Guyana News

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo has distanced himself from recent attacks on outgoing Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh and the judiciary in the Guyana Chronicle and condemned the reportage.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday praised the Guyana Police Force for keeping the crime rate down.

Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) retired Justice Cecil Kennard has been asked to step down from office due to his age, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday.

A Guyanese man was found dead and another unconscious at a house in Curepe, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday night.

While Central Govern-ment is taking a hands off approach to the implementation of paid parking in Georgetown, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has encouraged citizens to boycott the meters.

Cabinet at its meeting on January 24, 2016 granted its no-objection to more than $95 million for the maintenance and cleaning of drainage and irrigation channels in Regions 4 and 6.

Bartica massacre accused Dennis Williams yesterday refused to attend court for his ongoing trial, which Justice Roxane George SC nevertheless continued in his absence.

The anticipated meeting between Attorney General Basil Williams SC and PPP/C MP Anil Nandlall on the nominees for the chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has been stalled indefinitely, with both men trading blame for the delay.

A vendor, accused of ganja trafficking, yesterday told a city court that the police arrested him although they knew he was the wrong man.

A Linden man appeared in a city court yesterday to answer to the crime of fraudulently converting over $300,000 in household articles and using the money for medical expenses.

Police are searching for two persons who are wanted for questioning about the Kaneville Housing Scheme fire which claimed the life of an eight-month-old baby on Monday.

Police are searching for a man who has been positively identified from video surveillance footage as one of the men involved in the robbery of a Chinese Supermarket in South Ruimveldt Gardens on Wednesday.

One of the men arrested after the robbery of a Crane, West Coast Demerara family was positively identified yesterday during an identification parade.

Colin Alleyne, the man accused of battering to death elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh, was on Wednesday beaten by fellow prisoners after he reportedly made threats and hurled insults at other inmates and prison staff.

The PPP today called on the government to scrap the parking meters project.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions defeated Guyana Jaguars by 41 runs, in the day/night sixth game of the Regional Super50 at Kensington Oval here today.

The opposition PPP today called on the government to rescind proposed hikes in MMA-ADA rents and charges.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo today distanced himself from “perceived scurrilous” attacks in the state-owned Guyana Chronicle against Chancellor of the Judiciary, Carl Singh and stressed the importance of the separation of powers.

Six attorneys have been issued fiats to prosecute a number of high profile matters, including the Omar Shariff case, and will be working closely with the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).

Even though its rating has increased giving it the best score since 2012, Guyana is still listed in the very corrupt category in the latest Transparency International Corruption Index Report; its ranking is 108 out of 176 countries with a score of 34, the highest it has ever scored.