Guyana News

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday warned Guyanese businessmen that issues surrounding the country’s exchange rate are likely to get progressively worse with the cost of US$1 likely to reach as high as $250 or $300.

The country’s leaders have an obligation to rise above differences and agree on a Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission as a unilateral appointment can seriously jeopardise democratic gains, according to Senior Counsel Ralph Ramkarran.

Former President Donald Ramotar has defended his predecessor, Bharrat Jagdeo’s right to immunity in relation to the Pradoville 2 investigation saying that it was not criminal and cannot be compared to other global leaders who were impeached for various transgressions.

Chief Executive Officer of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) Major (rtd) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer has assured that if anyone from the current administration steals state assets, he or she will be pursued.

A taxi driver was yesterday shot, allegedly during crossfire between a cop and two robbers in the vicinity of the La Penitence Market but the police say they are investigating the incident as there have been conflicting reports.

The Guyana Telephone Telegraph company (GTT) on Saturday morning officially opened another customer experience store at the corner of Camp and Robb streets.

In observance of International Women’s Day, the Maternal and Child Health Department of the Ministry of Public Health hosted a women’s health fair on Friday to promote women’s health for the next generation.

Horace James has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), effective March 1, 2017.

An accident along Carifesta Avenue yesterday morning resulted in damage to two utility poles.

Police are investigating a shooting in the vicinity of the Stabroek/ South (Route 41) bus park on Saturday night, which left a vendor nursing gunshot injuries.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting of Kenneth Hoyte, 46yr, a taxi-driver of Tucville, G/T which occurred about 09:00hr today at Sussex St.,

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Minister of Public Health Volda Lawrence yesterday admitted to “fast-tracking” the purchase of $605 million from ANSA McAL for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and maintained that the public procurement process was not breached although the national tender board was not aware of the decision until its approval was sought after the transaction.

The option of a settlement for subjects of the ‘Pradoville 2’ investigation is one for the police and not government, according to President David Granger, who also says that the arrest of former president Bharrat Jagdeo was unjustified.

Due to the immunity accorded to him under the constitution, former president Bharrat Jagdeo is not liable for criminal or civil proceedings stemming from the Pradoville 2 probe, says former Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who yesterday charged that his arrest and detention by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) were resultantly unlawful.

A Jamaican man fingered in the plot to kill a popular Rose Hall businessman was arrested yesterday at Moleson Creek, Corentyne, Berbice when he returned to Guyana.

Chief Executive Officer of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) Major (rtd) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer says that with billions of dollars in state assets stolen annually under the previous administration, the public must recognize that it will be a costly venture to pursue the guilty parties.

The son of Mayor of Georgetown Patricia Chase-Green was early yesterday morning shot and robbed by a lone gunman while imbibing at a shop at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara (WBD).

Two persons including the alleged triggerman in the more than one year old murder of Rose Hall resident Caitanya Kishundyal were arrested by the police on Friday evening and they have since admitted their involvement in the crime which they said was an intended robbery.