Guyana News

With Minister of Social Protection Amna Ally rescinding a cease work order issued to Australian gold mining company Troy Resources, the way has been paved for the company to restart operations at Karouni, Region Seven, which will likely be by early November.

The continued absence of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Prosecutor yesterday prompted a city magistrate to dismiss several charges against six former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) members, who were accused of failing to record entries for funds amounting to over $200 million in total in the agency’s general ledger.

A Special Forces Squad of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) yesterday afternoon rescued a local pilot after he crashed just after taking off from Aricheng, in Region Seven.

The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) yesterday commissioned a US$1.4 million fireboat, which Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said would better equip the service to battle onshore fires and offer humanitarian assistance.

The Citizenship Initiative, Guyana’s newest political party, launched last evening promising an unwavering posture in demanding constitutional reform, campaign financing legislation and shared governance, while shunning any possibility of coalescing with the major parties.

Prosecutor Gordon Mansfield yesterday informed a city court that the police case file on the murder of four-year-old Alex Prince is not yet complete.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has accepted assistance from the Canadian Government in the form of their former Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jean-Pierre Kingsley, who will provide GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh with advice on best practices on operational matters.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is to engage foreign assistance towards establishing a mechanism to monitor the country’s airways during the coming general and regional elections scheduled for March 2, 2020.

Armed bandits invaded a Liverpool, Corentyne, business on Wednesday evening and assaulted one of the owners and her son, leaving them both with injuries. 

Anyone thinking of joining the PPP/C must do so without expecting any ministerial or other positions, according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who says no decision has been taken as yet on a Prime Ministerial (PM) candidate for the upcoming general elections.

The opposition PPP/C believes that the Guyana Office for Investment and Department of Energy sponsorship of the second annual Guyana International Petroleum Business Summit & Exhibition (GIPEX) is a waste of taxpayers’ dollars and is mulling protesting the event.

At 7:53am today, a Piper PA31 aircraft, registration 8R-HAI belonging to Capt.

Jean-Pierre Kingsley,  who served as Canada’s Chief Electoral Officer for 17 years,  has accepted the invitation of GECOM Chair Justice (rtd) Claudette Singh to provide technical electoral aid to the Chair.

Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally on Tuesday rescinded a cease work order issued by Minister with responsibility for labour, Keith Scott on October 10 which triggered a shutdown of operations by Australian gold miner Troy Resources and the laying off of hundreds.

The lack of evidence that can stand up in court and the refusal of persons to come forward and give information to the police are the reasons behind convicted drug trafficker Roger Khan not being charged locally, according to President David Granger who said he finds the situation of witnesses not coming forward disappointing.

President David Granger yesterday said that talks with the leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) Lenox Shuman have been “preliminary exploratory talks” as they look for common ground and areas of convergence.

Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George yesterday struck out an application by attorney Anil Nandlall, for mandatory orders compelling Cabinet including the President to resign on grounds that the application was an affront to the principle of precedent, and was wholly misconceived, vexatious, and an absolute abuse of process.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has expressed disappointment at not being invited to a safety forum hosted here yesterday by the Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago (ECTT), with some executives saying that it is tantamount to disrespect.

Investigators were working up to last evening to determine whether a motor car which was found abandoned at Peters Hall, East Bank Demerara on Tuesday night was the vehicle used to carry out Monday’s attack in front of El Dorado Trading which claimed the life of gold miner, Deon Stoll.

The stepfather of four-year-old Alex Prince who was allegedly raped and killed during last week was on Tuesday remanded to prison after he was charged with murder.