Guyana News

JACKSON, Ga., (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Georgia  executed convicted murderer Troy Davis yesterday in a case  that drew international attention because of claims by his  advocates that he may have been innocent.  

The Joint Opposition Political Parties have urged the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) to revoke the appointment of the Returning Officer for Region 4, citing his conduct at a previous election.

Guyanese businessman Mark Deygoo is in a serious condition in the St.

Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday admitted that government had rejected the contents of a feasibility report and eventually sited the Berbice River Bridge at Palmyra—a largely Indian-Guyanese populated village—but he denied that there was any attempt to deprive other areas as a result.

US-based Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad has initiated court proceedings here to have the land he purchased from GuySuCo at Leonora years ago transferred to a company in which he and another New York-based Guyanese are shareholders.

Several proposals are before the board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to manage the troubled Skeldon Sugar Factory which continues to experience several defects affecting its operation, GuySuCo CEO, Paul Bhim, said.

A man is now in police custody in New York after he admitted to officials at the JFK International Airport that he had swallowed approximately 60 pellets of cocaine.

CEO of Metro Office Supplies Taajnauth Jadunauth has accused officials of regions Three, Five and Six of victimising the stationery supplier, saying that it is being deliberately shut out of contract awards.

The National Communications Network (NCN) has not instituted a total ban on Vybz Kartel’s music but is in the process of streamlining a policy it has always had in relation to the airing of music, the station’s programme manager  Martin Goolsarran says.

Work started on the dilapidated Golden Grove Secondary yesterday, after Education Minister Shaik Baksh and a team of officials visited the school and met parents and teachers.

Slain Linden guard Adolphus James, 91, was laid to rest at the Bamia Cemetery on the Linden Soesdyke Highway yesterday after a simple but emotional service at the Mackenzie United Mission Church, where his family blamed his employer for his death.

Kevin Verwin who is accused of murdering his reputed wife Farida ‘Suzie’ Ramdeen was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court.

Two men who were charged with conspiracy to commit a felony after they allegedly stole from their place of employment in excess of $7 million in soft drinks were yesterday placed on $750,000 bail after they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Concerned by what it has termed the “rabid political partisanship being undertaken by the state and government-supported media,” the AFC yesterday urged that the Guyana Elections Commission Media Moni-toring Unit offer reports assessing the media environment in the country.

Tyrone Mortley was yesterday sentenced to 25 years each on two counts of carnal knowledge, which will run concurrently, when he appeared in the High Court before Justice Winston Patterson.

A minibus operator who allegedly made use of threatening language to another was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason matter against Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton continued yesterday and Carlene Alexander took to the witness stand and testified.

The introduction of a civilian component to the Guyana Prison Service Recruitment Board saw three persons being added yesterday.

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) launched its essay and debate competition on curbing early sexual activity in ten schools in the Upper Corentyne area on Monday.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud is urging all local government authorities and other stakeholders to expedite dam maintenance in rice growing regions to allow farmers to harvest during opportunity days.