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President David Granger on Sunday morning paid tribute to Guyana’s first Executive President and founder of the People’s National Congress (PNC), Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, OE, SC, on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of his death. The annual wreath laying ceremony was held at the Mausoleum at the Seven Ponds in the Botanical Gardens, where the former President was laid to rest. President Granger in his remarks said the late Forbes Burnham will always be remembered with reverence for his fight against inequality, poverty, illiteracy and other social ills,…

…jailed, fined G$21M Naiomi Persaud, the 51-year-old woman who admitted ownership of some 20 pounds of cocaine discovered by Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) ranks stashed in a cooking gas cylinder in her home, was on Wednesday jailed when she appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. The woman pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to her by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. That charge alleged that on August 7, 2017, she was found to be in possession of the cocaine at her Campbellville, Georgetown house. CANU ranks had swooped…

Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira has accused Speaker of the House, Dr Barton Scotland of going beyond his remit to do things to stymie the Opposition’s business on several counts in Parliament. The Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) told the media on Saturday that this “noticeable behaviour” is becoming more blatant and it has not gone unnoticed by the Opposition. “The Speaker has a habit now in the last year, of every single question or motion we bring to the Parliament is radically edited by him,” she explained. Teixeira has…

Mabaruma in Region One is “going green” with the construction of a ‘Green Park’ costing G$13 million at Hosororo. Work has already commenced, and is moving apace. The park is an initiative of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC). Mabaruma Mayor Henry Smith explained that the green facility will be enclosed with two rows of three-feet-high concrete-and-picket fences, one-foot-deep trenches, chairs for relaxation, numerous trees, and a place for children to play. The Department of Public Information has said the mayor also highlighted that the park would be outfitted with lights…

– to become State function The APNU+AFC Administration will be taking on the responsibility of honouring the lives of past Presidents who served the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, said last Friday at his post-Cabinet press briefing that, irrespective of which party those past presidents have come from, their death anniversaries are State activities because they had served the State. “It is the intention of the administration to elevate all of these observances to the level of State functions, and so we can expect that. The…

– PPP warns it’s another attempt by Govt to breach Constitution The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is warning Government against any attempt to subvert constitutionally mandated commissions in wake of the alleged dispatch of a letter by President David Granger to the Police Service Commission (PSC), directing a certain course of action on promotions. According to the party in a press release on Tuesday, the situation was drawn to the attention of the Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, that a letter was dispatched to the commission. The letter allegedly…

Just over a month after he allegedly pulled the trigger on a civilian because the civilian had refused to hand over his backpack, Police rank James Bowman was on Monday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to a charge alleging that on June 25, 2017 at Omai Landing in the Essequibo Magisterial District, he discharged a loaded firearm at Glen McCurdy with intent to maim, disfigure, disable, or cause grievous bodily harm to McCurdy’s person. The unrepresented Bowman told the court he is 29 years old, hails from…

…says has “full and complete confidence” in his role as public security minister Despite criticisms and calls for his resignation following last month’s jailbreak and fire which flattened the Camp Street Prison, the Alliance For Change (AFC) remains confident in its Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan’s role as Public Security Minister. This support was expressed last Saturday when the party held its third National Executive Committee meeting at the Georgetown Club. The meeting was attended by representatives from all administrative regions, the Diaspora, Youth For Change (YFC), Women For Change (WFC), the…