Guyana News

A Baramita man who allegedly chopped four persons within a period of 11 days was yesterday remanded to prison after he was read four attempted murder charges.

Guyana Manganese Inc (GMI) should be sanctioned for allowing its employees to work without the requisite protective equipment, according to General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis.

In the middle of his trial for the murder of his friend, Ignatius France yesterday decided to plead guilty to the lesser offence of manslaughter, for which he was sentenced to 12 years in jail, with deductions to be made for the time he has already served.

A 57-year-old moneychanger was yesterday morning fatally shot and robbed of his licensed firearm and an undisclosed sum of cash by two men just after he had parked his motor car outside Ashmins Trading building on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown.

Six men armed with guns and cutlasses pounced on a Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder family yesterday morning, robbing them of over $1.5 million in cash and a quantity of jewellery and cellphones.

Addressing rumours that their recent intervention to provide water access in Region 9 communities will carry a cost for residents, the Guyana Water Inc.

Caribbean Airlines yesterday advised travellers that the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has increased its airport security fee and introduced a passenger service charge, which are effective from April 1st.

Bail was yesterday denied to a woman charged with stabbing a policewoman in her feet.

A miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of having almost 200 grammes of cannabis in his possession.

Trinidadian conglomerate ANSA McAL yesterday tendered a half-a-billion-dollar bid to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation for the procurement of pharmaceuticals.

The APNU+AFC’s “Government comes to you” Berbice outreach, held on the lawns of the University of Guyana’s Tain Campus yesterday, saw a poor turnout, and was rivaled by protest action by over 200 People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) supporters.

The wife of Arnold Kissoonlall, the maintenance worker who was killed in a hit-and-run accident along the Providence Public Road on Monday, is hoping the driver will be arrested and brought to justice.

Following the latest death of a miner and the injury of others in another mining pit accident, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has called for a plan for an enforcement operation.

A Middle Road, La Penitence pensioner was on Monday morning robbed of his cellphone and wallet at gunpoint, as he was awaiting transportation in the village.

Seventeen more touts were arrested and charged last week as the Guyana Police Force continues their “soliciting of passengers” campaign.

The Guyana Police Force and the PNCR have both denied that instructions were passed by the latter for the arrest, detainment and charging of Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, in relation to comments made at Babu Jaan.

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday celebrated 14 years of its operations and is marking this occasion with activities throughout the week, a release from the court said.

A prime suspect who was arrested on Monday in Canje, Berbice, has since confessed to being part of a gang which robbed a Canefield, East Canje, Berbice business and a Bloomfield Village, Corentyne family recently.

Bail was yesterday granted to a 31-year-old man, who is accused of stealing over $100,000 from the home of a Bartica resident.

The Guyana Police Force today denied that it has been instructed to arrest Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo over a speech he had given at Port Mourant on March 11.