Guyana News

Kyle Archer, the Barbadian national who was last month sentenced to four years in jail for trafficking in cocaine, was also facing a charge of rape in his home country and his incarceration here has left his mother facing a three-month sentence if she doesn’t fork over half the amount that was set for his bail.

Stakeholders yesterday began a dialogue that is the first phase in the development of a “concept note” to be sent to the Global Fund as Guyana attempts to access US$3.9M in funding to fight HIV/AIDS.

The accident that led to the death of GPL linesman Brian Clifford in Belvidere, Corentyne last Tuesday was a “freak accident” and could not have been predicted, says GPL’s PRO, who said that the utility pole that collapsed had been tested before being mounted by the worker.

A Charlestown woman was on Wednesday remanded to prison after she was charged with being in possession of 106 grammes of cannabis.

Three youths were yesterday released on $50,000 bail each after they denied a charge that they stole an ATV in the interior.

The trial of the three men accused in the Ramada Princess Casino robbery is set to start next month after several delays.

After having served for just over a year, the Chairman of NCN, Bish Panday has resigned effective December 31st, 2016, sources say.

(Reuters) – West Indies will host a full series, including three tests, against Pakistan beginning on March 31, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said.

US oil company ExxonMobil today announced positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana.

The Guyana Government has entered into a partnership which will see the establishment of a law school here, giving University of Guyana (UG) graduates the opportunity to complete their legal education studies hassle free and at a lower cost.

The Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) has in excess of 300 investigations pending and is unable to effectively tackle them with its current staff complement.

Ex-cop Carl Methuram, yesterday said that he saw Mark Royden Williams and Dennis Williams standing with guns in front of the Bartica Police Station, moments after hearing rapid gunfire coming from that direction.

A young couple, owners of the ‘Good Life Supermarket’, in Hampshire Village, Corentyne, were left in a traumatized state on Tuesday evening, after two masked men invaded their one-month- old business and robbed them of a quantity of cash.

President David Granger yesterday said that Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo will be given the clarifications he is seeking over the rejection of the nominees for chairmanship of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

The Chairman of Region Two, Devanand Ramdatt, yesterday charged that there is a lack of interest and a slow response by the government to flooding in the Pomeroon-Supenaam area but the CEO of the national drainage body has denied this.

Charles Chapman, called ‘Frenchie’, yesterday appeared before a city magistrate charged with the  murder of his former wife eight years ago.

The lawyer for New York-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad is seeking the deferral of his sentencing on fraud conspiracy charges to March of this year, according to court documents seen by Stabroek News.

President David Granger was yesterday paid a courtesy call by the Deputy Commander of the United States (US) Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), Lieutenant General Joseph DiSalvo at State House.

Barbers and cosmetologists who currently operate along the Merriman Mall between Cummings and Light streets are being removed from the area due to their failure to keep it clean, according to Mayor Patricia Chase-Green.

A Guyanese man on Tuesday was sentenced to three months in prison in Barbados, after he was found guilty of assaulting two women, including his former girlfriend, according to the online newspaper Barbados Today.