Guyana News

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian sanctions-hit businessman Oleg Deripaska has agreed in principle to reduce his stake in Russia’s En+ Group, which manages his aluminium and hydropower assets, to less than 50 percent, the company said in a statement today.

After a string of successes, ExxonMobil’s latest well effort has come up dry.

Guyana last night moved closer to abolishing wandering and truancy as crimes with the unanimous passage of the landmark Juvenile Justice Bill, which will see significant reforms in the way juvenile offenders are treated by law enforcement and the judiciary.

Nigel Glasgow, the Good Intent, West Bank Demerara man who allegedly strangled his wife on Wednesday morning before ingesting a poisonous substance and slitting his throat, succumbed several hours after.

A porter was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Shawnette Savory, who went missing nearly two years ago.

Trevone Anthony Giles was yesterday morning sentenced to 25 years behind bars for the rape of a 15-year-old girl, whom he lured to his house, after pretending that he was a doctor.

The Parliamentary Committee of Appointments has nominated four retired Assistant Police  Commissioners to sit on the Police Service Commission.

After nearly two years of work the Special Select Committee on the Cybercrime Bill of 2016 has submitted its  report to the National Assembly but while members of the committee from both sides of the house have found the final bill acceptable concern has been raised over its impact on free speech.

A new Guyana Defence Force (GDF) campaign to recruit prospective officers is being seen as discriminatory as only male candidates are being invited to apply.

As expected, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has struck out private criminal charges which were brought earlier this week by PPP/C MPs against Finance Minister Winston Jordan,  Public Infrastructure Minister, David Patterson and Public Service Minister Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.

Although the University of Guyana’s administration had registered through the media its intent to move to paid parking, students who turned up to campus yesterday, were surprised by a notice informing that wheel locks were “in use”.

A man and his wife, who police say were found with a quantity of ecstasy, were yesterday both granted their release on bail after they denied a drug trafficking charge.

Totaram Jaichand, the East Coast Demerara auto dealer who was attacked and beaten on Sunday evening by a group of men, remains in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, after suffering multiple injuries, including a fractured skull.

The PPP yesterday said that the manner in which a boat held with undeclared fuel is being handled is unacceptable and points to ties between the principals of the vessel and the government.

For Guyanese writer Imam Baksh, the greatest reward for writing is being read and for the second time in four years his work is guaranteed an audience.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) was yesterday denied its application to have Justice Gino Persaud set aside a ruling he had previously made to return a community playground to Bel Air Park residents for recreational purposes and no other.

Trumpeting the clinching of a deal with the Hard Rock Café franchise, MovieTowne Guyana is promising hundreds of jobs when the US$45m state-of-the-art Cineplex opens sometime this year.

The Police Office of Professional Responsibility has launched an investigation into the death of a prisoner, who committed suicide while in police custody on Wednesday.

Despite the discontinuation of the burning of amalgamated gold at the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) laboratory on Brickdam, Georgetown over health concerns, Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) workers have not resumed work at their adjoining offices and their union says that they will remain off the job until a satisfactory cleanup is done.

A playground which is situated between Kaikan Street and Well Road in North Ruimveldt has been restored and upgraded by University of Guyana Public Management students.