ministry of Health has pledged to assist her with $1,000,000 Guyana dollars.

A plane carrying 58 passengers and four crew members crashed in the Capela neighborhood of Vinhedo (Sao Paulo), Brazil in the early afternoon of Friday, 9th of August, 2024.

In a Facebook Post on the 30th of July, 2024, Minister of Education under the PPP/C Government and practicing attorney Hon. Priya Manickchand addressed the challenges News Entities, journalists, and other publishers face in investigating potentially scandalous issues. The Minister advised that while publishers must be cautious in their reporting and follow journalism best practices, persons under scrutiny should leave margin for error and not jump to sue at the earliest possible opportunity.

After urgent calls by at least nine Latin American countries, the Organization of American States, a 35-member military alliance, has pledged to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, 31st of July, 2024 in Washington, D.C., United States of America, to address the ongoing political and electoral crisis in Venezuela.

This publication has been made aware of three Tiktok videos which show a child of about 4 or 5 years old being forcefully taken away from her maternal family. Court orders were served to the relatives on the mother’s side ordering them to hand over the child to the father. The child’s maternal family say they did not have an opportunity to contest the matter in court.

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A well known Guyanese-American social media personality, Rhonda Dixon, also known as Rhonda Bobb, made a TikTok video, which was later reproduced to Facebook, in which she lashed out at the family of Nirav Sukdeo for allegedly being heartless towards the family of Bibi Aliyah Allie. Nirav and Aliyah are both victims of the tragic Corentyne accident which killed Aliyah and left Nirav critically injured during the early morning hours of Monday, 22nd of July, 2024.

This publication understands that the funeral of Bibi Zareyah Allie, also called Aleah or Aliyah, who was killed in the tragic Corentyne Road accident earlier this week, is scheduled for Thursday, 25th of July, 2024.

In Guyana, South America, big oil is living up to its name, and Guyana’s oil boom is holding true to its promise of life-changing wealth. Within just 5 years of First Oil, Guyana’s GDP Per capita has more than quadrupled, pushing Guyana from No. 102 all the way up to No. 42 on the rank of countries by GDP per capita.

A young woman of the Rupununi, Region 9, has been left in great pain, almost to the point of death, after she was badly beaten by her ex lover who is also the father of her child. A wanted bulletin was posted for the perpetrator who is now on the run. According to persons close to the woman, who has been identified by first name “Tricia,” the man carefully planned the attack, traveled up to Lethem from Georgetown, forced his way into the woman’s home and assaulted her last evening, 29th of June, 2024.

GPF | Police are investigating the death of Kyre Anthony Nelson, a three-month-old infant from First Street Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, which occurred between 08:00 and 14:00 hrs yesterday (Friday, 28th of June, 2024) at a Daycare and Play School in the Kaneville area.

A young Guyanese woman of Karisparu Village, Region 8, has reached out to this publication to tell her story after a misleading and inconsiderate Facebook post left her life in shambles. The young mother explained that the social media post, which went viral, caused her to lose business, family, and friends. Because of this Facebook Post, persons, whom she had long trusted and were close to her, suddenly stopped talking to her and avoided her. The post might have also affected a new tourism venture she was starting in her hometown as two groups of potential tourists who were making plans with her suddenly cut her off after the Facebook Post was made.

An earthquake of an estimated magnitude 6.0 on the Richter scale today (23rd of June, 2024) rocked the waters off the Venezuelan Coast in the Atlantic Ocean. The effects of the earthquake were felt all across neighboring Guyana and also Trinidad and Tobago. The earthquake occurred just after midnight of the 22nd of June, 2024.

Guyanese born Carlos Peterson-Grifith is well known across Guyana for his incredible physical strength. In fact, he has been listed as the strongest man in not only Guyana, but the entire South American continent. Throughout his body-building career, Carlos has made and broken many records, but this time, his extraordinary feat has put Guyana on the map in the world of sport. He is the first Guyanese ever to set a world record in sport!

A recently announced US clampdown on a very popular Guyanese family has left a cloud of sadness lingering over the atmosphere of the Guyanese populace. The sanctioning of Azzrudin and Nazar Mohamed by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control has saturated both local and international news over the last few days. While a handful of rivals and enemies may have found happiness in this development, thousands of local residents who view the Mohameds, especially the young Azzrudin, as a “God send” are left in a state of depression over the announcement.

The Government of Guyana has taken careful note of a press release issued by the United States Department of the Treasury on 11 June 2024, which informed of three Guyanese nationals and entities as being sanctioned by the Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned members of one of Guyana’s wealthiest families, Nazar Mohamed (Nazar) and his son, Azruddin Mohamed (Azruddin), their company, Mohamed’s Enterprise, and a Guyanese government official, Mae Thomas (Thomas), for their roles in public corruption in Guyana. Additionally, OFAC designated two other entities, Hadi’s World and Team Mohamed’s Racing Team, for being owned or controlled by Mohamed’s Enterprise and Azruddin, respectively.

Venezuela’s national presidential election is set to be held on the 28th of July, 2024 as Venezuelans head to the polls to decide the future of a currently troubled nation. For nearly 24 years, the Chavista political movement, founded by the late Hugo Chavez and upheld by Nicolas Maduro, has maintained a stranglehold on the country of Venezuela through rigged elections, political persecution, and widespread corruption. Maduro claimed victory at the polls in 2018, but many believe the elections were rigged. On July 28th, 2024, the United Socialist Party led by Nicolas Maduro will have to fight much harder to remain in power.

While it was dubbed a simple “Flyover Exercise” by the US Embassy and the GDF, anyone who has been following the news in Venezuela knows that yesterday’s (9th of May, 2024) military maneuver by the US and Guyana was much more than that. It was a clear message of deterrent to Venezuela which is steadily encroaching on the Essequibo while making bold and absurd claim.