Guyana News

A butt to the head and a ‘lash’ with a cutlass landed a miner in court, charged with assaulting a fellow miner.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, today described the president’s Twitter attacks on the judiciary as “demoralizing” and “disheartening,” a spokesman for Gorsuch said.

President David Granger, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Basil Williams, Minister of State,  Joseph Harmon and Minister of Communities,  Ronald Bulkan, this evening, met with Mayor of Georgetown,  Patricia Chase-Green and Town Clerk, Royston King at State House.

A phone card distributor was this afternoon shot dead at Adventure, Berbice by a robber who relieved him of an undisclosed amount of cash and phone cards before escaping.

Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran says the proposed expansion of parking meters to a larger part of the city poses a frightening prospect for those who cannot pay and he suggested a campaign of civil resistance.

A 45-year-old domestic worker was last night shot and killed in her Tain, Corentyne home by a bandit.

Coalition government partner the Alliance For Change (AFC) yesterday called on the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to suspend metered parking to allow an independent review of its contract, while saying that the current arrangements do not appear to be in the best interest of the citizens.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Robert Benn, the contractor accused of shooting at a couple last year, officially ended with him being committed to stand trial for the crime.

A differently-abled man from Bush Lot Village, Corentyne, is now dead after the driver of a Guyana Beverage Company truck accidentally reversed over him yesterday morning.

Recommendations have been made to fill the top three positions of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC), Chairperson of the commission Carol Corbin has disclosed.

Investigations are ongoing into the death of an Adventure, Essequibo Coast man, who was on Monday night killed in a road incident.

A police officer is presently under close arrest after he shot a businessman, who claims that he approached the lawman’s parked vehicle along the Fairfield Public Road, East Coast Demerara, to enquire if any help was needed.

A hire car driver and former boxing coach of New Amsterdam, Berbice,  yesterday appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving on Monday.

After coming under fire in the past by members and supporters of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community for not allowing transgender persons to enter his courtroom while cross-dressed, Magistrate Dylon Bess yesterday appeared to back down from his previous stand.

Two persons lost their home after a fire of unknown origin destroyed a Craig, East Bank Demerara house yesterday morning.

The trial of former PPP/C minister Dr Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings, who are charged with the theft of over $600 million from the government, continued on Friday with testimony from Alwayne Williams, the Accountant from the Ministry of the Presidency.

Armed bandits on Monday night robbed a Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara businessman and his family of millions in cash, jewellery and other valuables.

Two men, who police alleged were accountable for a gun-point hold up at Freeman Street two years ago, were yesterday both sentenced to jail for the crime.

Consumers are still paying Value Added Tax (VAT) at the rate of 16 percent as opposed to the reduced rate of 14 percent when purchasing Geo-park cards for parking in the city.

Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Irfaan Ali has called for an audit of the $300 million Georgetown Restoration Programme after the 2015 Auditor General (AG) report found that 53% of the money spent was not certified by the accountant or any other authorised officer.