Guyana News

The police were up to last evening working towards enhancing camera footage and are carrying out several operations around Georgetown in an effort to apprehend the suspects in Monday morning’s shooting in front of the Rio Inn Nightclub which resulted in the death of a teenager.

Police have arrested a second suspect in the murder of Gafoor’s manager Terry Lackhan and say he has since confessed to the crime.

The five Haitian men who were intercepted at Wismar, Linden on Saturday, while on their way to Brazil, were yesterday charged with illegal entry into the country and fined a total of $100,000 for the crime.

An 18-year-old man is now under police guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being shot by an off-duty policeman following a robbery on the West Ruimveldt Public Road on Monday night.

Police yesterday arrested two men who hijacked a car on Norton Street, Georgetown, after ejecting its passengers.

The police rank implicated in the shooting of a bystander, Jean Rodrigues, in the vicinity of the Timehri Bus Park, has been reassigned as the police force completes the investigation.

A Sparendaam resident, who was yesterday charged with attempted murder, was released on $100,000 bail after denying the charge.

Police are preparing to send their file on the September 15 pit bull attacks at Leonora, West Coast Demerara for legal advice, according to acting Divisional Commander Leslie James, who says an autopsy confirmed that the deceased in one of the cases died due to injuries he sustained as a result.

Esau Gibbons, 21, and Kevin Abrams, 17, who were caught red-handed after burgling the home of attorney Paula Nicholson, were sentenced to three months in jail on Friday after admitting to the crime.

Saying they have been embarrassed and traumatised because of “false corruption allegations” made against them by an illegal operator, Guyana National Broadcasting Authority Board (GNBA) directors Vic Insanally and Anthony Vieira yesterday welcomed an independent probe promised by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.

The driver of the bus that toppled along the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara on Monday evening, resulting in the death of the conductor, was blinded by the headlights from a car on the road, according to one of the passengers.

A Beterverwagting man, accused of having more than 14 kilogrammes of cannabis in his possession for trafficking, was yesterday denied bail by a city court.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday said that the submarine cable across the Demerara River which was damaged earlier this year should be back in operation in November.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Colin Alleyne, the man accused of killing elderly Montrose caretaker Danrasie Ganesh, will soon come to a close as two more witnesses are left to testify.

In a report on page 9 of yesterday’s edition titled “Absent cocaine mule sentenced to four years”, the name Zamilla Ally-Seepaul was inadvertently placed under a photograph of the convict Zainab Mohammed.

Miners are pleading with the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and Crown Mining Supplies to ensure quick removal of the company’s sunken dredge in the Mazaruni River, which continues to leave them cut off.

The National Literacy Unit of the Ministry of Education is using students’ love of rap music to make teachers aware of the possibilities of using this medium as a teaching tool.

Police are working to complete their investigation of the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara fatal accident that claimed the lives of two children soon, according to Traffic Chief Deon Moore.

A Black Bush Polder man, alleged to have aided the accused in the days after the Mibicuri triple murder, has been charged with being an accessory.

Over the next three years, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be shifting gears which will see more focus on the needs of low income households, tighter planning of settlements and greater enforcement to ensure conformity with land use permits.