Guyana News

-accomplice gets 24 years Rooplall Abrahim, who admitted to fatally chopping an elderly Bush Lot businessman and his common-law wife in 2016, has been sentenced to life in prison, while his accomplice, Madanpaul Gocoul, has been sentenced to 24 years for the crime.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the completion of the Ministry of Health’s head office.

Rooplall Abrahim was recently sentenced to life imprisonment for the fiery murder of Anita Baichan in 2016, while his accomplice, Madanpaul Gocoul was yesterday sentenced to 19 years in prison by Justice Brassington Reynolds at the High Court in Berbice. 

Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha continues to maintain that the comprehensive investigation into the fisheries sector will provide answers to questions surrounding the issuance of two new trawler licences for seabob fishing operations and the recipients of the licences.

Rooplall Abrahim of West Coast Berbice was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison for the murder of an inmate, Neshan Jagmohan, while he was on remand on two murder charges.

Director of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) Dr. Luis Fondebrider has requested a list of documents from the police in order to offer advice on solving the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) youths Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh but so far the law enforcers have not committed to do this.

Parmanan Rambarran, the man who police say killed 50-year-old Christopher Findlay last Friday after an argument, was yesterday charged with murder.

Two members of the family of the teenagers killed on the West Berbice are in police custody following an altercation last night at the Sparendaam Police Station.

Former PPP/C Minister of Finance Saisnarine Kowlessar is the new Chairman of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Board.

A Cumberland, East Canje Berbice man died yesterday after he was involved in a smash-up between two motorcycles along the Cumberland Public Road.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) yesterday signed contracts amounting to over half a billion dollars for the procurement of machinery to aid in their mandate of improving drainage and irrigation across the country.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has instructed the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to institute charges against Roscoe McIntyre, a man accused of setting fire to the Arakaka Police Outpost on Friday.

Just shy of 100 Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) workers were yesterday honoured for their years of service to the company, which Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said would be hiring some 3,000 persons as government moves to revive the industry.

Thirty persons were yesterday confirmed positive for COVID-19 according to the Ministry of Health’s dashboard.

While it failed over its five-year term in office to decriminalise small amounts of marijuana, opposition APNU+AFC MPs are pledging to push forward with an amendment bill in the 12th parliament.

Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill yesterday visited the Stabroek Market area where vendors were complaining bitterly about flooding due to clogged drains and a broken valve and he ordered his Special Projects Unit to intervene.

The City Constabulary is investigating a break and enter at the South Road Clinic, which resulted in a water pump being stolen last Sunday evening.

President Irfaan Ali today met with three former PPP/C Presidents at State House.

Director of Prisons Gladwin Samuels has been asked to proceed on leave effective immediately.

An East Canje, Berbice mother has  confessed to beating her six-year-old child with a piece of wood then dumping her into a nearby swampy area after the child became unconscious.