Guyana News

Even as President David Granger promised the principals of the Linden Blue Lakes project to look into their concerns regarding the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited’s (NICIL) role in holding back their mega green-energy project in Region 10, the company received a letter from NICIL informing them that they were rescinding the lease.

Conceding before the conclusion of a trial that 17-year-old Shaquille Grant had been wrongful killed by police back in 2012, the state, through the Attorney General’s Chambers has said that it will pay $28M compensation to the young man’s estate.

As reports swirl of corruption ongoing in `B’ Division, another rank has come forward with information which suggests that the accused lance corporal was paid to ensure that slain bandit, Kelvin Shivgobin, was not rearrested in the two murder cases in which he was a suspect.

The investigations into allegations against former government Member of Parliament (MP) Charrandass Persaud, who is accused of accepting a bribe and voting with the PPP/C on the December 18 motion of no confidence, have stalled, and there is no “solid” evidence to have him extradited, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday said.

The wife of one of the two men who were on Tuesday electrocuted while installing security cameras in the Guyana National Stadium compound, said that her husband was not outfitted in safety gear.

(This is the fourth in a series of articles by Transparency Institute Guyana Inc on the Production Sharing Agreement signed between the Government of Guyana and Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.)

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were accused of attempting to murder their ‘drinking buddy’.

The man who was injured on Tuesday afternoon after the motor vehicle assigned to the Mayor of Georgetown, Ubraj Narine crashed into his car and two others along the Turkeyen Public Road, East Coast Demerara yesterday succumbed to his injuries at a city hospital.

A 22-year-old youth who was accused of robbing a Chinese national of $500,000, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after he admitted to the offence.

With hearings completed in the challenge mounted by former PPP/C Minister of Housing Mohamed Irfaan Ali, to the validity of the 19 fraud charges levelled against him over the sale of land in the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme, the High Court in now set to rule.

An unemployed man was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail, while his accomplice was remanded to prison, after they were jointly charged with a robbery with violence offence.

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has demoted another Cadet Officer to the rank of Constable, following an investigation into disciplinary matters.

The Vice-Chair of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Verene Shepherd on Tuesday announced that the Commission is expanding its list of countries to be targeted for reparations.

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan, said that it will take “good detective work” to determine if there were any connections with dead bandit Kelvin Shivgobin and the four ‘B’ Division policemen whose numbers were found saved in his cellphone.

The investigations of two domestic airplane crashes, including one that caused the death of a pilot, are still in progress but are expected to be completed soon, Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Egbert Field has said.

President David Granger has declared that Guyana will strengthen its relations with Russia and is looking forward, particularly, to the successful conclusion of agreements relating to investments and the mutual recognition of educational qualifications.

Colombia’s newly minted Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Martha Pinilla, has declared her country’s intention to take part in the Caribbean mega-festival of arts – CARIFESTA XIV.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday hailed Walter Rodney on the anniversary of his assassination, thirty-nine years ago today.

A man who yesterday admitted to a city court that he is involved in the sale of cannabis, was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years behind bars for possession of the substance.

A 26-year-old father of two was refused bail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, after the court heard that the phone he was accused of stealing was found on his person.