Year: 2017

…Mortimer Mingo elected Chairman, Andrew Garnett deputy The newly-appointed Local Government Commissioners met for the first time on Tuesday and unanimously elected former Chairman of Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), Mortimer Mingo, as Chairman and union leader Andrew Garnett as deputy chair. The Local Government Commission (LGC) is now set for the execution of its constitutionally-mandated functions. Just over a week ago, President David Granger swore in the first set of Commissioners for the Commission according to the Local Government Commission Act. Guyana’s first-ever Local Government Commissioners to oversee Neighbourhood Democratic…

Night operations will resume at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Friday, November 3, 2017, a release from the CJIA stated. Operations were interrupted from October 13, 2017, on specific days to facilitate the amalgamation of the existing main runway to a new Taxiway, which when completed will be able to accommodate parking positions for large aircraft. “The critical part of the merger is completed, and aircraft flight operations will be able to resume nightly operations from 18:00 h tomorrow,” said Andre Kellman, the airport’s acting Chief Executive Officer.…

As families continue to mourn the loss of eight lives following two road accidents in recent weeks, Traffic Chief of the Guyana Police Force, Dion Moore, has announced that the country is fast approaching 100 road fatalities for the year thus far. It was while speaking at the launch of National Road Safety Month 2017 that Moore told the media despite the decrease in the number of roads accidents resulting in the loss of lives, the total number of road fatalities recorded by the end of October is just short…

Following an over-the-weekend meeting between officials representing Guyana and those representing Venezuela in examining the border controversy between the two neighbouring nations, a mutual position has emerged that, in the near future, another meeting between the sides would be convened as part of ongoing talks to resolve the border controversy between the two neighbouring South American states. Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Greenidge met with his Venezuelan counterpart on October 28 and 29 to discuss the controversy. Their meeting was held at the United Nations (UN) Head Office in New York.…

High Court Judge Gino Persaud on Tuesday ruled against the application to have the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) withdraw the case against high-profile murder accused Marcus Bisram, who is currently awaiting extradition from the United States. One day after his absence angered Justice Persaud, Bisram’s lead Attorney, Sanjeev Datadin appeared at the High Court to defend his application to have the matter withdrawn before the Judge who was initially set to rule on Monday. However, despite the lawyer requesting to withdraw, Justice Persaud ruled against Datadin withdrawing at this…

In the wake of the resignation of Chartered Accountant and Attorney Christopher Ram from his post on the committee negotiating the establishment of the JOF Haynes Law School, Attorney General Basil Williams has issued a plea to Ram to reconsider the move. Williams, who was at the time being interviewed on the Focal Point by Public Information Coordinator Beverly Alert, took care to stress that he was not making this call on his behalf. The Attorney General invoked the plight of local law students in seeking to beg Ram to…

Although Guyana is poised to become a large oil-producing nation by mid-2020, experts have advised Government to make all the necessary preparations from now, so as to prepare the industry to become safe and efficient. One such piece of advice concerns making preparations to prevent an oil spill. As such, Government has taken the advice and is moving ahead with these preparations. Natural Resources Minister Raphael Trotman has disclosed that this process has started with several major governmental agencies that would come up with a comprehensive plan to deal with…