Guyana News

Surinamese national Omar Williams was yesterday sentenced to 12 years behind bars for the unlawful killing of former disc jockey (DJ) Sheldon Cheddie, whom he shot multiple times.

Leon Jaggernaught and Joshua Khan, the operators of the Route 42 minibus that was seen overloaded with school children in a widely-viewed video on Facebook, were yesterday both fined for the offence and others.

Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Director Dr Justin Ram has suggested that the region’s best brains from governments, private sector, labour and civil society should “perhaps” be locked in a room for two months so they can devise an implementation plan for five major challenges facing the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

Three weeks after he was handed a three-year sentence for possession of eight grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking, Carl Mangal was yesterday granted bail by a High Court judge pending an appeal.

Newly-elected toshao Marbell Thomas, 34, one of 10 women who have been elected to head their villages, says she is better prepared to serve her community, Campbelltown, in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), having already served in the position when she was younger.

A former policeman was yesterday charged with breaking into a woman’s house and stealing over $1 million in goods and also later assaulting a police officer.

A Mon Repos businessman was yesterday granted $1 million bail after he denied a charge of causing the death of a cyclist by dangerous driving.

Three weeks after a joint charge was instituted against the three men accused of murdering America Street money changer Shawn Nurse, who was fatally shot during a robbery, a city court yesterday heard that a fourth suspect has been arrested.

The man who is accused of fatally stabbing fruit vendor Richard Noel on Monday afternoon during a heated confrontation in Georgetown has since surrendered to the police and is likely to be charged in the new week.

The relatives of 15-year-old Rose Hall champion cyclist Beyonce Ross, who is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, are hoping for a miracle as the teen remained unresponsive in the Intensive Care Unit up to press time yesterday.

Sean Thom, a prisoner who was admitted as a patient at the George-town Public Hospital (GPH) after he was attacked at the Camp Street Prison, is still hospitalised in an unconscious state.

The PPP will file an appeal against Chief Justice Roxane George’s decision today upholding the President's unilateral appointment of James Patterson as Chairman of GECOM.

Chief Justice Roxane George SC has upheld the contentious appointment of retired judge James Patterson, 84, as the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).

A power surge has affected the Better Hope Water Treatment Plant, according to the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

Police are investigating a shooting incident which occurred last night at Bee Hive, ECD during which two GRA Officers sustained gunshot injuries.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday questioned government’s reluctance to audit the US$460 million claim in pre-contract costs by ExxonMobil’s subsidiary and its two partners.

LGBT persons continue to face discrimination, stigmatisation and violence on an almost daily basis.

Former SWAT Unit head Motie Dookie was sent on special leave with full pay in accordance with the 1987 Public Service Rules, according to Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix.

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York is challenging Guyanese murder accused Marcus Bisram’s attempt to have an “evidentiary hearing” on whether local witnesses in his murder case in Guyana have recanted the statements they provided to the police here.

The Arthur Chung Convention Centre was recommissioned yesterday afternoon after undergoing more than a year and a half of rehabilitative work.