Guyana News

Convicted drug kingpin Shaheed Roger Khan is set to be released from a Florida prison on Monday after serving just over eight years of a 15-year prison sentence.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday afternoon lost his bid to secure a stay on the High Court order that he be jailed by Monday if he does not pay over the more than US$2 million owed to Trinidad construction company Dipcon by the government for road construction works.

A police officer was injur-ed late Thursday evening during the arrest of the Moruca resident who is accused of brutally chopping two of his sisters, one of whom has since succumbed.

Autopsies yesterday confirmed that Better Hope moneychanger Aaron Latchman and his daughter Arian both died from gunshot injuries.

A wrongful death lawsuit is to be filed against the state by the widow of taxi-driver Lallbachan Bachan, who was discovered dead in the Suddie Police Station lockup on Monday, days after he was taken into custody.

The Guyana Police Force yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for one of the suspects in the attack on Managing Director of the Society Against Sexual Orien-tation Discrimination (SASOD) Joel Simpson, who was beaten by a group of men at Bourda Market last month.

Operations resumed at Guyana Gold-fields’ Aurora mine yesterday following a three-day strike by over 100 workers.

Government has zero tolerance for sexual harassment in the workplace, according to Director General of the Ministry of the Presidency Joseph Harmon, who yesterday assured that it will act swiftly to address such cases.

In an effort to ensure that persons with disabilities have the same opportunities as every Guyanese, the Ministry of Public Telecommunications yesterday donated a number of tablets and a robotic kit to the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities (GCOPD).

A boat captain was given a two-year suspended sentence and a $100,000 fine yesterday after he admitted to having illegal possession of a gun, which he said his boss had asked him to return to its owner in order to get its licence renewed.

A youth began a one-year prison sentence yesterday after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a motorcycle, which he claimed he was returning to its owner when he was hit by a car.

Orwin Peters, who is charged with the 2017 fatal shooting of bus driver Tedroy James, was yesterday told that a case has been made against him.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against the cabbage farmer accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old David Toney at the Timehri Docks in April.

A labourer was yesterday granted bail after he denied stealing $250,000 in cash from a Kwakwani businesswoman.

The opposition PPP today denounced claims by a member of the governing coalition, the PNCR that credible elections are only possible with house-to-house registration (see story below).

The police today issued a wanted bulletin for Maverick De Abreu, 29,  for questioning in relation to the assault on gay rights activist Joel Simpson on June 15 at Bourda Market.

The main partner in the governing APNU+AFC coalition, the PNCR today maintained that house-to-house registration is crucial for credible elections and there will be no compromise on it.

President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday both sounded notes of optimism about reaching agreement on a new Guy-ana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson after they held their first meeting since the Carib-bean Court of Justice (CCJ) declared the previous appointment of retired judge James Patterson to be flawed.

Armed bandits shot and killed an America Street moneychanger and his daughter yesterday afternoon in a brazen home invasion at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara.

Despite the finding of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) that the PPP/C-sponsored no-confidence motion against government was validly passed on December 21st, President David Granger and his Cabinet are continuing to meet and make decisions and spokesman Joseph Harmon yesterday said the administration has seen nothing that says it should do otherwise.