Month: November 2017

By Jarryl Bryan The trend of persons being appointed to act in top positions in Guyana’s judiciary for years while their confirmation remains in limbo has attracted the attention of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The situation is being described as unfortunate, since such office holders have to issue rulings while their confirmation hangs like a ‘Sword of Damocles’ over their heads. In particular, CCJ President, Sir Dennis Byron zeroed in on this situation in a recent address to the Guyana Bar Association. He condemned the fact that since…

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Residents from various villages along the Essequibo Coast as well as CCIP workers, who were owed two months by the Region Two Administration on Monday staged a peaceful protect in front of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) office at Anna Regina. Protesters were armed with placards featuring various messages such as “CCIP workers not Paid”; “Move REO now”; “REO must show respect to the Municipality”; “Rice farmers are suffering” and “REO pay CCIP workers now”. The protesters stood in front of the RDC for nearly two hours with their placards.…

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During a ministerial visit to a number of communities tucked away in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), residents came out in their numbers and expressed longstanding concerns, mainly with regard to the deplorable access to these remote villages. Villagers were at their wits’ end over the dilapidated infrastructure and non-existing alternative routes for those travelling in and out of the rural communities, particularly during the rainy season. Leading the visit was Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson, who was accompanied by the Minister of Public Affairs, Dawn Hastings-Williams, who had first-hand experience of…

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Rosanna Romero, 22, and Arelis Adames, 37, of the Dominican Republic were on Wednesday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts arraigned for overstaying in Guyana. It is alleged that between April 8, 2017 and November 12, 2017, at Georgetown, Romero failed to comply with conditions subject to which any permit had been granted, that is to say having been permitted to stay in Guyana from March 8, 2017 to April 7, 2017, she overstayed the said period. Meanwhile, Adames was slapped with a similar charge detailing that between April 22, 2017…

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A special bank account now holds cash that was deducted from several Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) salaries since all parliamentarians were given an increase in 2015. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has confirmed that MPs of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) have held on to their promise of contributing their increases to a fund. However, Jagdeo said that a decision was still to be taken on how the money that was accumulated over the last two years would be utilised and for what purpose. “It’s a requirement that I know…

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…as statistics reveal 28 cops involved in accidents this year   As the Guyana Police Force (GPF) continues to remove its “rogue” elements, acting Commissioner David Ramnarine has affirmed that the Force has no place for unprofessional conduct, informing the public that some nine junior ranks were dismissed for their involvement in various types of motor vehicular offences. Police statistics have revealed that for the period January-October 2017, some 28 junior Police ranks were involved in motor accidents, some of which saw persons losing their lives. At Monday’s press conference,…

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A gang inclusive of a Guyanese man and two Barbadian women who were busted with some $625,000 worth of cocaine were jointly charged Tuesday in Barbados. The Guyanese, 34-year-old Kwanza Canterbury, was charged, along with Barbadian entertainer Betty Griffith-Payne, 38, of Lot 8 West Terrace Heights, St James and her 35-year-old sister Marie Alexa Griffith, of Phillips Road, Cleavers Hill, St Joseph. The charge against the three stated that between November 7 and 10 at West Terrace Heights, St James, and Mason Hall Street, St Michael, Barbados, they had in…

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…as 2 more youths commit suicide Residents of the Suddie Housing Scheme on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) have reported that two youths recently committed suicide in the area, and both incidents were as a result of frustration and alcohol abuse. Alluding to the social ills plaguing the community, the residents are appealing for more counsellors and mental health workers to be stationed along the Essequibo Coast, so that persons can have access to these services. They pointed out that as recent as November 11, a 20-year-old labourer…

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Preparations are ongoing to have Kato Secondary School opened for the new school term in January. Region Eight’s Regional Executive Officer (REO), Gavin Gunga explained to the Department of Public Information (DPI) that the school was currently still being outfitted with furniture, equipment, and other requisite supplies. “The plan right now is to commission the Kato School in the last week of this school term. So right now, the trucks and contractors are delivering those furniture and necessary supplies to commence school in January,” Gunga said. The REO added that…

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President David Granger, who attended the opening ceremony of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) 46th Plenary Meeting at the Marriott Hotel Guyana on Wednesday, spoke of the country’s readiness to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In his address to the dignitaries gathered the President said, among other things, that the Caribbean is currently fighting a war against “financial privateers to preserve the integrity of its institutions and to counter money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.” The Caribbean, according to President Granger, has become a paradise…

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