Guyana News

Blockmaker Ashaka John, who was recently charged with strangling a man on Church Street, was stabbed in prison last Friday.

The Juvenile Justice Department of the Ministry of Public Security in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Community, Family, and Youth Resilience (CYFR) programme, has just completed the training of 35 civil society core groups, non-governmental organisations and government departments, in Juvenile Justice Diversion and Alternative Sentencing (JJDAST).

Former Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) accountant Peter Ramcharran, who is on trial for alleged falsification of the entity’s account ledger, is expected to give  sworn testimony early next month when his trial continues.

Terrence Joseph, the excavator operator who was shot and injured more than a week ago while on duty at Sussex Street, Albouys-town has been discharged from the hospital and is currently recovering at home.

Despite the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) electing two members to sit on the Regional Tender Board at their last statutory meeting, Stabroek News has confirmed that the board is meeting without the two elected members, resulting in limited scrutiny at the level of the board.

The Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Six, Kim Williams-Stephen, has told Stabroek News that farmers should be advised to plant now since according to her, the Regional Administration is fuelling two Black Bush Polder pumps with the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) pledging $10 million in assistance.

To foster a greater appreciation for the protection of the environment among Guyana’s nursery and primary level schoolchildren, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is partnering with the Ministry of Education (MoE) to help advance the implementation of an environmental education programme.

Weeks after falling from a building at the Pegasus Hotel expansion project work site, labourer Devon Williams, 31, remains hospitalised.

Cabinet today said that it was distressed by the action taken by Troy Resources Limited in dismissing hundreds of workers and called on it to take measures to ensure that there is no further hardship to families.

With the suspension of funding by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road expansion project, the contractor Sino Hydro Corporation Limited has begun to lay off employees.

Approximately 300 employees of Troy Resources Guyana Inc. were notified of their dismissals yesterday following a decision by the board of the Australian company as it seeks to find a way to restart operations.

During the 42-day Claims and Objections (C&O) period, nearly 18,000 objections were lodged with the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) but fewer than 400 were upheld even after more than two-thirds were withdrawn.

A claim by the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA) against the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) for the payment of $224 million related to a 2015 agreement for the sale of land was struck out on a technicality. 

Three days after officials declared that governing coalition partner Alliance for Change (AFC) would be contesting the March 2020 elections alone if the terms of a revised Cummingsburg Accord were not concluded by yesterday, the party is now saying it will address the matter at the end of the week.

The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday ordered a retrial for businessman Kevin Jordan, after setting aside his conviction in 2015 for the rape of a seven-year-old boy.

Dwayne Tappin, the former soldier who was found guilty of decapitating his uncle in 2017, was yesterday sentenced to life in prison for the crime.

A 22-year-old Venezuelan national was fatally stabbed early yesterday morning after he attempted to fend off two bicycle bandits who attacked him on the Grove, East Bank Demerara Public Road.

Orin Jules, the Sophia man who last week admitted to killing his brother in 2016 following a row over their family shop, was yesterday sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Neville Thomas, the taxi driver who was charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl, was yesterday committed to stand trial by a city magistrate at the conclusion of the Preliminary Inquiry into the charge.

A 28-year-old murder accused was freed yesterday after a judge upheld a no-case submission made by his attorney.