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Region 9 Regional Executive Officer, Carl Parker, was today granted $200,000 bail, when he was presented before city magistrate Judy Latchman to answer to a charge of sexual assault against one of the region’s elected representatives. The matter was held out of the view of the public, in keeping with laws which protect the identities of victims of sexual offenses. ...

The People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Anil Nandlall says Attorney General Basil Williams did not provide his interpretation of the Constitution on who is eligible to be appointed  Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, but Williams says he needs time to study the case laws presented to him before the two sides meet again next week. “Attorney General, Mr. Basil Williams, was unprepared ...

Parking meter fees are to be reduced in the coming days, but authorities are not about to give into calls for the contract between Smart City Solutions (SCS) and the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to be scrapped. Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan told Demerara Waves Online News that City Hall would be announcing the new rates in another three to ...

Legal action is being planned  against the parking meters by several persons and groups to scrap the deal between City Hall and Smart City Solutions (SCS), even if government intervenes and lowers the rate, according to representatives of the Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM). Attorney-at-Law, Nadia Sagar, who is part of MAPM, said she was aware of legal moves to ...

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has cleared the way for a number of hinterland airstrips to be exempted from applying the 14 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT). Domestic carriers can now apply to the GRA to effect the exemption for persons living in the identified areas. Commissioner General of the GRA, Godfrey Statia, during an outreach with miners in ...

Before city magistrate Judy Latchman this morning, wheelchair-bound murder accused, Shelton George, aged 22, was remanded to prison for murder, and attempted murder in two separate matters. On the first matter, George is accused of murdering restaurant cashier, Debra Blackman, aged 48, of Tucville during a robbery at the Durban Street Chinese restaurant in 2014, where she worked. George today ...

A transgender woman, Ronnel Trotman known as Petronella, was yesterday granted entry in the courtroom of city magistrate Dylon Bess, when she presented herself in ‘unisex’ clothing as requested by that magistrate who refused to hear her matter late January as she was dressed in female attire. Petronella was physically assaulted by a known acquaintance last year. The matter was reported ...

Former civil society activist, Phillip Mozart H. Thomas, is wanted by Guyanese police for alleged fraud. Police said he is wanted for questioning in relation to fraud which he allegedly committed between February 4, 2016 and May 20, 2016. Investigators want anyone with information that may lead to his arrest to contact police on telephone numbers 227-2128, 226-1389, 226-7065, 225-6411, ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Monday called on the Mayor and City Council to suspend the parking meter project amid mounting concerns by sections of Georgetown’s citizenry about the deal which, among other things, provide for a takeover of lands for paid parking and a possible hike in fees in keeping with inflation. “The metered parking fee, the garaged ...

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), and the Guyana Trans United (GTU) this morning wrote to Chancellor of the Judiciary, Justice Carl Singh concerning the actions of city magistrate Dylon Bess who, on multiple occasions, has barred transgender women, denying recognition of their gender identity in his court. This complaint was sparked by a refusal of Bess to hear ...