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– Jagdeo to diplomats A no-confidence motion has been passed against his government, but with each day that passes without President David Granger announcing a date for General and Regional Elections, Guyana slips closer to a constitutional crisis. This is according to Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, who on Monday hosted meetings at his Church Street, Georgetown office with foreign diplomats to apprise them of the political situation in Guyana following the no-confidence resolution and to air the parliamentary Opposition’s concerns. According to Jagdeo, in an interview following the meeting, he…

– says Top Cop on death of incarcerated man Police Commissioner Leslie James has disclosed that there is a possibility that police ranks could be implicated in the death of the East Coast Demerara man, who died while in police custody. Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, the Top Cop noted an independent probe has been launched into the death of 39-year-old Kallicharran Sawack, who died on Monday afternoon at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was admitted to the ICU with injuries sustained while he was custody. “I was informed…

There have been several calls for an independent probe into the deaths of the three children, who all lost their lives after the administering of a pre-chemotherapy injection at the Georgetown Public Hos-pital. Rights of the Child Commissioner and activist, Nicole Cole expressed her view that an external investi-gation which includes representatives from recognised and relevant organisations is more in keeping with transparent and impartial than the hospital investigating itself. “I think an independent investigation should be carried out to determine the true facts. One cannot trust investigations done by…

After the two prosecution star witnesses identified the seven persons accused of being part and parcel of the robbery on a Meten-Meer-Zorg grocery store that led to the death of Zulfikar Namdar; the jury will soon determine innocence or guilt after three weeks on trial. This comes after Defence Counsels Nigel Hughes, Adrian Thompson and George Thomas presented their cases before the 12 members on Wednesday at the High Court in Georgetown. Allan Dorsett called “Baird”; Delwayne Croft; Esan Lawrence, called “Muscle”; Jermaine Williams, called “Yankee”; Andrew Chandler, called “Sonic”;…

Transparency International has released its latest global rankings, showing that while Guyana is considered one of 20 countries that have made improvements it has also taken a step backwards last year. According to the index, Guyana fell by one spot to the 93rd position out of 180 countries. The index placed Guyana’s corruption perception score at 37 to tie with Gambia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mongolia and Panama. The highest ranked Caribbean country was the Bahamas at 29th place with a score of 65. It is followed by Barbados, which received a…

… bus driver arrested Following the major drug bust in Charlestown, Georgetown, on Tuesday, ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics (CANU) have taken a Route 42 minibus driver into custody for questioning. He was arrested on Wednesday morning and is assisting with the investigation. The bus driver was observed by CANU ranks collecting a package from another suspect – a 58-year-old male of St Stephen Street, Charlestown – on Tuesday. In addition to the two males, the ranks also arrested a 23-year-old female of Lamaha Springs, Georgetown, who was found in…

…as probe deepens As the Guyana Police Force continues its investigation into threats made against School of the Nations and the subsequent shooting of its Director, Dr Brian O’Toole, several persons have been questioned by the Major Crimes Unit which is leading the probe. “We have embarked on an investigation…What I can say is that we have taken some action and we’ve contacted a few persons. There’re some others that we are pursuing and it’s an ongoing investigation… [So far] we have questioned at least four persons to my knowledge,”…

House-to-house registration has been touted as necessary by Government Commissioners before elections can be held, but according to the Opposition-nominated Commissioners, the voters’ list is valid and such a process is wholly unnecessary. Commissioners Bibi Shadick, Sase Gunraj and Robeson Benn were at the time appearing on a television programme. On the programme , “Elections 2019; what is GECOM’s mandate?”, the Commissioners were adamant that GECOM has the capacity to hold elections by March 19. Commissioner Bibi Shadick noted that even if the list has a few deceased persons on…

As the 2007 “Mango Man” murder trial continued before Justice James Bovell-Drakes at the High Court, Police Detective, Inspector Suraj Singh testified on Wednesday that the accused, Mark Royden Williams called “Smallie” and Sherwin Nero known as “Catty”, admitted under caution that an ex-Police accomplice was the one who transported them from the scene via a horse cart. Now that the voir dire (trial within a trial) hearing has ended, the main trial of the duo got underway when Inspector Singh denied that neither he nor any rank in his…