Government has approved a temporary restart of the scrap metal trade, according to Cabinet Secretary and State Minister Joseph Harmon, who said cabinet recently approved the proposal made by the Business Minister last september. Harmon said there has been a process of bring onstream a new set of measures. “The process of putting together new regulations and guidelines by the ...

A charge of attempted murder which was today dropped against 21-year-old Jason Howard was later re-instated after police prosecution mistakenly dropped the wrong charge. Police prosecutor Deniro Jones had told the court earlier this morning the Director of Public Prosecution advised the two attempted murder charges be dropped against Howard, and his companion 23-year-old Curtis Vasconcellos. The first attempted murder ...

Based on advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions’ office, Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today dropped murder charges against 21-year-old Jason Howard, and 23-year-old Curtis Vasconcellos. The two were jointly charged in the attempted murder of Tower Hotel security guard, Balmick Persaud in the process of a robbery. Another attempted murder charge was dropped against Howard, who was charged with unlawfully ...

A 27-year-old Berbician man, Christopher Punch, was today ordered by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to repay for a stolen STIHL chainsaw valued $200,000, or spend 12 months in prison. The Chief Magistrate gave Punch a warning to not be led astray by women after he plead guilty to stealing the chainsaw, and a $75,000 television as part of a plan with ...

Louis Cupertin, 29-years-old, and his 18-year-old wife, Felicia Mandrikin, were today granted $200,000 bail each by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan when they answered to a charge of illegal possession of 3 kilogrammes marijuana in a salt bag. The couple, from Mocha Mocha village in the Rupununi, were arrested by police who found the narcotics Friday when officers went to their ...

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan today ruled a prima facie has been established against 72-year-old businessman Ganga Krishna, and his employee 24-year-old Avishkar Kissoon. The men, who plead innocence in court, will stand trial at the next practical date of the Demerara Assizes. Krishna told the court he is prepared to call witnesses to his defense at his High Court trial. ...

Government is prepared to institutionalise its state asset recovery machinery with the introduction of the State Assets Recovery Bill tabled today by Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister, Basil Williams SC in the National Assembly. The bill’s introduction gives an intention to “establish a State Assets Recovery Agency in consonance with the United Nations Convention Against Corruption 2003.” The agency, ...

“Is VAT and VAT and VAT everywhere” decried Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira today in the National Assembly as she read a parliamentary motion in her name, which challenges government’s removal of a number of items from the Value Added Tax (VAT) zero-rated list, but government is questioning the validity of the motion. The parliamentary motion laid today “calls on Government ...

Finance Minister Winston Jordan this evening in the National Assembly took up a concern raised by Opposition Chief Whip Gail Teixeira that Valued Added Tax (VAT) was being charged on parking meter cards. Minister Jordan said in the National Assembly this is incorrect and ought not happen, adding that a statement will go out about the incorrect practise of Smart ...

19-year-old Anistecia LaRose, a Canadian resident, was today remanded by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for possession of 4.178 kilogrammes of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking. Bail was objected to by police prosecution based on the fact LaRose had no local place of address. Anti-narcotics police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on tuesday morning arrested LaRose who was on ...