Guyana News

Owing to the prosecution’s failure to present sufficient evidence establishing that he had murdered one of his employees, Rajesh Roopnarine, was yesterday morning discharged of the capital offence.

The National Assembly on Wednesday assented to tax concessions for the United Kingdom-headquartered Tullow Oil as well as its partners.

Twenty persons attached to the various divisions of the Ministry of Public Security are currently participating in a two-day training exercise on crime mapping.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic table tennis star, Dexter St Louis, has died.

In keeping with his mandate to assist the president in the running of the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP), recently appointed Director General Joseph Harmon will overlook several key Departments.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against Savita Persaud, the owner of the Liquid Love Bar located in Station Street, Kitty, who is facing five charges, including trafficking two Venezuelan women for sex.

Relatives of an Albouystown shopkeeper, who was two weeks ago killed during an attack by four bandits who robbed her and her husband of cash and jewellery, are hopeful that the police will catch the persons responsible for her death.

The Ministry of Public Telecommunications, along with the Guyana Post Office Corporation, yesterday held a small ceremony for the inaugural release of commemorative stamps honouring National songwriter and composer, Valerie Rodway.

A man who was charged with a fraudulent misappropriation offence, was granted bail yesterday after denying the charge.

Representatives of the General Register Office (GRO), on Saturday travelled to several Essequibo communities, where they facilitated the first-time registration of birth certificates for over 50 persons, and renewed the birth certificates of others.

Chief Parliamentary Counsel Charles Fung-a-Fatt today denied he had been subjected to constant abuse by Attorney General Basil Williams.

The government yesterday passed long-awaited amen-dments to the 2003 Procurement Act that will ensure that small businesses are given at least 20 per cent of all state contracts.

Businessman Ryan Sugrim has confessed to killing his wife, Zaila Sugrim, whose decomposed body was found in a shallow grave next door to his La Union, West Coast Demerara property on Tuesday afternoon, days after she was reported missing.

Call centres in Guyana will soon be able to legally record calls between their companies and customers as the Interception of Communications (Amend-ment) Bill 2019 was yesterday passed by the National Assembly.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison, after he was charged with the murder of Leavern Daniels, a miner of Princeville Village, Mahdia.

The damning police audit report on the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU)  has been sent to police legal advisor, retired Justice Claudette Singh, according to President David Granger, who said yesterday that it is now up to Police Commissioner Leslie James to take appropriate action.

Government is seeking $3.4 billion for the holding of general and regional elections and tabled a supplementary paper to this effect in the National Assembly yesterday.

President David Granger yesterday said that government will soon be announcing changes at the level of permanent secretaries.

The police say that the exercise which started in March and is aimed at ridding the bus parks of all touts to restore some form of order and civility will continue until the desired results are achieved.

President David Granger yesterday accredited Ebu Rohno Jones as the Ambassador of Suriname to Guyana.