Month: June 2017

…no penalties, vague timeframe for officials to take action The long-awaited ministerial Code of Conduct has been gazetted by the coalition Government, but despite the concerns raised by Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) when it reviewed the draft, some of its most critical recommendations have been ignored. After reviewing the document earlier this year, one of TIGI’s main recommendations had been for penalties the State could impose for specific breaches by Ministers and officials to be incorporated within the Code of Conduct. According to the anti-corruption advocate, the Code…

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A man who was nabbed at a local airport with 592 grams of cocaine, was on Wednesday jailed after he made an appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Rudolph Muir, also called “Roach”, of Enterprise, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (EBD) admitted to Magistrate Fabayo Azore that he had swallowed 72 pellets of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. The 32-year-old man confessed that on June 18 and 19 at the Eugene F Correia Airport, he had 592 grams of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking. As such…

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One man is now dead and his brother injured following a brawl inside the New Amsterdam penitentiary on Wednesday afternoon. Prison officials confirmed that 27-year-old Neeshan Jagmohan, of Lot 28 Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, was killed after he and his brother, Ramnarine Jagmohan, were attacked by three fellow inmates. The two brothers along with a third, Tameshwar Jagmohan, are on remand for separate murders and made another court appearance on Wednesday morning at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court. Following their return from court to the correctional facility, the siblings were…

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A motion tabled in the National Assembly by Alliance For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament (MP), Michael Carrington, which seeks to amend the Narcotics Drug and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill is still under review by all parties within the coalition Government. Carrington told Guyana Times International in a recent interview that before the Bill was presented to the National Assembly seeking the necessary amendments, the Government had requested to take a closer look at it, to ensure that a sensible decision was taken with regard to the proposed amendments. The…

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A 29-year-old mother of three from Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) had to be air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) after she was stabbed by her reputed husband. Reports are Trecia Griffith, of Noon Grant, Lower Pomeroon River, was stabbed six times about her body on Monday. She was rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital where her condition was listed as critical. However, on Tuesday, after her condition worsened, Griffith was air-dashed to the city. According to information reaching Guyana Times International, the woman and her 28-year-old…

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The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Opposition is forging ahead with plans to have private criminal actions brought against People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarians, who breached the provisions of the Integrity Commission Act. The Party wrote the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency, Abeena Moore, on Wednesday requesting the relevant information about the delinquent PNCR and APNU parliamentarians, a statement from the Opposition Leader’s Office said. The letter was sent by Opposition Member of Parliament, Juan Edghill, in his capacity as…

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