Guyana News

Following a request for a meeting, GECOM Chair, Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh yesterday said she had advised the opposition APNU+AFC that they should engage with the entire commission rather than have a caucus with her alone.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says that his Chambers is currently in talks with Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Paul Slowe in a bid to arrive at an amicable solution regarding the promotion of police officers who have pending disciplinary matters.

A US-based NGO has its sights set on the economic recovery and development of Linden which would see the community take its fair share of the much-hoped for bonanza arising out of Guyana’s burgeoning oil and gas industry.

The trial of Stafrei Alexander for the 2015 murder of Terrence Maxwell Thomas is set to commence next Thursday before Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Georgetown.

The court proceedings against Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, Region Four Returning Officer Clairmont Mingo, PNCR chairwoman Volda Lawrence and APNU+AFC agent Carol Joseph, who have been  charged with various offences stemming from their conduct during the finalisation of last year’s elections results, are expected to continue on January 14 and January 28.

A post-mortem examination has determined that Deodat (only name), the alcoholic pensioner whose lifeless body was found floating in a trench at Hampton Court, Essequibo Coast last Saturday, died from drowning and cirrhosis of the liver.

The Moruca Community Policing Group (CPG) of Region One received a boost to its patrolling capabilities with the handing over on Friday, of an All-Terrain Vehicle and a 40-horsepower engine by Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) will be making recommendations on ensuring the safety of Grade Six students should they return to school for this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA).

A 15-year-old boy was on Monday arrested at Charity after police found him with 4 grammes of suspected cannabis.

The floodwaters in Black Bush Polder as of yesterday were continuing to recede, Deonarine Persaud, Chairman of the Black Bush Polder Water Users Association said last evening.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  today said it was “deeply disappointed” and concerned at a decree and subsequent statements by Venezuela pertaining to its border controversy with Guyana.

Fisheries company, Pritipaul Singh  Investments is undergoing expansion works at its Providence, East Bank Demerara  location in excess of US$75M and this will see the addition of a state-of-the-art facility with greater capacity.

The family of Isaiah and Joel Henry, the West Coast Berbice (WCB) teenagers who were brutally murdered more than four months ago yesterday staged a protest outside of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) office, Eve Leary.

The Ministry of Agriculture is expected to pronounce soon on a proposal by farmers within the Number 52 to Number 74 Corentyne area for the fencing of land for cattle grazing.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) coastguards Sherwyn Hart, Deon Greenidge and Devon Gordon are currently challenging the death penalty imposed against them for the 2009 murder of Bartica gold dealer Dweive Kant Ramdass.

As the proceedings against extradited ex-policeman Shaun Nebblett continue in a New York court, acting US State Attorney Seth D.

Unprepared for the scrutiny of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over discrepancies in spending in 2016 on the repairs to land transportation, a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) accounting team yesterday got a reprieve when it was granted a deferral.

Canada yesterday voiced concern over Venezuela’s claim on Thursday  to the area adjacent to Guyana’s Essequibo Coast.

Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday encouraged persons to contact the National COVID-19 Task Force Secretariat if they are aware of businesses that are breaching the COVID-19 measures and are not being warned or sanctioned.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Medical Corps rank, who is one of the force’s frontline workers on Saturday safely delivered a baby boy at Tshau Creek, Kaikan, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).