Guyana News

The decomposed body of a 14-year-old West Bank Demerara (WBD) boy, who was missing for a week, was yesterday discovered in a shallow grave and police say his alleged killer, a 42-year-old rice farmer, has admitted to hitting him on the head during a fight.

Another Guyanese is in a New York jail after he was busted with 2.28 kilogrammes of cocaine in his luggage shortly after disembarking a flight from Guyana at the John F.

A 48-year-old sailor attached to the Transport and Harbours Department was on Thursday evening fatally stabbed during an argument at the Parika stelling and the suspect, who was also wounded, has been arrested.

Ramesh Ramdeen, who is accused of fatally stabbing a fellow fisherman outside of his Met-en-meerzorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home on Sunday evening, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with murder.

One day after the Alliance for Change (AFC) declared that negotiations on a revised Cummingsburg Accord had stalled, A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) lead negotiator Volda Lawrence has disputed this claim.

The file on the investigation into the almost two-week old attempted robbery outside of El Dorado Trading that left gold miner Deon Stoll dead has been sent for legal advice, according to Crime Chief (ag) Michael Kingston.

Chairperson of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Volda Lawrence says that her government has “shown that it will walk the walk” when it comes to addressing crime but has been hampered from achieving big successes because “people are still afraid to testify.”

Carlton Bourne, who was recently charged with a series of armed robberies, was yesterday ordered to serve a six-week sentence after he admitted to spitting on and threatening one of his accusers.

The organiser of the second Guyana International Petroleum Exhibition (GIPEX) yesterday stated that it is registered here and is working with the local private sector to ensure the event bring maximum benefits for Guyanese and the country.

The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) yesterday hosted a workshop aimed at examining ways to improve transparency and accountability in Guyana’s extractive resources sector.

Samuel Hinds Jr. last week heard that five charges against him, including assaulting a policeman, were discharged after a no-case submission made by his lawyer was upheld by a city magistrate.

Days after he reportedly admitted to killing his neighbour before dumping his body in a nearby trench at Patentia, Sundar Singh was yesterday charged with manslaughter and released on $600,000 bail.

A murder convict will be returning to jail after he was given a three-year sentence yesterday for wounding a co-worker in an attack with a cutlass.

A 17-year-old is feared dead after he went missing while swimming in the Puruni area yesterday.

Presidential Guard Travis Fullington, one of two survivors from the horrendous October 15th Friendship, East Bank Demerara crash, has been discharged from the hospital, Traffic Chief Linden Isles confirmed yesterday.

Sleep-In International Hotel and Casino Inc has filed an application in the High Court seeking to compel the Gaming Authority to “consider” and “determine” an application made by the hotel since 2017 for a Casino Premises Licence and a Casino Operator’s Licence.

Attorney Anil Nandlall on Wednesday filed a notice of appeal, signaling his intention to appeal the High Court’s decision on his application to compel Cabinet’s resignation.

The Police say they are investigating the murder  of Shurlon Errol Cutting, age 48 years, a sailor of lot 2529 Layou Street, North Ruimveldt which occurred yesterday about 6.30 pm at the Parika Ferry Stelling by a 28 year-old labourer of lthaca  Village, West Bank Berbice who is in custody assisting with the investigation.

Disputing that he is a supporter of any of the parties in the governing APNU+AFC coalition, Change Guyana presidential candidate Robert Badal said that his party will not coalesce with either APNU+AFC or the PPP/C but has not ruled out  joining with smaller parties.

Two of the men charged with killing Constance Fraser, 89 and Phyllis Caesar, 77, in 2017 were yesterday handed life sentences each with the possibility of parole after serving 35 years.