Andre Haynes

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday dismissed government’s written appeal to regional and international bodies for support saying it was “very dishonest, alarmist, absurd and infantile” and done only in response to a document the main opposition had dispatched to some of the same organisations the day before.

Roughly 85% of the persons killed on the road are young men and many of them who are behind the wheel are improperly trained or impaired due to drug or alcohol use.

A taxi-driver was shot to the face during a carjacking on Sunday night by three men who posed as passengers.

The United States Department of Transport has advised that it has suspended the operations EZjet Air Services Inc and as a result the Government of Guyana through the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has followed suit.

A fisherman was stabbed to death this morning at his Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home and his common-law wife has been held by police as the person responsible.

Two fishing trawlers hit the Demerara Harbour Bridge this afternoon, after a strong tide broke them loose from their moorings at the Georgetown Ferry Stelling.

Two women, who were caught trying to smuggle cocaine to the United States from Guyana in their hair weaves, have been arraigned in New York and while one of them has been released on bail, the other has been committed and a bail hearing set for tomorrow.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) today announced that the Chief Cooperatives Development Officer Kareem Abdul Jabar has ordered an independent external audit of its Credit Union, based on a reported breach of Credit Union rules governing vehicle acquisition.

The body of a missing 12-year-old Corentyne, Berbice boy was found with marks of violence in a canal this afternoon.

Retired Major General Joseph Singh has resigned as Chairman of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) Board, following strong agitation from the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners’ Association (GGDMA) which expressed no confidence in Singh and said it would not be participating in Mining Week activities had he remained as Chairman.

Triplets were born to a young mother this afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

Office of the President (OP) Press Officer Kwame McCoy was this morning found guilty of committing an assault for gun-butting a man after a row over elections campaign posters last year.

Khemraj Ramjattan is the new leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), while Nigel Hughes is the Chairman.

Departing AFC leader Raphael Trotman will no longer be the party’s List Representative—a responsibility that will be passed to the new leader to be elected today.

The government today tabled financial papers to cover almost $14B in expenditure in a move to restore allocations cut from this year’s national budget, including subsidies for the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), the state-media agencies and salaries for contracted workers at Office of the President (OP).

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Secretary Anand Sanasie was today formally charged with perjury, for allegedly falsifying an affidavit that was part of a High Court case.

Lawyers for the defence in the $10M libel suit brought against columnist Freddie Kissoon and the Kaieteur News newspaper today signalled that they would field more than a dozen witnesses to prove that former President Bharrat Jagdeo was an “ideological racist.”

Dwight Da Silva, the man accused of killing Kaneville businessman Barbot Paul, was today found not guilty.

The family of Nathan Samuel James, who was found dead at Jacklow, Pomeroon River, earlier this month, says there is evidence of an attempt by investigators to cover-up his murder.

Government has agreed to meet with the parliamentary opposition to iron out all concerns about this year’s $192.8 billion national budget and ensure that it is passed by the National Assembly.