Guyana News

Roger Bess, the driver who allegedly fatally struck an elderly man and injured two other persons on Cemetery Road last year, yesterday denied that he was driving recklessly.

The badly decomposed body of a man that was discovered on Wednesday afternoon at Craig Sea Dam, East Bank Demerara has been positively identified by relatives and the police are awaiting an autopsy to determine if his death was due to foul play.

A Juvenile Justice Officer from the United States will be spending three months in Guyana to do a rapid assessment of the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) and make recommendations on the way forward.

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with setting fire to a home and causing almost $2 million in damage as a result.

The body of an unidentified male was pulled from the trench along Church Street yesterday afternoon after it was discovered floating by school children who were playing at the Merriman Mall around 3:15 pm.

A police constable on Wednesday told a court that he had been confronted with the allegation that he had been involved in the attack on newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon in which he was doused with faeces.

Hamid Latiff, called ‘Crapo,’ yesterday walked out of court a free man after a jury found him not guilty of murdering 16-year-old Mulchand Murilall.

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Attorney-General Basil Williams today said that there has been no compulsory acquisition of the two small lots of land on Carmichael Street, while stating that to engage owners whose lands are under consideration with a view of their acquisition on the question of purchasing them by private sale, could “open one to severe recrimination” if not done under the protection of a Section 4 order as was published in the gazette on September 24, 2016.”

The Ministry of Natural Resources today said that it is “gravely concerned” about the recent dismissal of 11 workers of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) for engaging in a protest against the company.

Cabinet has decided that orders to compulsorily acquire private lands on Carmichael Street to extend the Ministry of Legal Affairs will be rescinded, well-placed sources said yesterday.

Onetime Chairman of the former Guyana Electricity Corporation (GEC), Ramon Gaskin wants government to explain its decision to end the management of Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stations here by Finnish company, Wartsila in favour of local expertise.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will today boycott President David Granger’s address to parliament because it believes it is hypocritical to listen to him speak on democracy.

A man was shot in  his back by men on a bicycle last night while he was standing on the West Front Road, a short distance away from his mother’s home.

A damaged section of the Linden-Soeskdyke High-way near Bamia Creek, considered dangerous because of several recent road fatalities, was patched yesterday and Region Ten Chairman Renis Morian said there is need for a regulatory body to ensure that overweight, heavy-duty trucks are not traversing the road.

An indictment for 12 counts of murder is expected to be read tomorrow morning to the five men accused of the massacre of a dozen people, including three police officers, at Bartica in 2008.

The equipment for the first phase of the installation of the National Parking System/Smart City Solutions (NPS/SCS) Metered Parking System in Georgetown has already arrived and SCS plans to begin installation of the first phase of 3,400 spaces in November, “once there is no unexpected delay in the clearance of the equipment.”

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday in Essequibo sentenced a man to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to killing his wife.

Statements will be served on Friday to Veerasammy Narine, the businessman charged with attempting to bribe a police officer.

Two men were on Tuesday remanded to prison after they each faced separate charges of unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.