Guyana News

MOSCOW/CARACAS, (Reuters) – World leaders paid tribute on Saturday to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States, but in death just as in life he divided opinion, and critics labelled him a “tyrant”.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S.

Two months after 19-year-old Ryan Sergeant was shot dead at a Forshaw Street night club, the police investigation has been snared in a standoff with the owner of a security service over the testing of firearms in his possession.

President David Granger has challenged Lindeners to embrace innovation and extend the reputation of their home from that of a mining town, which was solidified over the last 100 years, to that of a manufacturing town.

The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) yesterday issued a “Red Notice” for businessman Marcus Brian Bisram, who has been implicated in the murder of Number 70 Village carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt.

Three men, including the manager of the Double Day Hotel at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, were on Thursday evening arrested for questioning in connection with the 2012 murder of Sideek Juman, who was found dead in the hotel pool.

As the time draws nearer for the Wales estate to face closure, the three sugar unions yesterday again appealed to the government and GuySuCo to rescind this decision and they also contended that no alternative had yet been presented to the hundreds of workers who could soon be without jobs.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo hopes that government’s proposed national budget, which will be presented to the National Assembly next Monday, would provide clarity about the diversification plans for the beleaguered Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

The Government Analyst-Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) has instructed Wieting & Richter to recall its illegally labelled Crystal Spring bottled water from the market.

In observation of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) yesterday unveiled a sculpted doll in the image of Babita Sarjou, who was murdered six years ago, allegedly by her estranged husband.

The fight against the scourge of gender-based violence involves talking and listening deeply, but also facing uncomfortable truths, such as suicidal behaviours, and realizing that it is okay to be vulnerable, a public forum heard yesterday.

Adding her voice to the call for the elimination of violence against women, Minister of Social Protection Volda Lawrence yesterday urged citizens to become involved and demonstrate their commitment to wiping out the social ill.

A former policeman was arrested on Thursday evening after he allegedly collected $6M and a quantity of raw gold from a businessman under the pretext that he would get him a gun licence.

Two men were yesterday arrested in connection with the discovery of an unlicensed semi-automatic pistol at East La Penitence.

A total of 55.2 kilogrammes of cocaine with an estimated street value of $49.7 million was yesterday disposed of in the Atlantic Ocean by members of the Guyana Police Force’s Narcotics Branch.

Government has started the search to find a new Ombudsman and is hoping to make an appointment early next year, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

The Beepats convenience store on Regent Street, in existence for more than 60 years, was relaunched last week to offer an improved customer experience.

Convicted drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his common-law wife Anjanie Boodnarine are now scheduled to go on trial in January for the alleged unlawful possession of ammunition.

Trinidadian national Anthony Nester, who is charged with incurring hundreds of thousands in debts at local hotels, was yesterday hauled before a city court again for the same crime, to which he pleaded guilty.

A Diamond man, who was found with a quantity of marijuana for trafficking, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison after telling a court that he was forced to sell drugs to feed his family because a previous murder charge cost him his job.