Guyana News

A Matthews Ridge, North West District man was granted bail yesterday after he was charged with wounding a shopkeeper, who reportedly threw a bottle at him after refusing to repay the money he owed.

Trevor Amsterdam, the man accused of killing murder suspect Jermaine Simon at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD) in November 2015, pleaded not guilty to the crime as a High Court trial in the matter began on Tuesday.

Tenders were on Tuesday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for works to the sea and river defence project in Region Six from Sisters to Lonsdale Ville.

A 63-year-old miner was taken into custody on Tuesday morning following the discovery of a quantity of suspected cocaine at Skull Mountain, Arakaka, North West District.

A man who admitted to stealing from two persons who he claimed owed him money, including local DJ, Magnum, was sentenced to 18 months in prison yesterday.

A youth accused of stealing a flat-screen TV from the St Joseph Mercy Hospital, where he works, was released on bail equivalent to the value of the TV when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A Hadfield Street man, who allegedly asked his victims for money before pulling a knife and attacking them, was remanded to prison after appearing in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, charged with two robbery offences yesterday.

The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into the assault of a St Agnes Primary school teacher  by parents of a child at the school’s Church Street, Georgetown premises sometime today.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has approved the lists of 11 contestants ahead of the March 2 General and Regional Elections (GRE); of that number nine will be contesting the General Elections.

Shivanand Roopnarine was yesterday morning handed a life sentence for the brutal slaying of his girlfriend, Sophia teen Alicia McPherson, whom he stabbed more than 40 times in 2015.

Chairman of the Integrity Commission Kumar Doraisami has disclosed that as of last Wednesday, 23 government and three opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) are still delinquent in the filing of their 2019 declaration of assets as required by the Integrity Commission Act.

Twenty-six-year-old Terrence Pitt, who was accused of killing Festival City resident Darrell Breedy during a home invasion last October, was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with the crime.

A 67-year-old resident of Belle West Canal 2 died after he was allegedly kicked in the abdomen by a young neighbour. 

The police are seeking the assistance of the public in locating an Enterprise, East Coast Demerara resident, who is wanted in connection with the murder of Rudendra Persaud, who was fatally struck in his head on Sunday morning while at his cousin’s wedding at Non Pareil, ECD.

A 43-year-old man was fatally stabbed on Monday morning during an argument over money at Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown and three suspects have since been arrested.

A Skeldon moneychanger was yesterday robbed of $3M in local and foreign currency while on his way to ply his trade at the Skeldon Market by three unmasked bandits armed with a cutlass.

New York City and federal officials are at loggerheads over immigration policy following a 92-year-old woman’s rape and murder allegedly by undocumented Guyanese man Reeaz Khan.

The US-based Carter Center yesterday announced that it had launched its observer mission here for the 2020 general elections.

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has clarified that President David Granger will not receive the recently gazetted salary increases for holders of Constitutional Offices.

The four children of Paramakatoi village, Region 8, who were reported missing earlier this month have been found safe and have since been reunited with their parents.