Guyana News

Albouystown resident Michael Ridley, who fatally stabbed another man who had ambushed him owing to an ongoing dispute over a woman last year, was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison.

‘The Travelling Exhibition,’ showcasing nine drawings done by children who have been sexually abused, was launched yesterday at the Brickdam Police Station.

The staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), Customs, and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard are among key stakeholders undergoing training to improve their capacity to combat illegal fishing.

The body of Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Special Constable Akeem Hyles has been recovered and a post-mortem examination done yesterday listed the cause of death as drowning.

Less than two weeks after Bibi Safaora Salim was arrested for allegedly making death threats against President David Granger on Facebook, investigations into the matter have been completed and the file has been sent for legal advice.

It is the government that decides the overall sum that will be allocated for local government authorities in the national budget and the formula in the Fiscal Transfers Act will then be used to determine how much of this sum each local government organ receives.

The employment contracts for Patrick Mentore and the other civilian professionals of the Strategic Management Department (SMD) will not be renewed as government intends to scrap the unit.

A Guyhoc Park resident was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with having an illegal gun and matching rounds of ammunition in his possession.

In a day of fast moving political events swirling around the Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, the Chairman of the Alliance for Change, Nigel Hughes has tendered his resignation.

President David Granger this evening said that businessman Brian Tiwarie does not determine government policy.

BRASILIA, (Reuters) – An impeachment committee of Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted 38-27 today that there are grounds to impeach President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws to allegedly favour her re-election in 2014.

Businessman Brian Tiwarie today said that he had been appointed as a personal advisor to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon and not to the government.

About 2050h. last night, the police say that Parbatie Budhu, 54 years, of Albion, Corentyne, was about to enter her home when she was confronted by two men armed with firearms.

The concentration of various powers in Minister Joseph Harmon was last night cited by the Alliance for Change (AFC) as the key reason for difficulties that have flared up around the government and it plans to raise this issue at Cabinet as a matter of “national importance”.

Clifton Bacchus, the owner of the proposed 150-room Sleepin Hotel and Casino, says he has the required permits and is ready to create 300 jobs despite attacks by competitors and others about the suitability of the hospitality and gambling outfit on Church Street, Georgetown.

After local government elections in 1994, there were by-elections to elect the chairperson and vice-chairperson of three Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) following a deadlock at the council level and in the absence of a compromise, there is a growing view that this should have been done following similar stalemates this year.

Minister of Social Cohesion Amna Ally yesterday defended under-fire Minister of State Joe Harmon saying that his being on the job is testimony that President David Granger believes he is not corrupt.

The Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food outlet will be located between the Rubis and Shell Service Stations at the corner of Eping Avenue and Vlissingen Road, hen it re-establishes here soon.

A 19-year-old independent candidate beat the PPP/C and the group 8th of May Movement, in the First-Past-The-Post component of the recently held Local Government Elections (LGE) and having gained a seat on the Beterverwagting/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council, plans to push for a research centre for the area.

Shots were yesterday fired at a police vehicle while it was traversing  James Street in Albouystown.