Prison street closure sounds death knell for nut centre
The continued closure of streets surrounding the Camp Street prison has sounded the death knell of the Guyana Variety Store and Nut Centre, proprietor of the business John Singh said. Singh had indicated that the barricades on streets around the prison had proved detrimental to his business in what was once an extremely vibrant area. [...]
Three injured in Annai accident
Two men and a woman were taken to various city hospitals on Wednesday, after being injured in an accident, which occurred some time in the afternoon at Annai, North Rupununi. Anthony Lieu-ken-Pen and two of his colleagues were transported to the Ogle Airport on Wednesday evening. Lieu-ken-Pen was taken to the St Joseph Mercy Hospital [...]
GDF hands over $1M each to families of two slain soldiers
Cheques totaling $1 million each were handed over on Tuesday by Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Commodore Gary Best, to family members of two soldiers who were slain in the line of duty in 2004 and 2008 respectively. A GDF press release yesterday said that the disbursement of the funds was made possible by [...]
Guyana accedes to UN Convention against corruption
Cabinet has agreed to Guyana’s accession to the United Nations(UN) Conven-tion against corruption and to the protocol of the UN Con-vention against trans-national organised crime, specifically that no migrants be smuggled by land, sea and air. “The protocol against smuggling of migrants by land, sea and air requires state partners to prevent and combat trafficking [...]
Moving pensionable age to 65, just a proposal – Luncheon
Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS) Dr Roger Luncheon said that the consideration to move the eligibility age for National Insurance Scheme (NIS) pensions from 60 to 65 is “simply a recommendation by the NIS reform committee.” Speaking at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday, the cabinet Secretary noted the concerns of citizens over [...]
McCoy suspended for being disrespectful – Region Four chaiman
PPP/C councillor Kwame McCoy was “disrespectful” to the chairman and council and despite attempts to calm him down, he continued and this led to his suspension from the Regional Democratic Council meeting on Tuesday, Region Four Chairman Clement Corlette said. Corlette emphasized that the suspension was for the remainder of that meeting only. At a [...]
Cariforum-EC economic partnership agreement authorised for release
The legal scrub of the Cariforum-European Commission (EC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is completed and has been authorised by Heads of Cariforum countries for official release. A press statement from the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) quoted the CRNM Director-General Ambassador Richard Bernal as explaining that the legal scrub was a “verification process that checked [...]
Regional security chiefs mull rapid response unit, international assistance
Caribbean security chiefs yesterday got down to serious work on the second day of their three-day meeting here and the creation of a regional rapid response unit and request for international assistance to fight rising crime are among several initiatives under active consideration. Several military and police chiefs from the Caricom 15-member nation bloc are [...]
Howes St man gunned down in Laing Avenue drive-by
- daughter injured Gunmen executed a Charlestown man at Laing Avenue last night in what appeared to be a well-planned drive-by attack. Dead is George Barton called ‘Burlin’, 48, of 34 Howes Street, Charlestown. Barton’s teenage daughter Anika Barton, who was with him at the time of the attack, sustained a gunshot wound to her [...]
Local lawyers would oppose abolition of sub-judice rule
- say it could be refined Amid suggestions that the Bharrat Jagdeo administration could move to abolish the sub-judice rule, which limits the level of discussion on a matter before the courts, local lawyers are arguing that the law must remain, but be refined to cater for today’s realities. The sub-judice rule is one of [...]
De Hoop road crumbling less than two years after repairs
Branch Road, De Hoop, Mahaica, which was rehabilitated less than two years ago by H Nauth & Sons Construction Company has already started to deteriorate and residents have expressed disappointment. When this newspaper visited the area last week, residents said there had been a huge hole at the centre of the road and apart from [...]
In search of a better life
West Berbice miner beaten to death A 24-year-old West Berbice man who left for the interior over two years ago in search of a better life for his mother was not able to fulfill his dream after he was beaten to death on Saturday night. Reports are that Delon Sancho, a pork-knocker, was beaten to [...]
Georgetown Declaration
Caricom ministers commit to raft of child care steps The special Caricom meeting on children concluded here yesterday with a commitment by leaders to invest in them as both a national and regional development priority but some of the youth participants believe that much more should have been done to incorporate them in the proceedings. [...]
Man stabbed to death in bar -childhood friend in custody
A 28-year-old man was stabbed to death late Tuesday night while in a popular bar on D’Urban Street, Lodge by a man he had an old grievance with. Dead is Kurtland Kendall of 71 Hill Street, Lodge. His attacker was arrested at his home, located a short distance from the bar, by the police minutes [...]
Regional security chiefs brainstorming on crime
Police commissioners and military chiefs from 12 Caricom nations opened a three-day meeting in Georgetown yesterday geared at finding solutions to the grave security challenges facing the region. The Eighth Extraordinary Joint Meeting of the Standing Committees of the Commissioners of Police and Military Chiefs, which opened at the Grand Coastal Inn, East Coast Demerara, [...]