Author: TrakkerNews

Rawle Newton was charged today for the murder of two gold dealers and two separate charges for armed robberies.

Four other persons including a police rank Marlon Letlow and a former immigration officer Linden Scotland were charged in comforting and assisting Newton knowing he had committed the murders.

Newton was remanded by acting chief magistrate Priya Beharry until October 27th while Letlow and Scotland will return to Bartica court on October 4th 2010.

Late yesterday around 11:30 pm, 54 year old businessman Erick Ramkissoon and his family who operates a grocery shop and a liquor restaurant at Main Street Corriverton, Berbice was attacked and robbed by seven armed men with guns.

According to police commander of that division Steve Marrai, Ramkissoon and his wife were in the upper flat of the building and their two sons were downstairs tending the business when the bandits held them up at gunpoint.

Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says  Justice Minister Herbert Volney must stand up in Parliament and publicly apologise to Chief Justice Ivor Archie for unfairly criticising his office.
Rowley today joined the many voices who have chastised Volney for attacking Archie using the guise of Parliamentary privilege.

Canadians Dwayne Gibbs and Jack Ewatski were presented with their letters of appointment by the Police Service Commission (PSC) today.
Gibbs, the country’s substantive Police Commissioner and his deputy Ewatski were given their appointment letters by PSC chairman Nizam Mohammed this morning.
The duo are expected to sign their official contracts on Wednesday at the Ministry of National Security.
 

Finance Minister Winston Dookeran has today begun his budget presentation in the Upper House.
The 2010/2011 budget was unanimously passed in the Lower House on Friday after four days of marathon debates.
The budget needs to now be passed in the Senate.
Dookeran today explained to Senators that the government’s planned bailout of Clico is the "most fiscally responsible" of three options considered.
 

Members of the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU ) and members of the Guyana Police Force this morning destroyed a quantity of cocaine worth some half a million US dollars.

One hundred and fifty thousand US dollars worth of marijuana was also destroyed.

Minister of Home Affair Clement Rohee witnessed the destroying of the substances.

According to the Police the majority of cocaine destroyed was destined for the USA, England, South Africa and a few Caribbean territories before being intercepted and seized.

People living along the coastal plain of Guyana will have to be vigilant over the next seven days and take the necessary precaution since there is a predicted unusual high spring tide.

According to information from the Maritime Administration Department within the Works Services Group/Sea Defence , the spring tide is expected to be higher than usual over the next week and twice daily reaching a peak of 2.95 (m CD).

The  Special  Anti-Crime  Unit  of  Trinidad  and  Tobago (SAUTT) is to be transformed, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said.
Persad-Bissessar made the comment in today’s budget debate.

Diego Martin North East MP Colm Imbert says the government should expect an influx of class action lawsuits from depositors over the proposed handling of the Clico issue.
Imbert made the comment during the budget debate today.
 

Works Minister Jack Warner has critised Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley for his claims that the media and the government are in collusion.
Warner came out in defence of the media in today’s budget debate.