Guyana News

The Georgetown Department of Education yesterday hosted a mathematics exhibition and walkathon as part of its efforts to ensure that pupils excel in the subject.

Josh Jailall, of the Swami Pumanda Primary School, has won the Region Four Primary-level’s Spelling Bee competition.

Attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday said he was not notified of the hearing on Thursday when the trial of his client, former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall, resumed in a Georgetown court.

Muammar Jabbar, who was wanted by police in connection with the 2013 murder of Tolasicy Marshall, in Albouystown, was arrested in Berbice sometime between Wednesday and Thursday, the force’s Public Relations Officer Jairam Ramlakhan has confirmed.

The partially decomposed body of an unidentified man was found floating in a trench aback Providence, East Bank Demerara yesterday.

Two police officers, who were recently injured in the line of duty, were on Thursday promoted by Commissioner of Police Leslie James for their bravery.

The Georgetown International Academy (GIA) will today stage Almost, Maine at the Theatre Guild in Georgetown.

Transparency and accountability are paramount for a robust energy sector, Professor José Rinkenbach told a gathering last week Thursday when the University of Guyana (UG) hosted its latest Turkeyen and Tain Talks.

Farmers in the Mainstay/Whyaka Village, Region Two, are set to hold talks with Amazon Caribbean Guyana Limited (AMCAR) towards revitalising the pineapple industry, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has reported.

After recently being convicted and sentenced to 14 years in jail for manslaughter, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne resident Navindra Basdeo has filed an appeal as he contends that the verdict was “unreasonable” and cannot be supported by the evidence.

The disciplinary committee of the Medical Council of Guyana is still reviewing the findings of investigations into the deaths of three children, who died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) in January after being administered cancer drugs.

The report, ‘Lawyer for drug accused ex-cop wants minister as witness in extradition hearing,’ which appeared in our June 6th, 2019 edition, erroneously identified attorney Keoma Griffith as one of the attorneys representing the accused, Shaun Darcy Nebblett.

The University of Guyana (UG)  this evening said that outgoing Vice Chancellor Professor Ivelaw Griffith has withdrawn his request for a renewal of his contract.

With the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) having completed hearing arguments on the controversial passage of the December 21st no-confidence motion against government, the state is now seeking to have new evidence admitted.

Saying that the country’s economy remains fragile, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, yesterday appealed to the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to step up in its support of Guyana’s projects portfolio, as the country anticipates a steep growth in public investment.

Attorney Darren Wade, who is defending ex-policeman Shaun Darcy Nebblett in ongoing extradition proceedings, yesterday told a city court that he wanted Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan to be called as a witness to explain what he dubbed a seeming willingness to send “Black people” to the United States to suffer unnecessarily.

Some staff members of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), the publisher of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle, seem prepared to push back against the reinstatement of Sherod Duncan as General Manager as a petition to President David Granger has been drafted to secure his intervention in reviewing the decision.

Semion Pompey was yesterday morning sentenced to eight years behind bars for the unlawful killing of his cousin, Sydney Errol Campbell, whom he stabbed during a fight on Old Year’s night of 2014.

President David Granger yesterday announced that government intends to enforce the existing mining and environmental laws more rigorously so as to eradicate river pollution.

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo has accused the APNU+AFC coalition of maintaining a government characterized by “state sponsored kleptocracy”.