Guyana News

Nick Skeete, a cousin of one of the seven persons on trial for the 2013 murder of Met-en-meerzorg grocer Zulfikar Namdar, yesterday denied fabricating a story implicating the accused to avoid being charged in connection with the man’s death.

A family is asking for an investigation to be done into the sudden death of a 30-year-old mother of two at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) earlier this month.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Nigel Hoppie will act as the country’s top cop until the return of Police Commissioner Leslie James, who is currently overseas on duty.

Cabinet last week gave its no-objection to the award of several multi-million dollar contracts, including for the supply of fibre optic cables as well as for electrical upgrades at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.

A boat captain was remanded to prison on Monday after he was charged with possession of cannabis and ammunition, which police say they found during an interception on the Cuyuni River.

A New Area Canefield Settlement, East Canje Berbice hire car driver was yesterday charged with sexual assault committed on a minor when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

A clerk was yesterday remanded to prison while a bus conductor was granted bail after they were jointly charged with having a large quantity of cannabis in their possession.

A miner was yesterday remanded for allegedly robbing his former workplace of $1.6 million in equipment.

Cabinet last Tuesday at its Sub-Committee noted the award of a $356 million contract for the first phase of construction of the Ministry of Public Health’s head office at Lot 1 Brickdam, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said last Friday.

A Corentyne youth who was charged with the December 31st murders of the Bush Lot farmers, Premcharran and Harricharran Samaroo, was yesterday further remanded to prison when he appeared at the Springlands Magistrate Court.

Three companies yesterday bid over 100 million dollars to supply inventory items to Parliament Office.

Andrew Burgess of Barbados, is the newest judge to be appointed to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has not held out much hope for the improvement in the fortunes of West Indies cricket as long as the arrogance in leadership, lack of accountability and the outdated governance structure of Cricket West Indies remains intact.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government said today that a group of military officers who stole weapons as part of a failed revolt on Monday had delivered the arms to opposition party Popular Will.

General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Amna Ally yesterday said that the party endorses President David Granger to run for a second term.

Two Venezuelan men, who police claim are suspected to be senior members of the notorious Sindicato gang, were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged with the illegal possession of grenades, which they were found with during an interception on the Cuyuni River last Thursday.

A 48-year-old shop owner was fatally stabbed minutes before midnight on Sunday after he intervened in an argument between a couple at ‘D’ Field, Sophia.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) is investigating the deaths of two children and the hospitalisation of a third after they were administered a drug prior to undergoing chemotherapy.

Two of the three PPP members who withdrew from the party’s presidential race on Saturday have said they did so due to insufficient support from the Central Committee and backed Anil Nandlall in the ensuing two-man race which he eventually lost to Irfaan Ali.

While saying that the High Court has jurisdiction to hear former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall’s challenge to the charge against him for the alleged fraudulent conversion of law reports, Chief Justice (ag) Roxane George-Wiltshire SC yesterday also held that the charge is correct in law and that he has failed to establish that a constitutional breach has occurred.