Guyana News

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against two women charged over a plot to traffic almost four pounds of cocaine to Jamaica.

Jason Thomas, who is awaiting sentencing for stealing a gold band from a woman, yesterday appealed to two magistrates for his release, while promising that he would not be seen in court again if granted mercy.

There are no new developments in the probe of the murder of 36-year-old Leon Hescott called ‘Dudu’ on Friday night.

With Roger Khan expected to be deported from the United States to Guyana after serving almost 10 years in jail for drug trafficking, there is yet to be an indication that authorities here are trying to build a case against him for any crime that may have been committed on local soil.

President David Granger has intervened to prevent the jailing of Finance Minister Winston Jordan over the government’s failure to pay the more than US$2 million awarded by a court to Trinidad construction company Dipcon for road construction works.

President David Granger has nominated eight persons for position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) including the former controversial holder of the post, Justice James Patterson.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has submitted to President David Granger the names of 11 persons he had originally nominated to fill the post of Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and who have agreed to have their names resubmitted.

Breaches in the Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD) sea defence have left rice and livestock farmers threatened by rising saltwater and some have already recorded millions in losses while others are fearful that they will lose millions more should the situation take a turn for the worse.

A quarrel over five hundred dollars has resulted in the death of a 21- year-old man at Kaneville, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams has submitted to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that it should order government to return to the National Assembly to pass a resolution to extend the time to hold elections and if this is unsuccessful, that the President dissolve the House and fix a date for the polls.

An accident on the Cullen Public Road, Essequibo Coast has claimed the life of a 32-year-old Herstelling man and left another hospitalized.

Marlon Bristol, the head of the Project Management Office of the Ministry of the Presidency, said that when he applied to the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) for lands two years ago, he had no insider information and they were all for his specific projects.

Residents of Houston Gardens/Plantation Houston Estates and surrounding communities have expressed grave concern about a proposal by an oil services company to store large quantities of chemicals at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt.

The government can easily control the impact of the absence of ring-fencing provisions in the agreement with ExxonMobil’s subsidiary by attaching conditions in each Petroleum Production Licence issued, according to commentator Christopher Ram.

Several police officers who provided Stabroek News with information over the past month on police corruption in ‘B’ Division are now questioning why junior ranks who aided at least one bandit and were accused of being involved in other corrupt practices, are still on active duty.

A labourer of Annandale, East Coast Demerara was last night killed in a hit-and-run accident.

Though the AFC has endorsed Khemraj Ramjattan for the prime ministerial post in a probable APNU+AFC coalition for the next general elections, there has been no discussion yet on this matter by the various coalition partners. 

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday submitted to the Ministry of the Presidency 11 names of persons who were originally nominated for Chairmanship of GECOM and who have agreed to have their names resubmitted.

A West Coast Berbice accident yesterday morning has left one person dead and another seriously injured.

Despite credible information that Haitian nationals are being smuggled from Guyana to Brazil, Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix says he wants to see the evidence “How are we confirming that?