Guyana News

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan today said at a press conference that the number of escapees from Sunday’s Camp Street Prison breakout is six and not eight as had been previously stated by the authorities.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Exiled left-hander Darren Bravo is set to play for West Indies again “with immediate effect” after he and Cricket West Indies president Dave Cameron exchanged apologies to end a nine-month impasse.

As of yesterday, about 300 prisoners from the Camp Street Prison who were evacuated to Lusignan following Sunday’s fire and riot at the facility have been released, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said last night.

Prison Officer, Odinga Wickham who was killed in the line of duty during Sunday’s riot and fire at the Camp Street Prison was  shot five times and died as a result of haemorrhagic shock and multiple organ damage, his autopsy yesterday revealed.

The police, in wanted bulletins issued yesterday afternoon, released the identities of two more inmates who had escaped from the Georgetown Prison on Sunday; another two are left to be identified.

Puran Brothers Disposal Inc and Cevons Waste Management resumed garbage collection in Georgetown yesterday after withdrawing their services last week due to the failure of the Mayor and City Council to meet financial commitments to them.

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo is preparing a third list of nominees for the position of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission and has shortlisted 10 names.

A prisoner housed at the Lusignan Prison had to be treated yesterday for injuries sustained after he was reportedly chopped by another inmate.

In a caution statement (CS) he gave to police, murder accused Aniki Jones said that it was Carl Garnette who attacked and chopped him in the head with a cutlass, resulting in a fight thereafter ensuing between them.

Escaped Bartica massacre convict Mark Royden Williams, called “Smallie,” and his co-accused Dennis Williams, called “Anaconda,” who were both sentenced to death, had appealed their convictions earlier this year.

The police were earlier this week granted another  72 hours to detain the suspects in connection with last week Tuesday’s attempted robbery on Republic Bank’s Water Street branch.

At a poorly attended “conversation” on the plans for metered parking in several commercial areas organized by Smart City Solutions (GeoPark) yesterday at the National Library, business owners continued to express concerns on the lack of a feasibility study for  the controversial project.

The Ministry of Communities yesterday signed seven contracts  under the Community Infrastructural Improve-ment Project (CIIP) including $40.8m for the Golden Beach Boulevard at Bartica.

Millions of dollars were recently spent by the Guyana Prison Service to upgrade the sports bar and recreational centre which was set on fire on Sunday night by prisoners.

An argument during a game of football has resulted in a Guyhoc resident being charged with attempted murder.

A historic signing of an agreement between the Protected Areas Commis-sion (PAC) and the Village Council of Konashen in Region Nine  on 7th July has paved the way for the declaration of Guyana’s first Amerindian Protected Area under the National Protected Areas System.

The six former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) members charged with failing to record entries for funds amounting to over $250 million in the agency’s general ledger were on Tuesday served statements in relation to the matter.

The Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Monday that government entities are the most non-compliant when it comes to filing income tax returns, but admitted that only private agencies have been fined for being delinquent.

Following the Camp Street Prison fire and breakout on Sunday, Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo has called on Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan to resign.

The Full Court last Friday ruled that it has the jurisdiction to hear the appeal filed by Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield which seeks to have the elections petition brought by opposition PPP/C MP Ganga Persaud, struck out.