Year: 2017

…following Diwali fire One of the teams attached to the Community Organised for the Restoration of the Environment (CORE) initiative which operates through the Public Infrastructure Ministry has embarked on a charitable mission aimed at assisting the family now homeless after their Lot 1892, 20th Avenue, Great Diamond, East Band Demerara home was burnt to the ground on Wednesday last. It was reported in the media that amidst the Diwali celebrations, a fire, believed to be the result of children playing with explosives, ripped through the Singh’s family home on…

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At a recent site visit to the Industrial Estate in Lethem, South Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), Business Minister Dominic Gaskin expressed satisfaction with the works being conducted. Roads, culverts, and drainage works are currently being carried out at the site. There had been a decline in the pace of works being conducted by the contractors, a few months ago. However, following the tour of the site by the consulting engineer, Minister Gaskin reported that the issue has been ironed out and works were almost on the original schedule.…

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Town Clerk Royston King has denied interrogating the teenaged victim who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a Lance Corporal of the City Constabulary in August and informed the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) that it was not necessary for him to submit a report to the Legal Affairs and Security Committee. The incident allegedly occurred when a 15-year-old boy was taken into custody on August 17 and placed before the court on a charge of wandering. At some point during his detention, for reasons unknown, the minor was transferred to…

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Nine males, including three foreigners, were arrested on Tuesday evening following the discovery of two high-powered weapons along with matching ammunition and other prohibited items in Region One (Barima-Waini). According to reports, after receiving information that a gang of armed men was in the Churches Landing Mining Community acting in a suspicious manner and appeared to be a mix of foreign nationals and Guyanese, a party of Policemen from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in F Division (Interior locations) and ranks from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard travelled…

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By Andrew Carmichael Prison escapee and alleged murder, Rickford La Fleur, was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Alex Moore on a murder charge. The man had been on the run for the past six years after escaping from the New Amsterdam Prison. He was arrested by law enforcement authorities in neighbouring Suriname last week. On Monday he appeared in a New Amsterdam court charged with murder. He and three others were accused of killing Sebastian Cleto on May 1, 2011, at the New Amsterdam Prison. The accused was…

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The Canadian teen who was earlier this month charged with being in possession of some four pounds of heroin hidden in her suitcase was on Tuesday further remanded to prison when she appeared before the Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan. Yuniyka Bovell, 19, of Canada, who had been at the time of her arrest residing in Guyhoc Park, Georgetown with her mother for nine months, denied the allegation when it was put to her. The charge stated that on October 5, 2017, at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), she had…

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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Board, currently meeting in Manila, Philippines, decided to approve Guyana’s application to join the EITI. This is momentous as civil society and other stakeholders have been advocating for Guyana to join the global transparency standard since 2010 in a bid to ensure its natural resource wealth is governed well. The country’s candidacy was approved during the 38th EITI International Board Meeting. Guyana officially submitted its application to the International Secretariat of EITI in Oslo, Norway, in August. Guyana’s EITI National Coordinator, Dr. Rudy Jadoopat…

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