Guyana News

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) are still locked in discussions as to who will be the Opposition nominee for Speaker of the National Assembly but AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday held out that he wanted Moses Nagamootoo to fill the post.

An Enmore business was yesterday morning raided and robbed of over $1.5M in cash and jewellery.

At least 600 workers of the state-owned Guyana Power and Light Company Inc.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday adjourned the Bharrat Jagdeo libel suit to January 27, 2012, to allow the new Jagdeo lead attorney time to familiarize himself with the case, despite repeated objections from the defence lawyers.

Gunmen, in what appeared to be a well-orchestrated attack, robbed Guyana Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Mahender ‘Mark’ Ramotar at Agricola, East Bank Demerara early yesterday morning minutes after he slammed into a concrete median, after being braced by a speeding car.

Seven women who were arrested outside the residence of Commissioner of Police Henry Greene at Lamaha Springs were yesterday charged with taking part in an illegal procession and they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Canadian oil explorer CGX Energy Inc yesterday announced that the Government of Guyana has granted it a deferral for drilling of the Eagle-1 well offshore Guyana on the Company’s Corentyne Petroleum Prospecting Licence (the “Corentyne PPL”).

Indigent and convalescing elders, often the recipients of holiday giving at this time of the year, spread cheer in their own way with their joyful gratitude and contentment with whatever little they receive.

The two long-awaited Chinese-built roll-on/roll-off ferries arrived at Port Georgetown yesterday and will remain at the city harbour until the first week in February, when they are to begin operating along the Parika/Good Hope route in the Essequibo River.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) yesterday said it would continue to lobby supporters to boycott businesses that are working against the interests of the people.

Government spokesman Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that government would throw its support behind sports promotion organisation Kashif and Shanghai, while saying calls for a boycott of its annual football tournament amounted to discrimination.

At the No 51 Magistrate’s Court yesterday, cocaine accused, Salim Bacchus, one of four persons arrested in a major cocaine bust was further remanded to prison despite strenuous submissions from his lawyer.

A couple was yesterday placed on self-bail after they appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm and unlawful and malicious wounding.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday said it has filed a petition in the High Court to institute winding-up proceedings against DIDCO Trading Company Limited which it says has failed to honour its financial obligations.

City Hall yesterday presented a proposed $2.3B budget for 2012. In making the presentation at a press briefing at City Hall, City Treasurer Andrew Meredith said that revenue collection is expected to be to the tune of $1,993,363,000.

The holiday season is here and the demand for some food items has increased and in some cases there has been a corresponding  price hike.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony urged students at the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) to demonstrate the spirit of generosity they feel at Christmas all through the year, when he attended the institution’s annual Christmas lunch.

With over 1,000 persons touching down daily at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) visitor arrival figures are up by 6% compared with last year.

Junior Agriculture Minister Alli Baksh has told fishermen that Cabinet will be asked to strengthen anti-piracy laws in order to ensure their safety while at sea.

An electoral court in Brazil has ordered the ouster of the Governor of the Brazilian state of Roraima for a 2010 offence, the same man who created a furore here by appearing on a PPP/C campaign platform in Lethem on November 6, 2011.