Guyana News

The man accused of fatally stabbing 22-year-old Noel Singh outside his Met-en-meerzorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home on Sunday evening was yesterday apprehended by the police.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday held the first of two hearings, its first ever advisory opinion proceedings, which concern whether a member state of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), may opt out of a decision of the Conference of Heads of Government to extend the class of workers allowed to move work freely across CARICOM, and the legal effect of such opting out. 

Renard Caesar, one of the men who was allegedly involved in a recent shootout at La Penitence Market was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of fugitive ex-policeman Teon Allen.

The Traffic Department of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Monday towed and impounded several motor cars found parked diagonally, and double parked, making good on a warning issued last week to punish persons who defy traffic laws.

(Reuters) – A lawyer for New York’s attorney general yesterday told a state judge Exxon Mobil Corp used two sets of books to hide the true cost of climate change regulations from investors, while an attorney for the oil major assailed the claims as false and politically motivated.

A Corentyne man was yesterday charged in connection with the hit and run accident which resulted in the death of Premchand Harripaul along the Number 76 Village, Corentyne Public Road on Saturday afternoon.

Even with heightened awareness, Marcia Burrowes, 63, initially ignored a lump she felt on her right breast until a friend advised her about screening, which led to her being diagnosed with stage two breast cancer.

The recent operation carried out at Quartz Stone in Region Seven by the Guyana Police Force (GPF) and the Guyana Geo-logy and Mines Commission (GGMC) was an enforcement activity intended to clear the area of illegal miners, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman says.

Wazim Perreira, who was charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting his former partner on fire, yesterday faced a murder charge after she recently succumbed to her injuries.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is maintaining that the established process for employee promotion at the Blairmont sugar estate was not followed in the recent appointment of a former manager of Rose Hall Estate as an artisan.

Tenders were yesterday opened at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the procurement of uniform material for the Guyana Police Force, a majority of the bids were well over $100M, with the highest bid being just below $800M.

Alfie Garraway, who surrendered to the police last week after a wanted bulletin was issued for him, was released on $120,000 bail yesterday after denying charges of illegal possession of a gun and ammunition.

A 28-year-old security officer was yesterday sentenced to two years in prison after he admitted to charges of unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

Tavin Ahmad, a bus driver who was charged with assaulting a police officer, was sentenced to 14 days in prison yesterday after being found guilty of the crime.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) is inviting the public to attend the 45th running of its annual Diwali Motorcade to be held on Saturday October 26th.

The file on the investigation into the accident at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the life of Bonita Sugrim, a mother of four, who was struck down by a drunken driver earlier this month, has been sent for legal advice.

The High Commission of India has announced that it will be be switching over to Online Visa Application Filing for all applicants and all visa types with effect from November 15, 2019. 

Justice Jo Ann Barlow last week Monday advised one of Guyana’s newest attorneys-at-law against settling for being ordinary in her practice as she accepted her petition to practise law in Guyana’s courts.

The man who was arrested after the killing of Jason Bowen, who was strangled during a suspected robbery on Church Street, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

The Police say that Delon `Demon’ Morgan who is wanted in connection with the murder of miner Deon Stoll was arrested at a road block on the Cove and John Public Road, East Coast Demerara at about 5.45 am today.