Guyana News

President David Granger yesterday deflected questions about whether Minister of National Security Khemraj Ramjattan would be the APNU+AFC coalition’s Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2020 elections.

The government is in a race to seal a decrepit section of the Mahaicony sea defence before spring tides return on October 26 and around 50,000 tonnes of boulders will be needed.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday declared that he still has full confidence in the chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (Rtd) Claudette Singh but argued that she must realize how damaging recent events will be to the institution’s credibility.

At age 18, Tashana Sasha Ramdeholl developed a “tiny” white spot on her face.

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo has said that his PPP/C administration “was wrong” to withdraw state advertising from Stabroek News in 2006.

The Justice and Peace Commission of the Catholic Church is urging the voting public to carefully scrutinise those candidates that present themselves for selection to run the country’s affairs in the upcoming elections and that they be selected based on credibility and merit.

Public schools in Guyana will be closed today as teachers enjoy a manager’s holiday as part of the observance of Teachers Day 2019.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl.

The Regional Health Director of Region Six, Jevaughn Stephens, yesterday informed the Regional Democratic Council that the water ambulance which was commissioned in August for the community of Baracara is in need of an engine control module (‘computer box’) for its engine.

DeSinco Trading Limited yesterday donated food supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) for Region Eight.

A 27-year-old Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo man is expected to face a retrial after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his trial for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl. 

A delegation of Indian businessmen representing the firm of Terna Impex LLP, on Wednesday met with the Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman to discuss business opportunities in the mining, energy and agricultural sectors.

A 16-year-old boy was yesterday sentenced to four years at the New Opportunity Corps after being found guilty of raping a six-year-old child.

Two witnesses yesterday testified when the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder charge against Abdul Imran Khan continued before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly in Georgetown.

(CAL) Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I., October 3, 2019 – Caribbean Airlines advises its customers that the Guyana Police Force has issued an advisory informing members of the general public that traffic diversions will be in effect to facilitate the CPL games being played at the Guyana National Stadium as follows:   ·         Thursday October 3, 2019 – Traffic diversions in effect from 2:00 p.m.

New York Attorney General Letitia James on September 17 announced the indictment and arrest of the owner of Purple Heart Transportation (“Purple Heart”), Guyanese Sean Ally, 44, as well as the indictment and arrest of a driver of the company, Lissette Joza, 31, for stealing over US$1 million from the New York Medicaid programme  for billing fake transportation services that were never provided.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Karen Cummings yesterday said that calls by the international community that the David Granger-led APNU+AFC administration abide by the country’s Constitution as it pertains to calling elections were unnecessary.

One of the suspects charged with the killing of Mahaicony businesswoman Bibi Shairoon Nesha Ali in 2016 yesterday admitted to committing the act.

Russia has agreed to a meeting with the government here on Moscow’s false statements that a British military base was being built on an Essequibo River island to train Venezuelan refugees to destabilise the Nicholas Maduro government.

Following spring tides over the past several days, some farmlands along the Mahaicony coast remain flooded and affected farmers are awaiting the passing of the tides to be able to completely assess their losses and decide on their next steps.