Guyana News

A man and a woman charged with carjacking a taxi driver at Diamond, East Bank Demerara, where they were allegedly caught after other operators foiled their getaway, were yesterday remanded to prison.

Police yesterday requested additional time to complete statements to be served to Anjanie Boodnarine, the wife of convicted drug lord Barry Dataram, who is facing charges of forgery, fleeing the jurisdiction and leaving the country illegally.

The Guyana Police Force, over a three-month period, has received 154 complaints against officers, six of whom were dismissed during last month, while five were transferred to other locations pending investigations into police misconduct.

An 11-year-old boy is currently in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a Brazilian hospital after being involved an incident with a car at Lethem.

When the 11th Parliament meets for its 45th sitting this Friday the government side of the house will be called on to inform the public about all aspects of the D’Urban Park Development Project.

Two armed bandits stormed a cellphone shop located on Albert Street yesterday morning and made off with a quantity of cellphones and watches, the total value of which is so far unknown.

A father of six, implicated in two armed robberies on the East Bank Demerara, was yesterday remanded to prison after denying the charges in a city court.

A Laing Avenue youth was yesterday charged with stealing a ring and cash, valued at $1 million in total, from his boss.

Truck driver Roopnarine Hardiwar, who was on trial for causing the incident at Pearl, East Bank Demerara that left a pedal cyclist dead in 2014, was yesterday found guilty and sentenced to three years in jail.

The police have not yet made any arrests in relation to the last Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Sophia during which Kevin Inniss was shot dead and his friend injured.

Oral Health Month is being launched today with an Oral Health Fair and free dental treatment.

The Saraswati Vidya Niketan, on Friday, benefited from a donation of 284 books from the High Commission of India.

A statement from the Ministry of the Presidency follows: The Ministry of the Presidency refutes the deliberately misleading and malicious letter, which was carried in the Monday, October 31, 2016 edition of the Guyana Times, titled “Crime will be with us for the foreseeable future”, in which the author misquoted His Excellency President David Granger, in an attempt to create mischief in the society.

Leguan, Region Three residents, for the first time, are benefiting from asphaltic roads, GINA said.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A top U.S. diplomat will travel to Venezuela today  to support talks between the government and the opposition meant to ease an escalating political standoff amid a worsening economic crisis.

Nearly 14 months after he took office, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has reshuffled his Cabinet.

Friday’s sitting of the National Assembly will hear a motion in the name of PPP/C MP Irfaan Ali calling for an immediate forensic audit into the Georgetown City Council including the controversial parking meter project.

As of October 22, sugar production for the second crop was 70,574 tonnes, just over half of the revised target of 137,764 tonnes with just about six weeks grinding left and signalling a likely significant fall in output compared to last year.

It is suspected that arson was the cause of the fire that ravaged a building at Lot 101 Cummings Street on Saturday night, causing damage to three business places in the process, says Fire Chief Marlon Gentle.

On October 25, Roger Gautier was assaulted by a minibus driver following an accident on the East Bank Demerara and in full view of a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank, who sat by and watched the scenario unfold.