Guyana News

A 20-year-old man was yesterday remanded to prison on an armed robbery charge, after he was accused of stealing a cellphone and text books, among other items.

A 60-year-old man who says he suffers from prostate cancer, was yesterday remanded to prison, after he denied being in possession of almost 60 pounds of cannabis.

Former Minister of Finance Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited, Winston Brassington were this afternoon granted bail of $6m each on three counts of misconduct in public office when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s court.

The Surinamese press yesterday reported that 30 persons have so far been arrested for the April 27 piracy attack off the Surinamese coast, which left three dead and 12 missing.

A city Magistrate yesterday granted $250,000 bail to a contractor, who was charged with unlawfully killing Shelton Jordan, who was fatally stabbed after an alleged attempt by him to steal a bird from the accused.

Thirteen persons are now homeless after an afternoon fire razed two houses in the vicinity of Hadfield Street and Louisa Row yesterday.

Charged almost three weeks ago with causing the death of a woman, after the bus he was driving crashed along the Land of Canaan Public Road, Ronald Balgobin was read a second causing death charge from the accident and pleaded guilty to both and was sentenced to four years in jail.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday that President David Granger’s recent pronouncement that the way forward on top judicial appointments is in his (Jagdeo’s) court, caught him off guard and at the moment he cannot find words to express his shock.

Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence yesterday promised nurses a 30- acre state-of-the-art college, easier access to scholarships and specialized training as well as medical checkups each year.

The governments of Guyana and Suriname are working jointly to provide moral, financial and psychological support to the families affected by the recent pirate attack, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan announced.

A Kitty businessman was yesterday remanded to prison after he denied trafficking almost three pounds of cocaine.

-photos of dead men leads to dispute over camouflage clothing The internal investigation into claims against the Joint Services, which alleged that they were responsible for the Lindo Creek murders, were found to be unsubstantiated, a GDF officer yesterday testified, stating that it was the use of camouflage and presence of military grade ammunition that may have suggested otherwise.

A 70-year-old Guyanese national who was allegedly found with a quantity of cocaine hidden in his motorized wheelchair at the Maurice Bishop International Airport, Grenada on Saturday was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

Two motorcycle bandits snatched over $5M in cash from the proprietor of Deokie Service Station (Rubis) yesterday morning as she stopped along the Land of Canaan Public Road on her way to a commercial bank and while one of the suspects was apprehended, the other managed to escape.

President of the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO), Urica Primus and President of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), Terrence Adams yesterday signed a two-year fiscal concessions renewal agreement with the Government of Guyana.

A 20-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison on a ganja trafficking charge.

The Attorney General’s Chambers is requesting more time to ascertain the location of the $54M worth of diamonds belonging to miner, Ronald Khan, which was left in the custody of police following a 1994 Potaro robbery.

The Georgia Institute of Technology is currently conducting marine research in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

Residents of Lethem, Region Nine will soon benefit from a newly constructed Fire Station, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday.

The Attorney General’s Chambers yesterday said that the settlement of a court matter resulted in businessman Hareshnarine Sugrim forgoing over $63m which the High Court had awarded him in relation to a breach of contract for the purchase of equipment.