Guyana News

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse strongly denies he has nominated his own judges on the Court Martial.

The Amaila Falls Hydroelectric project is expected to have a transformational impact on the Guyanese economy, but also poses large fiscal risks should it fail to deliver the promised benefits, a recently released International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has warned.

Norman McLean and Evelyn Sita Ramlal were discharged today after the prosecution failed to make a case against them as regards the allegation that they forged an adoption order for a child.

`While we understand that we have to play a vital role in ensuring the integrity of the election process, it cannot be overemphasized that political parties have a similar role to play in ensuring fairness of the process and promoting confidence in the system by playing by the rules and, in particular, the acceptance of the rules’ The Official List of Electors is expected to be certified by early September and after that process, “there is no turning back” as the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) pushes ahead to its mid-October elections schedule, its Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally says.

A toddler’s life was snuffed out  yesterday moments after his tiny hands reportedly came into contact with a live wire at his home on the outskirts of New Amsterdam.

Disciplinary action will be taken against the Charlestown Secondary School teacher and the student who he allegedly assaulted last Friday.

Sherry Lake was yesterday chopped to the head in a bandit attack at Norton Street, Georgetown during which one of the assailants also bit a diamond ring off of her son-in-law’s finger.

With no word from authorities on the removal of the pontoon that serviced the Rosignol/ New Amsterdam crossing, dissatisfied residents plan to protest the situation again today.

Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon has confirmed that Brazil is taking longer than usual to respond to the proposed posting of Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall as Ambassador to Brasilia saying yesterday the delay is the longest in recent years.

A man accused of fraudulently converting 50 cell phones and three vehicles to his own use in addition to obtaining money by false pretence was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $1.9M after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

President of Giftland OfficeMax Roy Beepat yesterday said that there appeared to be “ad hoc” adjustments to the original requirements in the first tender for the supply of computers for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project and called on Minister Manzoor Nadir to conduct an independent probe into the matter.

The Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) is moving to facilitate 24-hour electricity supply to the Essequibo River islands of Leguan and Wakenaam, in keeping with a promise made in this year’s budget.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is assessing the type of equipment and skills it would need for the $450M state-of-the-art forensic laboratory which will be constructed at UG’s Turkeyen Campus and which is expected to be completed by May 2012.

Two of Suriname’s most wanted criminals, including a Guyana-born man, were on Tuesday night seriously injured during an operation by the neighbouring country’s Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) and another man was mortally injured.

A man accused of stealing a video camera, a laptop and other items valued $200,000 from another man’s car at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara,  was yesterday granted bail in the sum of $100,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A settlement of over $40M has been awarded for the fire that gutted a business, at Anna Regina, Essequibo Coast earlier this year.

Quick work by police resulted in the recovery of a motor car, which was hijacked on Tuesday night and the arrest of two suspects who were found sitting inside the vehicle.

APNU Presidential Candidate David Granger was told by residents that although $25 million was spent to reconstruct the access road to St.

The AFC says that a team of party officials who recently visited the community of Orealla/Siparuta, in the Corentyne River, were told by community leaders that they know “very little” of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

President Bharrat Jagdeo recently installed Harold Dabydeen as Deputy Mayor of New Amster-dam, a post which he served in from 1994-1995.