Guyana News

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin said he found nothing that was said at a recent party meeting to be unacceptable and contrary to the party’s objectives or bordering on “racial statements”, even as he has hesitated to comment extensively on the reason for the resignation of Mervyn Williams.

Harold Dey, who had murdered his girlfriend Samantha Gordon at their home on the Corentyne on March 9, 1998 and failed in a suicide bid before fleeing to the interior where he married and fathered a child prior to being held in September 2005, was yesterday sentenced to 10 years jail.

-four officer cadets handed over to police Four Officer Cadets of the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Standard Officer Cadet course No.

– some departments relocated Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has declared that his ministry is operational despite the fire that completely gutted its main building and an annex at Brickdam early yesterday morning.

`An important innovation of the Bill is shifting the burden of proof away from the victim onto the accused by a new definition of rape’ The Executive Committee of the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) has lauded the tabling of the Sexual Offences Bill 2009, and said that if the bill is passed in its current form, “Guyanese will benefit from the most enlightened legislation in the Caribbean.

-police investigating Two cutlass bandits were said to have robbed two men of $1.6M at Ruby, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) yesterday and the alleged victims as well as two others are in custody assisting with investigations, police said last evening.

Local Government Minister Kellawan Lall yesterday said he is yet to receive any correspondence from the major international donors on local government reforms.

Murder accused David Leander also known as ‘Biscuit’ and David Zammett who was on Thursday rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) after reportedly being poisoned, appears to be recovering.

A team from the Ministry of Health, which was in Region One (Barima/Waini) within the past few days to provide support to personnel stationed there in the light of a recent gastro-like illness, has returned to Georgetown to conduct analyses on samples taken.

“A night that supposed to cascade with the sounds of soca and calypso, a night of merriment changed to the pulsating shots … on February 11, 2007, at Espanade Ground , New Amsterdam, where policeman Micah Cort was killed.”

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – In apparent defiance of Iran’s  supreme leader, a powerful cleric declared the Islamic Republic  in crisis after a disputed election, and tens of thousands of  protesters used Friday prayers to stage the biggest show of  dissent for weeks.

QUITO, (Reuters) – Ecuadorean President Rafael  Correa never received funds from Colombian rebel group FARC,  his government said yesterday as he sought to refute the  content of a video aired on Colombian television.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Former CBS News anchor Walter  Cronkite, whose authoritative delivery of news events from the  John F.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – Seven foreigners were among  those killed in the bomb attacks on two luxury hotels in  Indonesia’s capital, the Jakarta Post newspaper reported last night, citing a police official.

The Ministry of Health on Brickdam was completely destroyed by a fire of unknown origin in the wee hours of this morning.

-propose that ways be explored to curb ministerial discretion The major international donors have urged an integrated approach to implementation of legislative reforms for local government, while recommending that the legislature explore ways to curb ministerial discretion over local authorities.

PNCR MP Mervyn Williams has resigned as chairman of the party’s Region Three Regional Committee, citing “discriminatory” and “offensive” comments made at a party meeting suggesting a disconnect between him and members because he is not Afro-Guyanese.

…calls to 911 went unanswered Several calls to 911, moments after 28-year-old guesthouse owner, Tashmudaye Lall was fatally shot by bandits on Wednesday night went unanswered, a relative and his employees said yesterday.

Murder accused David Leander also known as ‘Biscuit’ and David Zammett was yesterday admitted a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), suspected to have been poisoned and is said to be in a serious condition.

Guyana Press Association (GPA) President Denis Chabrol resigned from the post and also relinquished his ordinary membership with the body some two months ago, a press statement from the Executive Council said yesterday.