Guyana News

Convicted drug trafficker Dennis Jones yesterday found himself back before a city court, where he was charged with trafficking 10 grammes of cocaine and forging an identification card.

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown (M&CC) will be presenting its annual Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure to the people of Georgetown by the end of January 2017.

The police in B Division are continuing the hunt for Shamar Mohammed Ally, the man who is accused of chopping his ex-girlfriend and her mother, at  Number 70 Village, Corentyne, on Christmas Eve.

The Guyana Water Inc (GWI) has since rectified the water problem in Atlantic Ville on the East Coast Demerara, after receiving complaints from residents.

Cabinet on Friday, December 30, 2016 offered its no-objection to almost $100 million in contracts for the supply of equipment to two ministries.

The feasibility study for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge is expected to start before the month ends.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Anand Narine and Darrol Compton, the two men accused of killing Babita Sarjou six years ago, continued yesterday.

Two men, on separate charges of cannabis possession, met very different fates on Tuesday when they were brought before the Chief Magistrate.

A Blankenburg resident was last Wednesday remanded to prison by a city magistrate after he was charged with escaping from the cops at the Police Headquarters in Eve Leary.

A labourer, who police allege committed two armed robberies, was on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged in a city court.

A  bandit on Monday evening invaded an East Canje home where he robbed a woman while her husband was at work.

As the investigation into the murders of University of Guyana (UG) student Azrudeen Hussain and poultry vendor Desmond Singh on New Year’s Day continues, the police are pursuing a third suspect.

A Matthews Ridge resident who is accused of attempting to break and enter  another man’s house, was granted self-bail yesterday by the Chief Magistrate, after he denied the offence.

Former Director of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Carvil Duncan will have to wait a little longer for the commencement of his conspiracy to steal trial, since the presiding Magistrate has recused herself.

A two-year sentence was yesterday handed down to a teenaged boy after he admitted to stealing $41,000 in cash and other items.

A 37-year-old man today appeared before court charged with the murder of a 65-year-old Cornelia Ida woman, just after he had raped her in her home.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A New York City train derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday’s morning rush hour, injuring more than 100 commuters in the metropolitan area’s second major rail accident since late September.

In what he described as an “adjustment,” President David Granger yesterday announced three changes to his Cabinet, including the demotion of the embattled Minister of Public Health Dr.

Continuous rainfall, which began in the wee hours of yesterday, flooded the commercial and residential districts of the city but the water quickly receded after the tide fell.

Prison Warder Sheldon Prince, who allegedly stabbed his wife to death on Wednesday, December 28, 2016, was yesterday remanded to prison, when he appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.