Guyana News

Former Director of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Carvil Duncan, was today found not guilty of stealing almost a million dollars from the company.  

It is difficult to adhere to principles that have no resonance in core values and beliefs; and the evidence suggests that the APNU-AFC coalition government has said things on the campaign trail that it did not mean.

One day after his former co-accused Michael Caesar pleaded guilty to manslaughter charges for unlawfully killing 12 persons at Bartica in 2008, Clebert Reece yesterday also admitted his guilt on the lesser count.

Under mounting criticism over power failures, GPL yesterday said that four 1.7 MW generators are to be purchased – three for Anna Regina and one for Bartica – and it advised that maintenance on November 6 can see blackouts in parts of Georgetown, the East Coast and East Bank for as long as 10 hours.

The body of a carpenter was found along the Number 70 Village Public Road early yesterday morning and his family suspects foul play despite signs suggesting he was the victim of a vehicular accident.

Jahryl Reid yesterday walked out of court a free man after a jury found him not guilty of murdering Mabura businessman Colin McLean.

Lawrence Rowe, charged with murdering a Cuban national who was killed a short while after he landed in the country, was yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

When 22-year-old Vishnu Singh of Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo developed a fever on October 5, his parents never realized that it would turn out to be malaria and lead to his death.

The members of the recently established Public Procurement Commission (PPC) will meet tomorrow to, among other things, select its Chair as it prepares for operations soon.

A teen, who has been left paralysed after allegedly exchanging gunfire with an off-duty policeman during a robbery, was yesterday remanded to prison after charges were read to him as he lay in a stretcher.

Despite a 2014 review of the 911 system recommending a range of reforms to improve its efficiency, acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine says the service remains problematic and he trusts that the requisite attention will be given to fix it.

During the 18 months that it will be closed from December 1st, 2016, major works will have to be done on the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC).

Up to last Friday, the Guyana Police Force had recorded 109 deaths from 99 accidents for the year, representing a 21% increase in comparison with the same period last year.

Two bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board for the Procurement of Medical Supplies for the Georgetown Public Hospital and Provision of Security Services for 2017 for the Ministry of Agriculture. 

The police file on the accidental shooting of Jean Rodrigues, the woman wounded by a rank in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market, was returned to investigators for them to provide clarity on some parts of their work, according to Crime Chief (ag) Hugh Jessemy.

A Buck Hall, Essequibo man, who was found transporting over 600 grammes of weed hidden in a spare tyre in his truck, was on Friday remanded to prison by a city magistrate.

Two men were yesterday charged with corruptly obtaining cash from Stabroek News photographer Keno George for his stolen camera.

The accused in the theft of almost $2 million in hardware items was released on bail last Friday after his lawyer told a city court that the stolen goods in fact belonged to his client.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Monday launched the 10th Self-Reliance and Success in Business workshop for women in Kuru Kururu, Linden-Soesdyke Highway.

An 86-year-old man is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after he was the victim of a bee attack outside the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts compound.