Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) The passage of the new DNA Bill in Parliament will allow the Government to take DNA samples from persons detained and possibly solve crimes that have remained a mystery for years, says Justice Minister Herbert Volney.

(Trinidad Express) Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis, who appeared in court yesterday charged with murder six days after his arrest, is claiming that “politics” was the reason for his arrest, detention, and prosecution.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce is looking at funding arrangements for local exporters, who are now rushing to meet new certification requirements for export to the United States.

Two men have been charged in Barbados over a double murder of a Bajan man and an Austrian that shocked the nation last month.

Two Russian nationals were yesterday remanded to prison after they pleaded not guilty to being in possession of a firearm and ammunition without licence after they appeared before Magistrate Sueann Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

(Barbados Nation) While the Anglican church yesterday called for a national dialogue on crime, Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has also assured Barbadians there is no need to worry about the recent upsurge in crime.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has not escaped the growing international scrutiny surrounding the release last Friday of over 251 000 confidential documents by the global whistle-blower organization WikiLeaks.

It would be good for Guyana in the future to move to a more technocratic Elections Commission rather than having politicians so closely engaged in the process, the UK’s top envoy to Guyana, Simon Bond has said.

Students of the Golden Grove Secondary School yesterday returned to school, but not to class as they took their grievances about the physical condition of their institution to the picket-line.

Publisher of the Kaieteur News Glenn Lall yesterday declined to confirm or deny ever having a discussion with US Embassy officials here about possible motives behind the killing of five of his press men back in 2006.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene yesterday challenged anyone to produce evidence that ties him to drug dealers or the drug trade.

In the face of a continuing leadership imbroglio in the United Force (TUF), Manzoor Nadir yesterday denied suggestions from the party’s presidential candidate Valerie Garrido-Lowe that he was behind recent moves to unseat her as party leader.

A team of experts is expected in Guyana soon to commence building two dust collecting units at the Bosai Minerals Group Guyana Incorporated (BMGGI), which are expected to be operational by February 2012.

Crimes in the interior mining districts and the rapid increase of vehicles on the roads are both demanding more attention by the police force, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee said yesterday.

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) was officially launched last Saturday with the goal of promoting good governance through the empowerment of citizens to demand a country where there is transparency, accountability and anti-corruption standards from both public and private sector officials.

Investigations into last month’s fire that gutted the Transport and Harbours Department’s (T&HD) bond at Urquhart Street, South Cummingsburg and severely damaged the Mings Products and Services Ltd boat building facility, point to arson.

A common tourism policy for the nine-nation Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is expected to come into effect on October 1, 2011.

Guyanese Ashana Nelson has won ten gallons of premium Ulttima paint simply by ‘liking’ Harris Paints on Facebook.

Dwayne Jordan will have to face trial at a later date for the murder of his wife after a hung jury returned to the courtroom of Justice Roxane George following several hours of deliberations yesterday, unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

The owners of several businesses, including a Robb Street clothing store, have accused a senior member of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) of using his position to stifle their trade, but GRA head Khurshid Sattaur countered that the businesses have a vendetta against officers attached to the revenue body.