Guyana News

A 37-year-old Wismar, Linden man, identified by family members as Leonard Orlando Moriah, on Tuesday afternoon succumbed to injuries he suffered after being beaten.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Wednesday received four containers’ worth of oil spill resources, which will be used for training of personnel in key agencies, to equip them for any possible adverse effects in the oil sector.

A city magistrate is expected to make a ruling in the matter against Trinidad and Tobago national, Sawak Maraj, who was charged last year with faking his own kidnapping and conspiring with others to secure a ransom.

Minister within the Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) with responsibility for Youth Affairs, Simona Broomes, visited the Valmiki Vidyalaya High School yesterday in observance of the school’s Youth Week 2019.

In an effort to demonstrate Government’s commitment to ensure a better life for public servants, President David Granger yesterday convened a meeting with executive members of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) to discuss the establishment of a High-Level Committee on the Public Service.

The Draft National Climate Change Policy and Action Plan, which currently consists of 19 policy objectives addressing adaptation, mitigation, resilience-building and risk reduction, is out and open for review.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – High-level Cricket West Indies officials will hold talks with stakeholders in Guyana over the next few days, aimed at starting to address the governance crisis afflicting the Guyana Cricket Board.

The Police say they are investigating the death of Kareema Mary Cholmondeley, 18, of lot 10 BB GEC Scheme, Hugh Ghanie Park, Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, who was yesterday about 22:30hrs struck down by a motorcar on the Turkeyen Railway Embankment, E.C.D.

Two months after former government advisor on petroleum, Dr  Jan Mangal called for an investigation into the awards of oil blocks near to Exxon-Mobil’s Stabroek Block, Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency (SARA),  Professor Clive Thomas has revealed that such a probe is underway.

Indira Bipat, the West Demerara taxi driver who was discovered dead in a clump of bushes at Lust-en-Rust, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Sunday morning, died as a result of strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head.

After facing two trials for the 2008 murder of scrap iron dealer Akbar Alli—both of which ended in hung juries—Rondell Bacchus was yesterday sentenced to 16 years, 8 months behind bars, after pleading to the lesser offence of manslaughter.

A route 48 minibus driver and his conductor were both remanded to prison yesterday, after facing sexual offences charges surrounding the rape of a then 12-year-old girl.

Police Inspector, 18438 Prem Narine, who was sentenced yesterday to a week in prison for insulting a magistrate was freed after several hours in custody following an order by the Chief Justice.

Acknowledging that members of Cabinet ought to comply with the law and declare their assets and liabilities to the Integrity Commission, President David Granger today disclosed that “challenges” have caused a delay in the submission of his 2018 declaration and assured that he is currently working to rectify this.

One day after a labourer was remanded to prison for the murder of 20-year-old Patrick Fraser, who was shot while liming with friends at an abandoned house in Bagotstown, East Bank Demerara, the police have nabbed a second suspect.

President David Granger yesterday said that he has asked Attorney General Basil Williams SC to respond to the allegations made in an unsigned letter, which has been circulating in the public domain.

The trial of Kerry Cromwell for the murder of Linden bus driver, Elvin Lorrimer, commenced yesterday morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member mixed jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The five attorneys who were elevated to Senior Counsel on January 1, 2019 yesterday received their instruments of appointment from President David Granger, who stressed that this title is not “a personal favour or a political reward.”

Davanand Narine, the man who attempted to take his own life after he fatally stabbed his wife one week ago at their Anna Regina, Essequibo home, remains hospitalised under police guard, Commander of ‘G’ Division Khali Pareshram said.

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly demanded yesterday that Britain give up control over the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean within six months, dealing a diplomatic blow to Britain and the United States.