Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican bunkering company West Indies Petroleum, WIP, which holds the rights to sell Castrol lubricant oil to five Caribbean countries, has appointed a local distributor in Guyana.

The governing A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) coalition has not yet officially announced a release date for it 2020 Manifesto but Prime Ministerial Candidate Khemraj Ramjattan has assured that it is likely to be published in early February.

A father along with his son who were charged with assaulting a police officer were granted bail at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The indigenous village of Paramakatoi in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) has the distinction of being home to a nationally recognised nurse who has delivered over 1,700 babies and even after retirement, continues to lend her skills and services to the Indigenous Patamona people of the mountainous region.

On January 15, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo on behalf of Guyana formally accepted to serve as Chair of the Group of 77 and China for the year 2020.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with having almost a pound and a half of marijuana on the Mabura trail.

A depression on the Kitty Roundabout that was recently resurfaced with asphalt is currently being monitored by the Ministry of Public Infrastructure.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Telecommunications on Wednesday handed over four Tablets to students.

As the police probe into the murder of East La Penitence resident Richard Fresco continues, three persons who are deemed “persons of interest” in the matter remain in custody.

With global oil prices rising and falling as part of a continued “boom-bust” cycle, Guyana is being advised to embrace “observer’ status within the club of oil producers referred to as OPEC+.

Stressing that Guyanese can only benefit from the country’s bountiful resources if they are protected, President David Granger yesterday called on the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to consider its role in strengthening border and maritime defence and ensuring the economic development of the country.

“Maybe I’m paying for my past sins,” were the words uttered by Shawn Harris, the Kitty man who was found guilty of murdering a vagrant in 2017, prior to a life sentence being handed down to him yesterday.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that if his party cannot stop the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from using House-to-House registration data to update the voters list they must be given an opportunity to verify every change made.

Moments before his trial for the murder of  Jermaine Simon was set to continue at the High Court in Georgetown, Trevor Anthony Amsterdam yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter and was sentenced to 19 years.

Four persons are now in custody after a truck headed to Berbice was found with marijuana and cocaine yesterday.

The senior Guyana Police Force Officer accused of sexually assaulting a female has been relieved of his duties and an administrative decision “will be made shortly”, according to Commissioner of Police Leslie James.

A Guyanese man was on Wednesday arrested and charged with second-degree murder of Alejandro Melendez, who police say was hit three times in the parking lot of 760 State St, Schenectady, New York, on Christmas morning.

Following the conclusion of a second trial, Romal Jewan was yesterday acquitted by a jury on charges of raping a 13-year-old girl.

Passport generation at the Central Passport Office at Camp Road, Georgetown has been interrupted due to the incorrect lamination reel being procured and plans are afoot to rectify the issue, Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix told Stabroek News.

The Crane, West Coast Demerara man who allegedly stabbed his wife to death at midnight on Tuesday before ingesting poison has been listed in stable condition and is currently under police guard at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.