Guyana News

Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday declined to address the reasons behind the secondment of Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken and Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh.

Talks between Russian bauxite company, RUSAL and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) have been stalled for over two months as the Ministry of Social Protection’s Labour Department has failed to facilitate the talks.

Post mortem results for Belle West resident, Mohamed Rasheed, called ‘Spanner’ who died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital on Tuesday morning revealed that the man did not die as a result of the beating he was said to have suffered on Sunday night.

Twenty-three Haitians, who were caught by Lethem police illegally departing the country, were each fined a sum of $30,000 on Wednesday after they admitted to the offence.

Seven Cubans who were arrested at the Mabura Police Station while on their way to Lethem were fined on Wednesday after they all admitted to overstaying in the country.

Addressing the Annual Officers’ Conference of the GDF at State House today, President David Granger said that the Defence Force today “is fit for role”.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara mother of three died yesterday after being brutally stabbed, allegedly by her husband, who subsequently ingested poison and is currently hospitalised.

The European Union (EU) is ramping up preparations for its observing of Guyana’s general and regional elections on March 2nd.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will soon rule on the challenge mounted by the state which advances that Guyanese outside of Guyana, whether residing or otherwise, cannot vote unless they are resident in Guyana at the qualifying date of registration.

After an initial burst of excitement about its oil discoveries here, UK explorer Tullow is writing down its finds here and does not expect to drill other exploratory wells in Guyana’s waters this year.

In the interest of justice, the trial of Linton Eastman, Clifton Gibson and Stancy Rodney for the  murder of Rubis accountant Jason Cort, was yesterday aborted, owing to a conversation overheard by a witness in the matter.

Three men have been charged with the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall, who was fatally shot on Friday night after armed bandits invaded his Essequibo Coast home.

A Guyanese offshore laboratory technician will go down in history as the  person to test the first sample of Guyanese crude oil as it came through the Liza Destiny Floating, Production, Storage and Offload-ing (FPSO) vessel.

The dog that was walking around the compound of the Leguan hospital with a fishing hook in its right hind leg has finally gotten relief after a rehabilitation assistant mustered the courage to remove it. 

Several former sugar workers believe that the four shuttered estates should be reopened so that they will be able to make a living after they were all left unemployed following the closures.

An $89.6M sluice and revetment project at Thierens on the Essequibo Island of Leguan was commissioned yesterday, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

Two senior members of the Guyana Police Force, including an Assistant Commis-sioner of Police were late last week seconded to positions outside of the force.

Acting Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus yesterday denied the request by the attorney for murder-accused Marcus Bisram that the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the capital offence be done in a Georgetown court.

The issue of poor drainage within Georgetown dominated the list of complaints and concerns of residents when they met with Mayor Ubraj Narine, city councillors and other officers during the municipality’s inaugural Public Day on Tuesday.

Chief Executive Officer (ag) of the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Ltd (NICIL), Colvin Heath-London has expressed his satisfaction with the renovations and upgrades valued at some $131 million to several of the company’s properties in Linden and Kwakwani.