Guyana News

Jermaine Josiah, the accused robber who allegedly shot Charlestown wash bay operator Leroy Robinson on Sunday, was yesterday faced with multiple charges, including discharging a loaded firearm.

For the first time a Guyanese sits on the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC).

A well erupted in the yard of a Sixth Avenue, Diamond Housing Scheme resident last evening.

Linden resident Clarence Carter, who stabbed his wife to death in an attack at Wisroc Housing Scheme and then made an unsuccessful attempt to end his own life, was yesterday sentenced to serve 18 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Guyana’s growing business potential is the main factor behind it being chosen as the location for the Hard Rock Café’s first Caribbean franchise, a representative of the company said yesterday after meeting with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) and major companies in the manufacturing sector.

Two persons are expected to appear in court after they were found with illegal drugs yesterday at the Bartica Stelling.

Cartons of expired goods were seized from stalls in the Stabroek Bazaar during a raid yesterday afternoon by the city’s Food Safety Department (FSD).

A badly decomposed body was discovered in an abandoned house at Savannah Park, New Amsterdam on Wednesday morning after residents made reports of a stench which was emanating from the house on Tuesday.

A 17-year-old was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of a pistol and matching ammunition, which police say were found on him during a search in Charlestown.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) yesterday informed Muslims that the crescent for Shawwal has been sighted and therefore Eid ul Fitr will be celebrated today, signifying the end of Ramadan, the month of fasting.

The attempts being made to misrepresent the professional career of former deputy chief election officer (DCEO) Vishnu Persaud could have dire personal consequences, Opposition Leader and PPP General Secretary Bharrat Jagdeo has warned.

The prosecution yesterday closed its case in the proceedings against former Attorney-General Anil Nandlall, who is charged with fraudulently converting over $2 million in law reports.

A witness in the trial of Delon Henry, known as ‘Nasty Man,’ yesterday testified that he saw the accused carry out the fatal shooting of footballer Dexter Griffith at Warlock, in East Ruimveldt.

A 17-year-old, who admitted to having a small quantity of marijuana when police searched him, was yesterday given a second chance by a city magistrate.

A party of policemen in ‘E’ Division yesterday destroyed 1500 cannabis plants in a drug eradication exercise.

Joseph Persaud, the pastor who was charged earlier this year with the rape of a church member, was today committed to stand trial.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general today sued U.S.

The “alarming” statistics on the number of Cubans and Haitians overstaying their time in Guyana but who cannot be accounted for caused the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs to yesterday  summon Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix and Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge to discuss possible human trafficking.

A father and his son appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday charged with the murder of a Cornhill Street fruit vendor.

Premnauth Persaud, also known as ‘Sinbad,’ who is said to be the ring leader of the April 27 piracy attack off of Suriname, was jointly charged yesterday with the murder of two fishermen.