Guyana News

Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix has rejected as “completely false” a report that some Haitian and African migrants, during an August 28th meeting, were promised citizenship for their votes.

Six months after its last visit, the Carter Center has returned to Guyana with a four-member delegation, hoping to gain insight into the country’s current political situation.

Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall yesterday sentenced a young man to 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape of a minor but he will serve a maximum of 10 years.

Forensic Pathologist Dr Vivekanand Brijmohan is no longer with the Ministry of Public Health as his services were terminated over a week ago.

Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency,  Joseph Harmon, yesterday urged the Gaming Authority to put measures in place to encourage “responsible gambling” pointing out its impact on “challenged” communities.

The Public Procurement Commission says there is no merit to the Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) position that the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) between the government and ExxonMobil’s local subsidiary violates the public procurement law.

Strong arguments by Barbados attorney-at-law Mohia Ma’at that the grounds put forward against bail are “all without merit” were not enough to keep his Guyanese client from spending 28 days on remand.

A city magistrate yesterday jailed a 26-year-old miner for three years after he was found guilty of  four offences including wounding a police officer and armed robberies.

The two brothers who were severely burnt during an incident at their Corentyne, Berbice home less than a month ago are said to be out of danger and are recovering well in the United States, where they are currently receiving treatment.

A 20-year-old carpenter who said he robbed a woman of her phone and other articles so that he could buy milk and pampers for his child was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison for the crime.

A fire suspected to be of electrical origin yesterday completely destroyed a two-story wooden house at Miss Phoebe, Port Mourant, Corentyne.

Five males have been arrested over an alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl which reportedly occurred sometime Saturday evening at a location on the West Coast Berbice.

Minister of State, Dawn Hastings-Williams yesterday afternoon received a courtesy call from United Kingdom Deputy High Commissioner to Guyana, Ray Davidson to discuss matters of mutual interest, including climate change and conservation, according to a release from the Ministry of the Presidency.

The police in ‘G’ Division are investigating a report of assault committed on Regional Vice Chairperson Nandranie Coonjah allegedly by Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Regional Executive Officer (REO) Denis Jaikarran on Tuesday.

The charge against a Dominican woman accused of stealing $340,000 from a man she allegedly spent the night with in a hotel was dismissed after the complainant offered no evidence in court yesterday.

The trial of Sheneza Jafarally, the University of Guyana (UG) student who is accused of making a bomb threat earlier this year that disrupted classes and operations at the Turkeyen Campus, is set to begin on October 8th.

Students of Grades 9 and 10 will have an opportunity to win various prizes in the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry/ BrainCentral Math and English online Olympiad this month.

The report, ‘Man jailed for stabbing wife, assaulting daughter,’ published in the September 4th edition of the Stabroek News, erroneously identified one of the victims as the wife of convict Peter Thompson.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure today said that the use of Passenger Boarding Bridges at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri has been temporarily suspended.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said that a March elections date was totally out of the question, while another member of his delegation has claimed that GECOM Chair Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh has committed to “working towards a timeline of having elections long before the end of the year.”