Guyana News

Desmond Mars, the labourer whose partially decomposed body was found outside his Goed Intent, West Bank Demerara home on Monday died of natural causes, an autopsy confirmed.

The Ministry of the Presidency yesterday  announced the death of  Edith Cecily Chan-A-Sue nee Pierre, the mother of First Lady,  Sandra Granger.

A new Indonesian envoy was on Friday accredited by CARICOM, a commitment that Secretary-General Irwin La Roque is hoping will encourage the nation to join in advocacy against the blacklisting of CARICOM states.

In keeping with its commitment to make regional trade easier, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) recently approved a grant of US$43,665 for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Geeta Chandan-Edmond, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), resigned yesterday after Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo directed that the decision to fire Sherod Duncan from the post of General Manager of the state-owned Guyana Chronicle be rescinded even as she maintained that due process was followed.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday strongly refuted the claims by the Special Purpose Unit (SPU) of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) that it is not adequately accounting for funds it has received and has withheld pertinent information on spending.

A shopkeeper was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged with murdering a customer, who allegedly pulled a gun on him.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with killing a man by stabbing him with a beer bottle after an argument.

A second suspect was yesterday charged with the murder of Patrick Fraser, who was gunned down while liming with friends at an abandoned house at Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara (EBD) last month.

The driver of the truck that crushed seven-year-old Ciarra Benjamin to death on Saturday on the Agricola Public Road, has been released on station bail pending further investigations into the accident.

Although he did not inflict the fatal wound, Linden Williams was yesterday morning sentenced to eight years behind bars for the unlawful killing of a friend.

The National Monitoring System (NEMS) is currently assessing an eruption of what is suspected be natural gas, which occurred yesterday morning in Mabaruma, Region One where two wells were being dug, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has reported.

A Black Bush Polder, Corentyne man who was found guilty of manslaughter in the High Court in Berbice last month, was yesterday sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment.

Representatives of the Region One Council, coastal village councils and other agencies, recently participated in an oil spill demonstration at Waini Point, Shell Beach.

Romario Baljeet yesterday completed his testimony in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Abdul Imran Khan, who is accused of attempting to murder him in an attack at the Palm Court nightclub.

The Public Infrastructure and Natural Resources ministries are assessing the damage to the access road from Lethem to Aishalton caused by recent flash flooding and are working with regional authorities to address the situation.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Godfrey Statia has made a promise to pen a “letter of comfort” to the Bank of Baroda (Guyana) Inc.

The shortage of fuel in Region One (Barima-Waini) has taken a toll on the daily operations of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) and residents are being forced to bear exorbitant prices for fuel and services, Chairman of the RDC, Brentnol Ashley said.

Civil society grouping, Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) has taken a stance against the oil and gas path Guyana is advancing on, arguing that ensuing policies are contradictory to the country’s climate goals.

It has been more than a month since Bartica resident Perion Nicholas Bobb was murdered, and while no charges have yet been laid, Police Commissioner Leslie James said that the investigation remains active, though the police have experienced difficulty in locating witnesses.