Sharda Bacchus

Bethel Chimezie was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with attempting to murder a police officer at State House and discharging a loaded firearm at another.

The restriction on visitation endured by the family of the Bethel Chimezie, the perpetrator of the attack outside State House is “not acceptable” and President of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA), Mike McCormack said that the police should justify under what legal circumstance he is being kept incommunicado.

Investigators attached to the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) were up to yesterday working to determine the cause of Thursday afternoon’s fire at the Christ Church Secondary School which has left more than 500 students displaced.

Describing the events following the March 2, 2020 elections as a “ruckus”, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Maxine Graham yesterday recounted the events leading to the sacking of the Region Four Commander.

Terminated Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield and Region Four Returning Officer (RO) Clairmont Mingo, who are both facing elections-related charges, yesterday declined to testify before the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 elections.

In response to summonses, three members of the PNCR, two of them currently facing elections-related charges, yesterday declined to testify before the ongoing Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2, 2020 elections on the grounds of avoiding self-incrimination.

-mother says wounded son left for four hours A corporal attached to the Mahaicony Police Station and a 20-year-old fisherman were fatally wounded during the wee hours of Sunday by ranks who were responding to a report of a stabbing.

Police have detained two persons for questioning as they continue to investigate the murder of 78-year-old woman, Ramdai Balkarran, whose body was discovered in her Paramakatoi Village, Region Eight home several days ago.

Twenty-eight women were murdered last year with the majority of the killers being their husband/partners who were abusive or didn’t accept their decision to end the relationship.

Investigators have made a breakthrough in their probe into the murder of Shimron Adams, the businessman who was shot during a robbery at his Lodge establishment on Monday night.

After demanding to see the President, a Nigerian man stabbed a State House guard five times and seized a gun from another before he was seriously injured in a shootout on Carmichael Street yesterday.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that no criminal charge be brought against  SOCU officers over their  detention of attorney, Tamieka Clarke  and private criminal charges  against the three officers have also been tossed.

In a surprise appearance yesterday before the elections inquiry, GECOM Chair Claudette Singh SC said she locked herself away in a room at a crucial juncture on March 5th 2020 when an illegal declaration was being made by Clairmont Mingo for the crucial Region Four.

Assistant Registration Officer of GECOM, Alexandra Sophia Bowman yesterday said she was instructed to use a spreadsheet instead of Statements of Poll (SoPs) during the tabulation of votes cast in District Four for the March 2020 General and Regional Elections.

Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall on Friday defended government’s decision to revert to the use of 2016 district boundaries, some of which have been extended, for the upcoming 2023 Local Government Elections (LGE), while saying that it would ensure there is greater democracy and representation of the people at the local level.

Months after being presented with a telecommunications licence, Green Gibraltar Inc on Friday launched a demonstration of its service in Rockstone Village, Region Ten, where residents will benefit from free internet access for the next 90 days.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Information Technology (IT) manager Aneal Giddings has said although he tried to safeguard election materials, including Statement of Polls (SOPs) from the March 2, 2020 elections, then Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers accused him of breaching emergency protocols.

Financial analyst, Sasenarine Singh yesterday said there was “considered and deliberate” efforts to have votes cast in Region Four during the March 2020 elections declared without any scrutiny and observation.

In fear of being dismissed from his duties and with his reputation and integrity at stake, Chief Security Officer of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Ronald Edward Stewart said he resigned after receiving instructions from Deputy Chief Election Officer (DCEO), Roxanne Myers to “clear” the Region Four tabulation centre during the 2020 elections.

Although they contested the March 2020 elections, executive member of the United Republican Party (URP), Rawle Aaron said he was prohibited from entering polling stations on elections day and was forced to view polling statements after they were placed outside following counting.