Month: May 2017

Suspect arrested for murder of Georgetown resident in row over water

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One person is now in Police custody following the murder of a Georgetown resident in Water Street, Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Tuesday morning. Dead is Mark Ifill of Norton Street, Georgetown. According to eyewitnesses, at approximately 10:45h on Tuesday, Ifill – who was described as the neighbourhood “junkie” – was stabbed to death by a Bagotstown resident. Based on reports received, Ifill was filling bottles of water along a pathway which led to the house of the accused. The 31-year-old accused reportedly approached him and demanded that he…

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Govt taking steps to revitalise collapsing economy, says Harmon

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Having received reports of an alleged downward spiral of business and economic activities in the country, Government is taking every possible step to revitalise the country’s economy, Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, has said. Harmon explained that the economy is always on the front burner of issues Cabinet members look into, and Government is working towards its resuscitation. “The President has, at least on three occasions, summoned some of the key ministers — Finance, Agriculture, Business and Natural Resources — to look at options on how they are going to…

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Linden celebrating 47 years as a township

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Lively cultural performances and motivational speeches have set the tone, signalling the official opening of this year’s Linden Town Week (LTW). Held under the theme, “Reflect, Refocus, moving forward with unity and strength for our community development”, the annual event was declared officially opened by two of Linden’s most recent CARIFTA Games champions Chantoba Bright and Compton Caesar. The celebrations this year, which began on Sunday at a packed ceremony held at the Linden-Georgetown minibus park, will see Linden celebrating 47 years as a township. Vybz Entertainment Inc will continue…

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Enrico Woolford to chair new NCN board

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Seven individuals, some of whom were active politicians during the 2015 General Elections campaign,  were named to serve on the newly-established National Communications Network (NCN) board which will oversee the functioning of the State-owned TV and radio stations. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon made the announcement during post cabinet briefing on Thursday at the Ministry of the Presidency. The persons identified were: veteran journalist and owner of Capitol News; Enrico Woolford, owner of Newssource and a renowned journalist; Gordon Mosely, broadcaster; Margaret Lawrence, Michael Leonard, Kamal Persaud, Dane Gobin and…

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Nandlall arrested, charged over law books fiasco

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Assistant Commissioner of Police Sydney James has confirmed that former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall was charged with larceny of several Commonwealth law reports, on Thursday. The former AG is accused of stealing the 14 Commonwealth law reports worth more than G$2 million. However, this newspaper understands that when Nandlall was taken to court, the Magistrate declined to arraign him, saying he arrived too late. Hence, the arraignment is scheduled for Friday. Nandlall had filed legal action in the High Court on Tuesday and was granted…

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Self-confessed bandit to serve 56 months in jail

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A 39-year-old man was on Monday arraigned before City Magistrate Judy Latchman on a charge of armed robbery, and was slapped with a 56-month jail term after he admitted to committing the offence. The guilt-stricken Michael White, admitted that on April 22, 2017, while armed with a knife, he relieved Taylor Lewinski of a grey handbag containing an IPhone among several articles worth a total of G$140,000, in an encounter that occurred at Avenue of the Republic in Georgetown. The prosecution’s case was that the VC was walking north along…

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GNBA Chairman hands over advice for broadcast legislation to PM

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Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo who is currently performing the functions of President, yesterday, received advice on the Broadcasting Regulations from Chairman of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA), Leslie Sobers. The handing over of the document took place at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), Ministry of the Presidency. Prime Minister Nagamooto upon completion of the new  regulations will lay the document in the National Assembly. He said the regulations will guide the operations of the authority and  decisions. The PM stated that he would have conducted consultations with…

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NYPD cop charged for crash that killed Guyanese woman in Queens

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Prosecutors charged an off-duty New York Police Department (NYPD) Detective who killed a 22-year-old Guyanese woman in a booze-fuelled crash in Queens, New York with criminally negligent homicide during a brief hospital arraignment on Wednesday, officials said. According to the New York Daily News, Neville Smith, 32, was also charged with vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving for crashing his 2010 Mercedes-Benz into Vanessa Raghubar’s vehicle on the Van Wyck Expressway near Rockaway Boulevard in South Ozone Park about 04:00h on Sunday, authorities said. Moments after the accident, Smith told responding…

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Man charged for wife’s death in 2015 accident

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…when truck ran off Lethem-Pirara Bridge Two years after his wife was killed in a gruesome accident on a remote trail in the Lethem area (Region Nine), 37-year-old Safraz Amir of Helena Number Two, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara was on Tuesday afternoon arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, and charged with the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. The charge stated that Amir on March 8, 2015 at Pirara Trail, Lethem, in the Central Rupununi District, drove motor van PRR 6731 in a manner dangerous to the public, thereby…

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Guyana’s public education system facing severe challenges

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…says SVN Director as protest continues over VAT on private education The public education system is in a dire state and is being academically outperformed by private schools; hence, the need for those institutions. This is according to educator Swami Aksharananda. He made the comment while at a protest against Value Added Tax (VAT) on education on Monday in front of the Alliance For Change (AFC) headquarters. “There are many challenges in the public school system, everybody admits this. There is no one in this country who thinks that it…

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