Guyana News

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.

Attorney General Basil Williams SC, while denying that he has been publicly attacking outgoing Chancellor (ag) Carl Singh and the judiciary, yesterday said that he was trying to clean up the mess left behind by the PPP/C administration.

Four bandits invaded a residence at Crane, West Coast Demerara on Tuesday night and robbed a family of over a million dollars in jewellery and cash at gunpoint, and two 19-year-old suspects have since been arrested.

Charged with firearm and ammunition possession in 2016, a man was yesterday sentenced to four years in jail and fined $120,000, after changing his plea to guilty.

Two men already on remand, along with another, were taken before the Chief Magistrate and read three armed robbery charges, where they allegedly stole over $1 million worth of items.

Motorists in Central Georgetown were more relaxed in their approach to paid parking spaces yesterday but there were still many empty slots following Tuesday’s launch of the controversial project.

The body of missing fisherman Colin Nicholson, who fell overboard on Monday has been recovered from the Pomeroon River.

As the City’s plan to reclaim spaces that are being used illegally by businesses and citizens continues, a team from the City Council yesterday destroyed two concrete ramps on the pavements outside of the entrances to the Teleperformance Parking Lot on Camp and Church streets.

An ex-police officer was yesterday placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court charged with falsely obtaining $6.4M for gun licences, before Magistrate Rushell Liverpool.

During Monday’s statutory meeting, the Mayor and City Council passed a motion that barbers and cosmetologists operating on the Merriman Mall would have until July 31st to find themselves in enclosed spaces.

Four men pulled off a daring daylight robbery early yesterday on a Chinese Supermarket in South Ruimveldt Gardens and escaped with $700,000.

The absence of a juror and one of the accused in the 2008 Bartica massacre, yesterday morning, hindered the continuation of the trial which was scheduled to commence at 9:00hrs before Justice Roxane George SC at the High Court in Georgetown.

Four women, who were arrested during a raid at the Rio Night Club last Friday, were taken before a city magistrate yesterday, where they were read several charges, including forgery and overstaying their permitted time.

United States Court of Appeals judge J Clifford Wallace is in Guyana assisting with the implementation of a case management system for judges that is expected to help them make a dent in the 10,000 backlogged cases.

United Kingdom security expert Lt Col. (Rtd) Russell Combe is in Guyana to work on the Security Sector Reform Action Plan (SSRAP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Security and the Guyana Police Force, Director of Public Information Imran Khan has said.

Police are investigating a robbery under arms committed on Hanson Forde, 24 years, an excavator operator and his mother Dawn Martin, 40 years, a housewife both of Crane Housing Scheme, WCD, which occurred about 20:20 h.

The Alliance for Change today announced that Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Raphael Trotman have been nominated for the leadership post currently held by Khemraj Ramjattan who will also be running again at the party’s National Conference on Saturday.