Guyana News

Chairman of the Alliance for Change, Khemraj Ramjattan says that if offered by his party, he would agree to replace Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo as President David Granger’s running mate, going into the next General Elections.

Saying that the conferral of ‘silk’ on attorneys should not be done at the discretion of the president, Senior Counsel (SC) Bernard De Santos on Tuesday urged that government apologise to attorney Timothy Jonas and afford him the honour forthwith.

As the police in the Upper Corentyne area continue to investigate Friday night’s murder of a Crabwood Creek farmer, they are following leads that the incident could have been a ‘hit’.

Government’s statement that it will be business as usual despite Chief Justice Roxane George’s ruling on Thursday that the Cabinet had automatically resigned on December 21, constitutes a gross act of defiance, according to former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran Noting that the Chief Justice ruled that the no confidence motion was lawfully passed in the National Assembly by a 33-32 vote, and that the vote of Charrandass Persaud was lawful, Ramkarran, writing in his column in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, said that the Chief Justice granted neither a stay of execution nor a conservatory order which would have preserved the status quo ante.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James said that the accident he was involved in two Saturdays ago, in which two men were injured when a force vehicle transporting him collided with a truck, is not a ‘special’ matter and it will be investigated like any other.

Fed up with late payments for their paddy and mounting production costs, many of Wakenaam’s rice farmers have shifted to cultivating plantain and coconut. 

Although opposition-nominated commissioner Sase Gunraj on Saturday accused the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Secretariat of attempting to delay elections preparations by not providing requested work plans on Friday, the agency’s Public Relations Officer Yolanda Ward has maintained that they were always scheduled to be delivered today.

The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday said that repair work will begin on the Linden to Lethem road this month.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said military intervention in Venezuela was “an option” as Western nations boost pressure on socialist leader Nicolas Maduro to step down, while the troubled OPEC nation’s ally Russia warned against “destructive meddling.”

The Ministry of Finance and the Guyana Oil Company today announced a significant reduction in prices for Motor Gasolene and Gasoil (LSD) as a result of lower acquisition costs.

Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader Raphael Trotman says his support for Moses Nagamootoo to be the Prime Ministerial (PM) candidate for APNU+AFC at the next elections stems from his belief that replacing him would be seen as an acceptance by government that it has failed and that the opposition’s no-confidence motion against it was justified.

With his return to Guyana expected to be “very soon,” former government parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud says his first move will be filing lawsuits against Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan and Police Commissioner Leslie James, whom he believes have slandered him.

A farmer was fatally stabbed on Friday night during a suspected robbery at his Crabwood Creek, Upper Corentyne, Berbice home.

Medical examinations have confirmed that the four minor boys who were rescued from a West Bank Demerara shack earlier this week were sexually assaulted and the Childcare and Protection Agency (C&PA) has since launched an investigation.

United Nations (UN) Resident Mikiko Tanaka says it is hoped that the executive will demonstrate its integrity and respect of Guyana’s constitution and the judiciary in light of the acting Chief Justice Roxane George-Wiltshire’s ruling upholding the passage of the no-confidence motion against the government.

Citing Guyana’s continuing positive economic growth, Chairman of the Board of Supreme Ventures Enterprise Walter Scott officially opened a new betting service, iBET Supreme, on Thursday night in Georgetown.

Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC) Nicholas Fredericks has recommended that Indigenous communities set up their own security services to ensure law and order in their communities as he believes the Guyana Police Force is incapable of adequately protecting them.  

Civil society grouping,  Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) has called on President David Granger not to assent to the Natural Resources Fund (NRF) Act which it says is riddled with serious deficiencies.

Chances of seeing groups of Brazilians congregating in the bustling capital are very slim these days, and business have reported a decrease in the numbers of those travelling to the city.

The construction of 20 homes at Prospect, East Bank Demerara, is set to commence within the next two months to facilitate the relocation of squatters from the Lombard Street squatting area.