Guyana News

A third man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of America Street money changer Shawn Nurse, also known as ‘Fabulous’, who was killed during an attempted robbery earlier this year.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon is likely to face a series of questions on the Guyana People’s Militia at today’s sitting of the National Assembly.

Forty-year-old Lloyd Green was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison for the stabbing death of his brother-in-law with whom he had previously had a fight.

Two of the persons detained here for the vicious April 27th attack on more than a dozen fishermen in Suriname waters were yesterday released on $100, 000 station bail each while the third will most likely be set free on Monday.

A Guyanese woman said to be in her mid-30s was found dead in a house at Long Point, St Kitts yesterday afternoon.

The Caribbean Community’s foreign affairs ministers have reiterated support for  Guyana’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in its border controversy with Venezuela and have taken note of this country’s move to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for a final resolution of the matter.

Masked, gun-toting bandits, during the wee hours of yesterday morning, robbed the operators of the Lucky Star Chinese Restaurant, located at Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, of hundreds of thousands in cash.

Police ranks on a mobile patrol in Dennis Street, Campbellville  about 8 pm on Wednesday observed the suspicious behaviour of two males, each riding a bicycle and decided to stop and search them.

A teenage girl, reportedly preparing to write the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exam, and a taxi driver, were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with trafficking 26 pounds of cannabis.

A 23-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison after he was read charges of attempted murder, armed robbery, and firearm use, one of the incidents stemming from an attack on two Kitty market vendors in March.

Jermaine Abel, the North Ruimveldt man accused of fatally stabbing a peacemaker who attempted to stop a fight in his neighbourhood last November, was yesterday committed to stand trial.

The Kitty roundabout is nearly complete and set to be fully open to motorists before Independence Day.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska has handed back three private jets he was leasing because U.S.

Police are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect known as `Cross Eye’ of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden who allegedly murdered 40-year-old taxi driver Claude `Sonno’ DeJonge of 915 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden early this morning at his (the deceased’s) reputed wife’s home, located at 1074 Cinderella City, Mackenzie, Linden.

Eighteen men are now in police custody in Guyana and Suriname in connection with the brutal April 27th attack on fisherfolk in Surinamese waters which is now being treated as a reprisal crime by authorities in both countries.

One day after facing misconduct in public office charges, former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington yesterday faced intensive grilling about 30 land sale transactions and after being fingerprinted, were released on $200, 000 station bail each.

An Albion cane-cutter died on Tuesday,  minutes after 7 pm along the Nigg Village Public Road, Corentyne, after he was struck by a motor car while reportedly attempting to cross the road.

Economic growth slowed in 2017, but became more broad-based, according to the Concluding Statement of the recent 2018 Article IV International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission here.

The possible purchase of Guyana’s gold and crude oil and India’s expertise in the rejuvenation of polluted waterways, were among areas discussed.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday made it clear that he will not be making any counterproposals to President David Granger in response to his rejection of the nominees to the top two judicial posts, noting that it is up to the President to sort out the impasse.