Guyana News

A 25-year-old father of one is now dead following a fatal accident yesterday morning along the Leonora Public Road, where the vehicle he was driving toppled after he reportedly fell asleep at the wheel.

After not placing any state ads with Stabroek News (SN) for the month of October, the Department of Public Information (DPI) placed a small number in November but the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief (EiC) Anand Persaud maintains that the fundamental issue of the attempt to muzzle the free press by the Guyana Government remains unresolved.

Long serving diplomat Audrey Waddell, who is currently Director General of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, yesterday said she knew nothing of reports that government has not renewed her contract.

Emphasising the importance of a system of public accountability and transparency, former Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller says that as the country prepares for general and regional elections next year, politicians must embrace these principles to create “trust” in government and in national institutions.

January 10th, 2020 is Nominations Day for the March 2nd, 2020 General and Regional Elections, according to a notice from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Charging that the PPP/C has no interest in credible elections, the PNCR, the majority partner in the coalition government, on Friday said that if data gathered during the house-to-house registration is not used as the opposition party is insisting, over 30,000 persons will be left off the voters’ list.

January 10th, 2020 is Nominations Day for the March 2, 2020 General and Regional Elections, according to a notice from GECOM in today Stabroek News.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) yesterday launched an outline of its 2020 elections manifesto, with both promises of more jobs and a reduced cost of living and appeals to non-supporters to give its ideas a fair hearing.

In the face of expected resources from oil and gas, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has developed a strategic policy plan for Guyana’s development and is pleading with politicians to implement it whether the government changes or not.

A former Royal Castle supervisor, who allegedly stole over $19.3 million while working for the fast-food chain, was granted bail yesterday after she denied the charges at a city court.

In an effort to resolve the power woes facing the community of Port Kaituma, in the North West District, Region One, a local company is being engaged to supply the mechanical part to repair the damaged generator engine.

The proceedings against former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who is charged with the fraudulent conversion of law reports, has been adjourned until next year after he sent apologies to the trial magistrate for his absence in court yesterday, while he was attending the launch of his party’s 2020 elections manifesto.

Newly-elected president of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) Andron Alphonso has called for unity in the mining industry and for members of the organisation to project a single front to promote their interests in Guyana.

Orwin Peters, called ‘Ratty,’ was yesterday committed to stand trial for the 2017 murder of Tedroy James, who was shot to his head while attempting to drive away from bandits, who robbed several passengers on his minibus.

Cordel David, one of two men charged with trafficking cannabis, was yesterday ordered to serve a three-year sentence and pay a fine after he was found guilty of the crime, while his co-accused was freed.

Teon Allen, the former policeman who was shot on Tuesday after he and another man allegedly attempt to elude the police, remains hospitalised and police were yesterday granted more time to further detain them.

Investigators have been unable to obtain any eyewitness statements on last Saturday’s shooting in Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD), which left one man dead and a teenager wounded.

A planned police confrontation between a parent and a teacher, who have accused each other of assault following a skirmish at the Winfer Gardens Primary School, was aborted yesterday.

Reuters) – A court in Suriname today convicted President Desi Bouterse of murder for the execution of 15 opponents in 1982 during an earlier term as military ruler of the South American country after he and other soldiers led a violent coup to seize power.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has called for a single development plan for the country that doesn’t change with governments and wants constitutional reforms that will see the restoration of executive functions to a Prime Minister sitting in Parliament with only certain constitutional functions performed by a President.