Guyana News

Shawn Bacchus, who was accused of raping a six-year-old girl, yesterday afternoon walked out of the High Court a free man after a jury unanimously acquitted him.

President David Granger yesterday commissioned Radio Essequibo 95.5 FM, the first radio station on the Essequibo Coast, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.

A 49-year-old taxi-driver who is accused of raping a 12-year-old child was granted bail yesterday after he was charged with the offence in a city court.

A Rosignol man was remanded to prison after denying an armed robbery charge.

The Children’s Mash Competitions continued yesterday with Morgan’s Learning Centre taking home the winning trophy for their cover of Guyana’s national songs in the Choir segment and the Sophia Special School being the only competitor in the jingle competition.

The fire that broke out at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday morning was said to have been started by one of the in-patients at the Psychiatric Ward who was arrested and afterward released back into the care of the institution.

Two former Royal Castle workers have been charged with larceny and released on bail.

A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in Kamarang last year was granted bail yesterday after he was charged with the offence.

Three men are wanted by the police for the offence of rape committed on separate occasions during last year in Linden.

The police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a Timehri, East Bank Demerara resident in connection with fraudulent conversion committed on another more than three years ago.

Fire broke out at the Psychiatric Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) minutes after nine this morning.

Following significant gains in compliance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) believes the foundation has been laid for Guyana to attain Category 1 status from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of the United States and preliminary discussions have started.

Following nine contentious months and one court action, the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will today be certifying the Official List of Electors (OLE) with 661,028 names.

Although Guyana’s risk for the presence of the mysterious new coronavirus is relatively “low,” health authorities yesterday assured that the country is “ready and equipped” in the event of an infection.

Owing to insufficient evidence, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday threw out a murder charge laid against Sherland Joseph and Lowell Hope, who have spent almost a decade behind bars on the allegation that they killed Port Kaituma teen Kennedy Creame Conceding that there was indeed not enough evidence for the men to be placed on trial, Prosecutor Tuanna Hardy had no objections to the motion-to-quash that was brought by defence attorney Maxwell McKay.

Two other suspects was yesterday charged and remanded to prison for the murder of newspaper vendor Shawn Mannilall who was shot after armed bandits invaded his Essequibo Coast home more than two weeks ago.

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The trial of Gavin Graham, who is accused of burning a house which resulted in three persons dying, is set to commence this afternoon before Justice Sandil Kissoon at the High Court in Georgetown.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case against the three police officers who were charged with forging several questionnaires for the learner drivers’ theoretical examination in 2018.

An online petition, Change.org, is calling for the liberalisation of the telecoms sector in Guyana in an effort to loosen the grip of what it sees as an inefficient telecoms monopoly.