Guyana News

The two men accused of killing Mohamed Abdool Shameer in a boat collision on the Pomeroon River several years ago walked out of the High Court in Essequibo yesterday as free men after a judge upheld a no-case submission made by their attorney.

A fifty-four-year-old resident of Herstelling died on Tuesday morning after the garbage truck he was working on crushed him.

Quacy Walker who was on trial in the High Court in Berbice for a 2015 Berbice River murder was on Tuesday found not guilty. 

The case file on the investigation into the death of Strathspey septuagenarian Deochand Ramsai, who was brutally beaten during an attack on his family on Sunday morning has been sent for legal advice, Regional Commander Royston Andries-Junor said.

The autopsy performed yesterday on the body of a young man who was pulled from the Canal Number Two Conservancy on Monday night after he went jet skiing has ruled that the man died from drowning.

Bids were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the provision of security services for the Botanical Gardens and Zoological Park.

The three suspects who were held in connection with the murder of East La Penitence resident Richard Fresco have been released from police custody, Regional Commander Edgar Thomas yesterday confirmed.

Having spent the last 19 months on remand for committing an offence which carries a maximum penalty of 18 months behind bars, 25-yesr-old Hemchand Kenswain walked out of the High Court in Georgetown a free man.

The trial of a man  accused of murdering a Festival City father of one in 2015 is set to commence today at the High Court.

Massive drainage works are being undertaken in the flood-prone community of Alexander Village, Georgetown by the Mayor and City Council.

A Dairy resident accused of armed robbery was yesterday remanded to prison by a Georgetown Magistrate.

A man who told the court that he “box up” his spouse because she was “up in his face”, will now be spending the next five months behind bars.

An East Coast Demerara businessman was on Tuesday evening held at gunpoint and relieved of $300,000 cash.

A man who says he uses narcotics to alleviate stress was yesterday remanded to prison while the Acting Chief Magistrate awaits a probation report for sentencing.

An 18-year-old man was granted bail on Thursday after he denied stealing almost $200,000 worth in articles from a woman.

A youth was remanded to prison after facing two charges of illegal possession of a firearm.

The families who were left homeless after their home in the East La Penitence Housing Compound partially collapsed are hoping to build temporary shelters in the compound which will house them until they receive the land they were recently promised by the Ministry of Communities.

For the second day running, teachers gathered outside of the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court in solidarity with one of their number who was charged with assault following an incident at Winfer Gardens Primary that also saw a parent facing a similar count.

Ninety-one thousand entries on the Revised Voters List (RVL) require address changes stemming from the controversial house-to-house (HtH) enumeration last year, posing a major headache for GECOM with just a few more days before the final voters list has to be published.

The Private Sector Commission last evening condemned as “a direct threat to the peaceful conduct of the elections” calls by members of the governing coalition for their supporters to remain outside polling places until the Statement of Poll is posted.