Guyana News

As part of Government’s plan to establish an age requirement for persons who sit on state boards, agencies and commissions, Hamilton Green will not be returned to the Board of Directors of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

Footballer Paul Anthony Daniels, 39, was this morning fatally shot in Callender Street, Albouystown and later pronounced dead.

Town Clerk Royston King yesterday announced that wash bays located in Queenstown will no longer be allowed to function and that proprietors have two weeks within which to cease operations.

Former President Donald Ramotar says that as President of Guyana he authorised and sanctioned the issuance of a lease of Red House to the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre Inc (CJRCI).

Charged in 2015 with driving a minibus recklessly and causing the death of Wilbert Anthony, a man was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison for the crime.

Former security guard attached to the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU), Kevin Dickie, who was charged alongside another for cocaine that went missing while in their protection, was on Monday sentenced to 12 months in jail.

Charged eight years ago with buggering a then 30-year-old woman, a man was on Tuesday sentenced to 12 months in prison for the crime.

Former Police constable Donette Jupiter, who was charged last year with stealing a smartphone and other items, had the charge against her dismissed yesterday.

Attorney-at-law Mortimer Codette has died. Stabroek News understands, that the lawyer, who was scheduled to return from the United States sometime today, suddenly fell at his home on Tuesday night and died.

The removal of Justice Cecil Kennard from his post as Chair-man of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) is in keeping with government’s plan to establish an age requirement for persons who sit on state boards, agencies and commissions.

GTT on Tuesday said that the prices for DSL internet service will not change because of the 2017 budget measures but mobile data plans will now attract 14% VAT.

Residents of Owen Street, Kitty, are calling on the relevant authorities to fix their deplorable road, which has been in an “unacceptable” state for more than a decade.

A pensioner was last night discovered dead at his Covent Garden home by his relatives, but there was no clear indication of how he died.

A man and his reputed wife were on Tuesday granted bail after they were charged with being in possession of over six pounds of cannabis, which they claimed belonged to a family member.

The long-awaited State Assets Recovery Bill was read in the National Assembly for the first time on Monday and envisions the use of civil proceedings to recover property belonging to the State.

Officials of the Govern-ment of Guyana were briefed yesterday by ExxonMobil on the “actual development” of the offshore Liza well and the plan to take it towards production by 2020.

Former leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan said that the party will not be marred with jealousy and pettiness but instead will rise above the negatives to preserve its identity through good performances.

Come April 1, local importers of vehicles will be prohibited from importing vehicles outfitted with used tyres, as the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) endeavours to bring Guyana one step closer to the implementation of ‘Green Economy’ initiatives.

Bartica is moving closer to becoming a model green town with a grant of US$300,000 that will be used to install renewable energy at the Three Mile Secondary School.

The attempted murder charge against Curtis Vasconcellos and Jason Howard, committed on the accountant of Tower Suites, was on Tuesday withdrawn by the prosecution and two new charges instituted.