Guyana News

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces quelled rowdy protesters with tear gas, water cannons and pepper spray in Caracas today after blocking an opposition rally against unpopular socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

The heads of Guyana’s foreign missions were yesterday urged to vigorously pursue the country’s national interests, including the protection of the rights of citizens in the diaspora when a five-day summit to improve the country’s diplomacy opened.

A gold dealer was yesterday charged with defrauding a local commercial bank of a total of $956 million.

A post-mortem examination performed yesterday on the body of ten-year-old Roseann Akeila Harris, who died on Saturday, days after she was kicked, allegedly by a classmate, revealed that she died of blunt trauma to the stomach.

An army sergeant was up to late yesterday afternoon being questioned by the police following the discovery of a sound and flash grenade in his nephew’s possession at the Timehri Primary School.

The Mibicuri man who last week confessed to strangling his wife, then burying her in the back yard of the home they once shared, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Whim Magistrate Court.

A Berbice woman is seeking justice after her former husband allegedly raped her two daughters and then wounded her when she confronted him.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of the People’s Republic of China yesterday donated approximately $1.2 billion in equipment to the Guyana Defence Force, including ambulances, trucks and water tankers.

Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said separate investigations ought to be done by the judiciary and the executive into the conduct of Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams SC during a recent court case.

Indigenous rights activist Jean La Rose fell victim to a gunpoint stick up yesterday afternoon.

Region Two Regional Executive Officer (REO) Rupert Hopkinson yesterday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that he used his “discretion” to allow personnel to occupy government quarters rent-free, although they were not entitled.

The Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Group registered after-tax profit of $2.191 billion for 2016, a 16% increase over the previous year’s figure even though it withdrew entirely from the bulk rum market.

Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo yesterday said that he was “finished” as it relates to the granting of a television licence to the mining town of Linden and referred all questions to Sharma Solomon and the board of Region Ten Broadcasting Inc (RTBI).

‘B’ Division police officers are hunting for a Corentyne man who on Sunday evening allegedly attempted to set fire to a Liverpool, Corentyne house, with a woman and two young children inside.

Anjanie Boodnarine, the common-law wife of convicted drug lord Barry Dataram, found herself before a city court once again yesterday, charged with trying to smuggle prohibited items to the convict.

A prison officer was yesterday granted his release on $150,000 bail after he denied smuggling ganja into the Camp Street jail.

Preliminary arguments commenced yesterday on the application by Smart City Solutions (SCS) to be named a party in the challenge by the New Building Society (NBS) to the by-laws governing the city’s recently suspended parking meter project.

A fire early yesterday morning destroyed a section of Actlabs Guyana at Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and a quick response by the Guyana Fire Service prevented the blaze from spreading to nearby buildings.

The government needs to take a serious approach to the recent apology from CL Financial and its offer to make amends over the collapse of Clico (Guyana) and not use the development for political gain, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.

A book of condolence for the National Library’s former Chairman, Carmen Jarvis, has been opened in the lobby of the Central Library.