Year: 2014

The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday issued a wanted bulletin for Natton Anthony Stoute of Helena, Number Two, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara for questioning in relation to the murder of Bibi Shaneeza Bhola. The murder took place on February 26 at Rock Creek, Cuyuni River, Region Seven. Stoute, who is of mixed race, is one of two men, who were last seen at the woman’s shop at Rock Creek. The wanted bulletin comes almost one week after Crime Chief Seelall Persaud revealed that police are in possession of surveillance footage…

Two days after brutally chopping his wife about her body over her alleged infidelity, a cane harvester was found hanging from a tree in a farm aback Buxton, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday morning. The dead man was subsequently identified as Dexter Yaw, 38, of Lot 74 Sideline Dam, Buxton. His wife, Yonette is nursing several chops to her breast and arms. Based on reports received, the man went berserk on Monday evening after his wife told him that she had applied for a job and that she was due…

The Secretariat of the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry seems to be making progress, as the three-member Commission that was set up to investigate the death of the political activist, will be returning to Guyana during the course of the new week, to meet with stakeholders. Chairman of the Commission, Queen’s Counsel Sir Richard Cheltenham, Jamaica Queen’s Counsel Jacqueline Samuels-Brown and Trinidadian Senior Counsel Seenath Jairam had all departed to their homelands a few hours after meeting with the Commission’s Secretariat some two weeks ago. Minutes after the meeting, Cheltenham…

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) believes that the ailing sugar industry could be rescued, but it must be given sound professional leadership, which is badly lacking. The union also said that the recommendation put forward by the opposition to stop the bleeding of the industry may not have been well thought-out as it does not look at how a shutdown will impact the lives and livelihoods of more than 16,000 people. In a statement on the renewed calls by A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) for the…

The Alliance For Change (AFC), led by Khemraj Ramjattan, has betrayed sugar workers, Agriculture Minister, Dr Leslie Ramsammy said as he lashed out at both the AFC and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) over talks to shut down the ailing sugar industry. In a press statement late Wednesday night, Dr Ramsammy said AFC’s move to endorse APNU’s position on the closure of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), is a clear indication of AFC’s betrayal. “The AFC and APNU see a future for Guyana without sugar and if they are…

Keith Lowenfield, a former Guyana Defence Force Officer, was unanimously appointed Chief Election Officer on Wednesday, replacing Gocool Boodhoo who was let go by the Elections Commission when his contract expired nearly two years ago. The substantive Deputy Chief Election Officer, Calvin Benn, who had also applied for the post, earlier this week withdrew his application, virtually clearing the way for Lowenfield. In a statement, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) said Benn was not interviewed because he tendered a letter dated March 10, 2014, regretfully informing the entity that he…

Women cannot be absent from making decisions to help define the development agenda after the year 2015, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena said. She expressed the view at the commemoration of International Women’s Day on Saturday, March 8. In a process led by the United Nations, the international community aims to establish a new agenda for sustainable development to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which countries agreed upon in 2000 and committed to achieving by 2015. Bárcena explained that it is…