Guyana News

The trial of Shaquille Grant and Neville Forde, who are accused of the 2017 murder of Andre Alexander, is set to commence on Wednesday before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

While indicating that he hasn’t received any more information from Police Commissioner, Leslie James about the findings of the audit into the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday that he will ask the top cop about the issue today.

An unemployed woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with being in possession of just under half a pound of cannabis.

Omalo Williams, who allegedly committed two robberies on the day after he was released on bail on similar charges, was remanded to prison yesterday.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Seecharran Singh, who is charged with the rape of a 13-year-old girl, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

Renis Morian, Regional Chairman of Region 10, has expressed concerns over the presence of a mining `dragga’ in the Demerara River, and has issued a call for its removal, threatening that the council will join residents in action if nothing is done by tomorrow.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of stabbing a woman after she reportedly told his wife that he was trying to woo her.

Two cutlass-wielding bandits yesterday afternoon robbed and badly assaulted a Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice businesswoman and her daughter, during a robbery on their grocery store.

Work to repair sections of the Lethem to Aishalton road, which were recently damaged by flash flooding, is expected to start today, Region Nine Chairman Brian Allicock says.

Communities in Region Seven dependent on fuel supply from neighbouring Venezuela, have been hit with a fuel shortage as a result of the crisis and prices for commodities have increased sharply, Regional Chairman Gordon Bradford told Stabroek News.

The much anticipated decision of the Caribbean Court of Justice on matters pertaining to the December 21, 2018 motion of no confidence is tentatively set for June 18 at 10 am, according to information from the court.

(Trinidad Newsday) Born in Guyana, Venezuela citizen 43-year-old Greensley Lael Edson Henry is hoping to register today at the San Fernando centre for immigrants, two days after he said immigration officials denied him from doing so in Port of Spain.

Facing growing questions about his role in the awards of oil exploration blocks in the waning days of the PPP/C administration in 2015, former Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud yesterday said he has nothing to hide but remained tightlipped on the rationale behind his advice to grant the prime offshore acreage to two unproven companies.

As Guyana prepares for first oil early next year, British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn has urged politicians here to work together to ensure that the wealth garnered from the sector reaches all Guyanese in a tangible way.

Weeks after the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) announced that an increased mortality rate among Muscovy ducklings had been recorded, farmers have said that their business is at a standstill.

Businessman Kim Kissoon passed away yesterday. He was son of Lyla Kissoon and the late Alston Kissoon, the founders of the legendary Kissoon’s furniture business.

Anti-corruption organisations of the Commonwealth Caribbean have agreed to a number of actions to strengthen their work and have highlighted the need to maintain their independence, impartiality and professionalism, to further enhance their effectiveness.

Newly-appointed Minister of Business Haimraj Rajkumar, who has responsibility for tourism, was on Friday evening welcomed by stakeholders in the tourism industry at a cocktail reception, where he noted that significant input is needed to lift the standard of Guyana’s tourism product.

The public is being asked to take precautions over the next few days as the Hydromet Office has  forecast weather conditions may produce water accumulation or flooding in flood-prone areas and mudslides in hilly areas, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.

The police say that the man who is suspected of murdering Andrew Drakes on Saturday has claimed that Drakes had assaulted him the day before.