Guyana News

Former judge Winston Moore was yesterday sworn in as Ombudsman by President Donald Ramotar, bringing an end to an almost ten-year vacancy in the crucial constitutional office.

The Full Court yesterday ruled that it has no jurisdiction to deal with the decision of Chief Justice (Ag) Ian Chang to strike out Opposition Leader David Granger as a defendant in the budget cuts case.

The pilot of Saturday’s crashed airplane and its pregnant passenger have both been released from hospital.

Police are being accused of sexually brutalising a young man with a baton at his cousin’s home in Timehri and at the Timehri Police Station and his mother is now seeking justice and help for medical aids as he recovers in hospital.

PPP/C MP and Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has again been elected to the chairmanship of the Special Select Committee on Anti Money-Laundering/ Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Amendment Bill.

The poetry of A J Seymour was celebrated, concert style, on Sunday evening as several well-known poetry enthusiasts paid tribute to a man described by Ian Mc Donald as “Guyana’s greatest man of letters,” and “a scene setter for West Indian writers.”

Local Government and Regional Development Minister Ganga Persaud on Friday announced that the government has received six expressions of interest from companies to build Guyana’s first solid waste recycling plant.

With their eyes on the $1.5 million top prize, 18 local artistes are preparing to give it their all at the semi-final of the 10th Carib Soca Monarch competition on February 8.

The governments of Guyana and the UK yesterday signed an agreement to enhance cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking.

A row, allegedly over stolen cannabis has resulted in two men being remanded to prison on attempted murder and other charges.

Justice Navindra Singh yesterday overruled a no-case submission made by the defence for the four accused in the Windsor Forest murder trial.

City magistrates will resume sitting at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court building, Avenue of the Republic and Brickdam, with effect from Monday, January 20.

Police in ‘A’ Division are investigating a multi-million dollar robbery at an East Bank Demerara Chinese restaurant which occurred on Sunday night and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud no arrests have yet been made.

Former High Court judge Winston Moore was today sworn in as ombusdman at the Office of the President.

Seventy professionals and service providers from Government agencies and civil society are being trained in forensic interviewing of survivors of sexual abuse and multi-disciplinary responses to sexual abuse, according to a release today from the Ministry of Labour.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman hopes to bridge disagreements between government and the United States over the American-financed $300 million Leadership and Democra-cy Project (LEAD) from which Parliament was expected to benefit.

Chairman of the opposition coalition APNU, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine says that he will be seeking further information on a proposed US$500 million investment by the Malaysian syndicate, Wee Boon Ping Group of Companies.

Fed up with the filthy condition outside Parliament Building, Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman says he may not work this Thursday but instead lead a protest to press authorities to clean the area outside the historic structure where anti-litter and mental health laws have been passed.

The Ministry of Finance yesterday rapped APNU over its planned question about the hiring of Alexei Ramotar, the son of President Donald Ramotar, for the fibre optic cable project.

A fire suspected to be of electrical origin early yesterday morning destroyed a Charlestown house leaving 12 persons homeless and millions of dollars in losses.