Guyana News

Quantity surveyor Donald Rodney yesterday commenced a vigil in front of the Guyana Court of Appeal in protest at what he says is an inordinate delay by the court in hearing an appeal against a 1982 conviction for possession of explosives.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that his party is prepared to “verify the names” of those persons who were newly registered during the House to House (HtH) process to allow all eligible Guyanese to exercise their right to vote.

Hemant Gocool and Khemraj Persaud were yesterday committed to stand trial at the High Court for the murder of Rohan Persaud, the Grove, East Bank Demerara man who was found stabbed to death earlier this year.

Even as concerns are raised about Trinidad & Tobago companies accessing oil & gas service jobs that locals are capable of doing or not getting the opportunity to tap into, yet another company says it will be providing transportation services here.

 Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday took a swipe at the protracted negotiations between the governing coalition partners, saying that as negotiations drag on the Alliance for Change (AFC) is “imploding form within” while A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is taking its junior partner “for a ride.” 

Kevin Allicock, the boxer who was charged earlier in the year with wounding a drinking companion, was yesterday sentenced to two years in jail after a city magistrate found him guilty of the crime.

Shamal Plass, who admitted to the illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition two weeks ago, was yesterday told he would be spending the next two years in jail.

Police are still awaiting legal advice on the fatal accident which claimed the life of Bonita Sugrim, a mother of four.

A meeting today between the two members of the governing APNU+AFC coalition ended with bright smiles and declarations of “excellent” as a revising of the Cummingsburg Accord has been agreed for the 2020 general elections.

Murder accused Marcus Brian Bisram today appeared at the Whim Magistrate’s Court where he was remanded to prison.

In a joint venture with the United Kingdom-based InterOil Group Ltd, businessman Stanley Ming is developing a US$200 million oil and gas shore base at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, where, according to him, locals will be able to rent space to provide services for the sector.

Pledging that local content will continue to be foremost in its future plans even as it builds “momentum,” US oil company ExxonMobil yesterday said that its local workforce has tripled since operations began in 2015 and that figure will increase as its projects ramp up.

Noting that first oil augurs well for the country, Chairman of Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, Nigel Baptiste says that this requires a stable social and political climate and he hoped that upcoming general and regional elections “will unfold smoothly”.

Following a five-hour meeting yesterday of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the body is no closer to deciding what to do with the data collected during the aborted house-to-house registration carried out recently.

Brian Mohan, who was recently committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2015 murder of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton, was yesterday jailed for two years in a related matter after he was found guilty of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.

Five Haitians, who were allegedly planning to travel to Brazil, were yesterday fined for illegally entering Guyana while a sixth was charged and fined for overstaying here.

Eight-year-old Richard Boodram, who was admitted to the hospital over two weeks ago after being severely injured during an attack by his classmates at the Mon Repos Primary School, remains a patient at a city hospital and was expected to start a new treatment yesterday.

Police are still on the hunt for the two suspects who fatally stabbed Venezuelan national Woillian Fores on the Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road early Monday morning.

A national of the Dominican Republic accused of forging a Guatemalan passport was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Oil and gas support services company Halliburton wants to set up a liquid mud plant at Water Street and while the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) says the project doesn’t warrant an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), it will be monitoring adherence to structural requirements.