Guyana News

The resignation of Court of Appeal Judge Claudette Singh has reduced the number of Court of Appeal judges to only two – Justices of Appeal Nandram Kissoon and Ian Chang – in addition to the Chief Justice and acting Chancellor Carl Singh.

A Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment (PAYE) that aims at engaging and empowering young people to enhance their contribution to development has been launched locally as part of a wider effort across the region.

A 26-year-old vendor who allegedly attempted to rob Citizen’s Bank at Camp Street was released on bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A mother and four of her six children narrowly escaped injury yesterday when their home crashed to the ground damaging its walls and flooring.

A miner who claimed that he bought the two guns that police found when they searched his home for “protection” was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 24-year-old minibus conductor, who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was refused bail.

An Alberttown resident who allegedly attempted to force a man into his car and then shot at him when he refused to comply, yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with discharging a loaded firearm.

The Office of the President (OP) yesterday once again arbitrarily announced an across-the-board pay hike of nine per cent for public service workers, retroactive to January 1 of this year.

A boat, transporting goods and staff attached to Toolsie Persaud Ltd’s (TPL) Anarika location, sank in the Essequibo River early Diwali morning resulting in the death of a 19-year-old man.

The Guyana Power and Light Incorporated is hard pressed to convince its thousands of consumers on both sides of the Berbice River that the spate of unscheduled and disruptive power outages over the past month has been due only to maintenance works and mechanical problems as officially stated.

Domestic violence has shattered the already tragic lives of two young girls leaving their mother dead, their father in jail and their two teenage siblings quibbling over their now uncertain future.

In a report headlined `Chief Justice says allegations he is pro-Gov’t unjust, factually incorrect’ in last Sunday’s paper Chief Justice Carl Singh is quoted as saying that the non-support of Opposition Leader Robert Corbin for his nomination as Chancellor has weakened his position and that he considers accusations made by the PNCR leader of him as pro-government unjust and factually incorrect.

A cook at a mining camp in the North West District was on Sunday knifed to death by another man, police yesterday said in a statement.

Caribbean indigenous banks seeking to establish relationships with counterparts in the United States will come under heavy scrutiny and a lot will ride on the country of origin’s anti-money laundering performance.

Police on Sunday afternoon conducted a search on the premises of a businessman at Eteringbang, Cuyuni River and seized a quantity of cocaine and marijuana as well as an unlicensed .380 Taurus pistol along with 12 matching rounds.

A delegation from Trinidad & Tobago is in Guyana for a meeting to examine ways to implement President Bharrat Jagdeo’s initiative to reduce food insecurity and poverty in the region.

Acting Commissioner of Police Henry Greene clarified yesterday that he was quoted out of context in the Stabroek News as saying that the police had not tortured the two Buxtonians, Victor Jones and Patrick Summer.

Police yesterday morning in Charlestown shot an alleged thief twice in his back after he and several others reportedly broke into a businessman’s workshop some time between Saturday and yesterday morning and carted away several pieces of mining equipment and other items.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Saturday appealed to members of the Prison Visiting Committee (PVC) to pay more attention to their role of highlighting the ills in the prison system and making recommendations for improvements.

Relatives of the missing Annandale fishermen said they are awaiting word from the Home Affairs Ministry on the exhumation of what could be the remains of their loved ones.