Guyana News

The decomposed body of an unidentified man was yesterday afternoon discovered in the empty lot, which once housed the Guyana Sports Club, opposite the National Park, Thomas Lands.

The PPP today called on the city to show respect to the High Court’s order on the parking meters contract on Thursday and to put the project on hold.

The Private Sector Commission today said that it was disappointed at the government’s response to its concerns and noted that none of the key issues raised were addressed.

The Alliance for Change today said that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has no moral authority to grade the government and charged that his administration had left the country in a literal and figurative mess.

Caricom Heads who met in Georgetown on Thursday and yesterday expressed support for the latest UN plan on Guyana’s border controversy with Venezuela and voiced the hope that final settlement will release the entire Caribbean of its “unwanted implications”.

Racked by weeks of boycotts, protests and court action aimed at scuttling it, the Georgetown Metered Parking Project will resume on Monday with an easing of enforcement measures and lower, tiered rates to be implemented once amended bylaws are approved and gazetted.

Several private schools have written to government over the recently implemented 14% VAT on private education, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon, who said yesterday that the issue is now engaging the attention of Cabinet.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) have declined an invitation to today’s Town Hall-style meeting on the metered parking system, organised by the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM), while referring to it as a “setting for propaganda and abuse.”

In a surprising twist, the woman fingered as the mastermind behind last week Tuesday’s execution of the Tain mother of four Leilawatie Mohamed turned herself over to the police in Berbice yesterday.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has registered more than 300 vendors to date, in its ongoing registration drive.

With his contract coming to an end in March, the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C)- nominated commissioners on the Guyana Elections Com-mission (Gecom) yesterday said that they lack confidence in the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield.

By July, the Caricom-wide arrest warrant treaty could be ready for signature but the implementation of decisions continues to be delayed by poor consultative mechanisms at the national and regional level.

Bandits on Thursday afternoon carted off approximately $1 million from an employee of Mings Products and Services Ltd as he was proceeding to make a deposit at a local bank.

Three employees of Tower Suites and Club Privilege on Main Street were yesterday charged with attempting to obstruct justice by deleting video footage of a shooting that took place at the nightclub.

Investigators were yesterday granted an additional 72-hours to further detain a former murder accused, who has been fingered as being the leader of a gang robbing persons leaving banks.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said yesterday that ministerial initiatives undertaken in the troubled community of Baramita lack the “decisiveness and over-all coordination to redress the fundamental problems facing the community.”

Current Chairman of the Conference of Caricom Heads of Government President David Granger yesterday said concerns raised by Dominica’s Opposition Leader about the impact of the alleged mismanagement of the island’s economic citizenship scheme on the region’s security are an “internal matter.”

Cabinet has approved the appointment of a new Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Board, which will be chaired by attorney Leslie Sobers.

The new Sparendaam Magistrate’s Courthouse was yesterday declared open by acting Chancellor of the Judiciary Carl Singh, who said sittings are expected to resume from Monday at the facility.

With February being both the month of love and Cancer awareness, the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) is conducting outreaches and educational sessions about reproductive cancers to encourage that persons love themselves enough to see the value in getting tested.