Guyana News

President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday met on finalising a list of six nominees for the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) and they jointly announced that four candidates have been found “not unacceptable” for the appointment.

Three of the five youths who pleaded guilty to killing retired professor Pairaudeau ‘Perry’ Mars were yesterday morning sentenced to a combined 34 years behind bars by Justice Navindra Singh at the Georgetown High Court.

A young mechanic is now dead and police say he committed suicide after reportedly shooting his girlfriend in an attempt to end her life.

Director Dr Vincent Adams has denied that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) failed to address concerns raised by residents about the proposed Nalco Champion request to operate a chemical warehouse facility at Ruimveldt Industrial Estate.

For the unlawful killing of her eight-year-old son, whom she strangled with a bedsheet, Sonia King yesterday received a 20-year-sentence from Justice Navindra Singh before whom she appeared at the Georgetown High Court.

Guyana has to ensure its oil and gas local content policy promotes robust oversight of the sector given the potential loopholes for corruption that have been evidenced in other developing countries, according to Canada-based University Professor and Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Advisor Dr.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has told Chief Election Officer (CEO), Keith Lowenfied that unless he begins preparing to hold general elections he could be acting in contempt of the recent ruling by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Presidential Guard Winston Cooper, 32, who was found in an unconscious state on Mandela Avenue with injuries to his head earlier this month, remains hospitalised and has shown no signs of improvement.

As part of her quest to get answers about the death of her daughter-in-law after one of her eyes was removed, Phyllis Carter plans to take legal action.

State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) Special Assistant Eric Phillips was actively representing the African Business Roundtable (ABR) as recently as June of 2018, despite claiming to have been inactive since December, 2016.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the rehabilitation of the Lethem Aerodrome.

A teenager is nursing abdominal injuries following an accident along the Ituni Trail, in Region Ten, on Monday.

Experts from the Caribbean and Latin America will be gathering at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre in Georgetown from today for a consultation aimed at examining the Standards for the Teaching Profession.

The 30th Meeting of the Heads of CARICOM Social Security Organisations opened in Guyana yesterday.

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today met to discuss nominees for the Chairmanship of GECOM and four names were settled on.

Adverting to the consequential orders made on July 12 by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Anil Nandlall, counsel for Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has written Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield requesting that he immediately begin preparing for general elections on a date no later than September 18, 2019.

President David Granger and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo are expected to meet at the Ministry of the Presidency today to discuss the appointment of a Chair-person for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

Five men were yesterday charged with the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian Latchman.

The Leader of the Opposition will not be issuing nominations for the Macroeconomic or Investment committees under the Natural Resources Fund Act, government has been informed, as the Bill was debated after the passing of the no confidence motion.

A spanking new $186 million dormitory which can accommodate up to 120 tertiary students from the hinterland, was yesterday declared open by President David Granger, who said the construction of the facility is in keeping with a ten-point action plan for development of the interior.