Guyana News

The accused in the murder of Smyth Street businessman O’Riley Small had been found at the crime scene by a police investigator, the High Court trial of Maurice Prince heard yesterday.

In response to concerns by residents of Ann’s Grove that the community has been neglected by the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), the Public Infrastructure Ministry, following a survey of the area, has assured that infrastructural works are underway.

An 18-year-old accused of relieving a woman of a motorbike, during an armed robbery in Rasville, was granted $200,000 bail yesterday by a city court.

National footballer Jobe Caesar, who, on January 16, was charged with armed robbery and damage to property, was granted bail yesterday by a city court.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) yesterday launched its latest corporate campaign in Guyana, “The Caribbean Identity”.

A number of foreign nationals were on Tuesday detained by the police, following the raid of a nightclub in George Street, Georgetown.

A welder was on Tuesday sentenced to four weeks of community service after pleading guilty to smoking ganja.

Bail was yesterday granted for a man, who was charged with simple larceny and assault offences, at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

A minibus and a car yesterday burst into flames in the city in separate incidents.

A porter was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 months in jail after admitting to stealing over $600,000 in clothing and hair from a city boutique.

A Diamond Housing Scheme resident was yesterday fined by a city court, after she admitted to entering Guyana illegally.

One of the two suspects in the murder of taxi driver, Kelvin Walters, is being questioned by the police, Crime Chief Lyndon Alves on Wednesday told Stabroek News.

The Police say they are investigating the murder of Orlando Joseph, 26, a farmer of Koriabo Village, Barima, North West District which occurred yesterday in the said village, allegedly by a male resident, who is being sought.

ExxonMobil said today that it had made two additional discoveries offshore Guyana at the Tilapia-1 and Haimara-1 wells, bringing the total number of discoveries on the Stabroek Block to 12.

A meeting yesterday of the seven-member Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) ended without a decision on the way forward on poll preparations.

A 42-year-old Phase II Belle West, West Bank Demerara man was yesterday remanded for the alleged rape of four minor boys.

Government yesterday moved to the Guyana Court of Appeal to challenge two of the judgments made by acting Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire on the December 21st no-confidence vote, saying that she “erred and misdirected herself in law” when she ruled that it was validly passed and that the Cabinet should have resigned and preparation for elections within the constitutional timeframe should have commenced.

Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan on Monday expressed an interest in having fraud expert Dr.

Dissatisfied with the pace of the police investigation into recent threats made to the student body of the School of the Nations on Facebook, parents are offering a $1 million reward for any information that may lead to the arrest of the perpetrator/s.

Former Minister of Social Services in the PPP/C administration, Jennifer Webster has lost her Canadian residency after failing to fulfil her obligations under Canadian law.