Guyana News

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) recently honoured 15 of its employees for their contributions to the company over the past 25 years.

An Albouystown hairdresser was on Monday ordered to stay at least 100 feet from a woman she is accused of wounding.

Acting Town Clerk Sherry Jerrick has told the City Council that the post of Town Clerk was not properly handed over to her.

A young robbery accused is now a remanded prisoner after his declaration that he “never rob nobody” did not move a city magistrate to grant him his release on bail.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Richard Fresco called `Foots’  of African descent age 43 years, unemployed of Lot 23 East La Penitence, Georgetown which occurred on Monday, January 13, 2020 about 3:40 am at Lot 65 Cross Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown between Hadfield and Leopold Street.

The police today said that Errol Thapordeen C/D “Buffy/Bowie/Powie” is wanted for questioning in relation to murder committed on Rudendra Persaud on 2020/01/12 at Non Pariel, E.C.D.

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

All holders of constitutional offices, including judges and members of commissions such at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), are being given salary increases in line with those which were granted to public servants.

Two of the three men, including a police constable who were apprehended shortly after they allegedly robbed a Tuschen Housing Scheme Chinese restaurateur earlier this month, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with armed robbery.

Declaring that crime is out of control, PPP/C Prime Ministerial Candidate Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips on Sunday promised Berbicians improved security if his party is elected at the upcoming general elections.

A 26-year-old construction worker succumbed at a city hospital on Sunday afternoon, less than a day after he was allegedly stuck in his head by a gang of men who invaded a Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara wedding house.

A 20-year-old motorcyclist succumbed on Sunday afternoon, hours after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding along the Cotton Field Public Road, Essequibo Coast.

A Canje woman was remanded to prison yesterday on an attempted murder charge after she allegedly doused her boyfriend with a pot of hot oil on Thursday afternoon at her Gangaram Village, East Canje Berbice, house.

City Hall workers, including the Treasurer, have been formally suspended by the Local Government Commission (LGC) following the completion of an investigation of the discovery of a bag of money in a vehicle assigned to the Constabulary.

Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams yesterday morning reiterated previously advanced arguments that Guyanese outside of Guyana, whether residing or otherwise, cannot be allowed to vote unless they are resident in Guyana at the qualifying date of registration.

The police in Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) are probing the disappearance of four children who have been missing for more than a week now.

City councillors yesterday decided that the council should examine keeping its options open and making properties that the city owns profitable after a discussion on possibly leasing the city’s Constabu-lary Training Centre on Water Street. 

Defence attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday asked acting Chief Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus for the legal proceedings against Marcus Bisram, who is accused of directing the murder of a Corentyne carpenter, to be dealt with in Georgetown rather than being transferred back to a Berbice court.

The farming community of Mibicuri located in Black Bush Polder, Corentyne, Berbice is now equipped with a standalone modern health centre, the Depart-ment of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.,  (Reuters) – The man of Guyanese parentage accused of stabbing at least five people in a machete rampage at the home of a Hasidic rabbi during a Hanukkah celebration could face a death penalty trial if one of his alleged victims, still in a coma, dies, a judge said yesterday.