Guyana News

Delon Blake, who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to raping a 77-year-old woman, was yesterday morning sentenced to 20 years behind bars by Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Sexual Offences Court.

From this month, new public service employees will be paid after their first month of employment after years of having to wait three months to “make it on to the payroll.”

The Bar Council of The Bar Association of Guyana last night said it “unequivocally and strongly condemns the statements attributed to the Honourable Attorney General of Guyana, Mr.

Minister with responsibility for the public service, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley yesterday told her first press conference that all government scholarships issued during her tenure will be made public.

Colin Thomas, who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to two counts of raping a young girl, will spend the next 23 years in jail for the crime.

A 17-year-old was yesterday charged with the unlawful killing of Grove youth Mervin Squires, who died as a result of an argument over $500.

Shamar Hercules, the Mahaicony man who was the driver of a car which collided with an electrical pole and resulted in the death of the occupant on Sunday, was yesterday charged with causing death and driving while under the influence of alcohol.

In wake of a statement made by the PNCR’s Volda Lawrence that the coalition partners are yet to meet to discuss who the prime ministerial candidate will be for the next elections, the AFC’s General Secretary David Patterson yesterday insisted that his party is solely responsible for the choice.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday upheld a Court of Appeal decision granting an extension to the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) to appeal a Full Court decision awarding $99 million to rice miller Arnold Sankar for breach of contract.

The Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) made an official visit to Cuba between June 29th-July 6th 2019 to inspect the training programmes for doctors and said it made several recommendations.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday maintained that it has the power to garnish owed taxes from the US$2 million due to be paid to Dipcon by government.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has declared that public servants can expect an increase in wages and salaries this year and an even bigger one next year, after government “would have won the General Elections”, but cautioned that this increase must be matched by an improvement in performance and in the delivery of public services.

The Guyana Police Force is making “good progress” on the case of the murders of Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter, Arian, acting Crime Chief Michael Kingston said.

Saying that the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) cannot direct the executive branch of government but can only make appeals through consequential orders, Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday insisted that stating a date for Guyana’s next general elections is outside of the court’s ambit.

A date was yesterday set for the commencement of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the attempted murder charge against two men, including the operator of Rockies Hotel in Georgetown, accused of plotting to kill a Lethem businessman.

A city magistrate yesterday imposed a two-year suspended sentence on a 31-year-old Venezuelan, who was also fined and ordered deported after admitting to illegally having two 9 mm spent shells in his possession.

One of the main witnesses in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against James and Timothy McKenzie, who are accused of killing Cornhill Street fruit vendor Richard Noel, was almost jailed yesterday after she told a court she didn’t give a statement to the police.

Just two months after a special lance corporal was alleged to have been fatally beaten by a colleague, the file in relation to the matter has been forwarded to the Police Complaints Authority (PCA).

The economy of neighbouring Suriname is to benefit from a US$23 million loan from the World Bank Group.

From this month, new public service employees will be paid after their first month of employment after years of having to wait three months to “make it on to the payroll.”