Guyana News

“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.

Commissioner of Police Leslie James yesterday declined to address the reasons behind the secondment of Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken and Senior Superintendent Fazil Karimbaksh.

Talks between Russian bauxite company, RUSAL and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) have been stalled for over two months as the Ministry of Social Protection’s Labour Department has failed to facilitate the talks.

Post mortem results for Belle West resident, Mohamed Rasheed, called ‘Spanner’ who died at the West Demerara Regional Hospital on Tuesday morning revealed that the man did not die as a result of the beating he was said to have suffered on Sunday night.

Twenty-three Haitians, who were caught by Lethem police illegally departing the country, were each fined a sum of $30,000 on Wednesday after they admitted to the offence.

Seven Cubans who were arrested at the Mabura Police Station while on their way to Lethem were fined on Wednesday after they all admitted to overstaying in the country.

Addressing the Annual Officers’ Conference of the GDF at State House today, President David Granger said that the Defence Force today “is fit for role”.

A Crane, West Coast Demerara mother of three died yesterday after being brutally stabbed, allegedly by her husband, who subsequently ingested poison and is currently hospitalised.

The European Union (EU) is ramping up preparations for its observing of Guyana’s general and regional elections on March 2nd.

The Guyana Court of Appeal will soon rule on the challenge mounted by the state which advances that Guyanese outside of Guyana, whether residing or otherwise, cannot vote unless they are resident in Guyana at the qualifying date of registration.

After an initial burst of excitement about its oil discoveries here, UK explorer Tullow is writing down its finds here and does not expect to drill other exploratory wells in Guyana’s waters this year.

In the interest of justice, the trial of Linton Eastman, Clifton Gibson and Stancy Rodney for the  murder of Rubis accountant Jason Cort, was yesterday aborted, owing to a conversation overheard by a witness in the matter.