Guyana News

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.  Dead is Clifton Sukhoo, 60, of Lot 70 New Street Cumberland, East Canje Berbice.

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.

The charges of misconduct in public office, which were previously instituted against Finance Minister Dr.

By Readawne Henery A Bachelor’s Adventure youth was found murdered yesterday a short distance away from his home and his family is at a loss as to why.

Director of the Argentine Team of Forensic Anthropology (EAAF) Dr. Luis Fondebrider, who is currently here to assess whether his team can assist the police with the murders of West Coast Berbice (WCB) cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry as well as Haresh Singh has visited the crime scenes and met with the families of the teenagers.

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has launched an initiative where special needs children between the ages of 4 and 15 can make a wish and an effort would be made to fulfil it.