Guyana News

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Minister of Social Protection, Amna Ally on Tuesday rescinded a cease work order issued by Minister with responsibility for labour, Keith Scott on October 10 which triggered a shutdown of operations by Australian gold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.

The World Trade Organization’s General Council yesterday approved the extension of the Waiver of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA), which allows for continued duty-free access to the United States market for eligible Caribbean products, up to September 30, 2025.

Wayne Anthony Chester, called ‘Sharky,’ was yesterday committed to stand trial for the 2017 murder of Purcell Moore, who was shot and killed by bandits as they attempted to relieve him of his gold chain.

A 42-year-old businesswoman was yesterday morning admitted to a city hospital after she was shot and robbed by a lone gunman who attacked her as she was about to open her business situated in the Harbour Bridge Mall, Peters Hall Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

On Tuesday, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) spent its statutory meeting discussing two more proposals that government-nominated commissioners argued would strengthen the Official List of Electors while opposition-nominated commissioners stressed that they would “disenfranchise voters”.

President David Granger yesterday said that he will dissolve Parliament when the time comes but that it will remain in session and if necessary can be convened.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, on Thursday, vowed to investigate allegations, made by indigenous leaders that police officers stationed at hinterland locations have been molesting residents of those communities in addition to behaving unprofessionally.

Kevin Allicock told a court that he used to be a boxing ambassador for the country in his plea for bail.

Guyana made four pledges at a recent conference in Geneva, Switzerland to help those affected by statelessness and the plight of Venezuelans who have fled here to avoid hardship was also on the agenda.

The Ministry of Public Health’s Vector Control Services is collaborating with the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) office in Guyana to launch a revised Mass Drug Administration (MDA) campaign to eliminate filaria (lymphatic filariasis).