Guyana News

The Mayor and City Council is spending over $19 million on repair and rehabilitation of bridges in the city.

A Hadfield Street resident was placed on remand when he appeared before the chief magistrate yesterday, to answer to two counts of gun, and one count of ammunition, possession charges.

The family of Jean Rodrigues, the mother of eight who was shot while a policeman was chasing an alleged robber is concerned about the sloth in the investigation.

The family of Anmanie Deonarine, who died after she was struck down by a senior police officer along the Vreed-en-Hoop Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Tuesday is calling for justice.

A city magistrate yesterday handed down a 48-month sentence to Seion Odinga Brammer, who was on trial for possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.

A Pike Street, Campbellville resident, who was allegedly found with a stolen gold chain in his possession was yesterday granted $25,000 bail by the chief magistrate.

A woman was on Tuesday accused of stealing a quantity of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and groceries from her employer valued at over $200,000.

A security guard with a prior conviction, yesterday appeared before a city court again, charged with damage to private property.

A teen of Number Two Village, East Canje Berbice was remanded to prison in connection with the recent robbery carried out on a young couple from Cumberland Village, East Canje.

The Terms of Reference (TOR) for the investigations into the allegations of corruption and misconduct made by Kenwin Charles against members of the Guyana National Broadcasting Association (GNBA) Board was today handed over to Major General Ret’d Joe Singh by Minister of State, Joseph Harmon, at his office, at the Ministry of the Presidency.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies were in full blown crisis today after Babar Azam slammed a record third successive One-Day International hundred to condemn them to 136-run defeat, as Pakistan pulled off an emphatic 3-0 series whitewash and sent the Caribbean side tumbling to number nine in the international rankings.

Members of the Cabinet met yesterday deliberated as a matter of “extreme urgency and grave national importance”, the unsatisfactory results in mathematics nationwide, at the 2016 Grade Six Examination.

LES CAYES, Haiti/GUANTANAMO, Cuba,  (Reuters) – H urricane Matthew twisted toward the Bahamas and Florida’s east coast on Wednesday after killing at least 26 people and damaging a majority of homes in Haiti’s south, prompting the hard-hit country to postpone a long-awaited presidential election.

Retired CANU prosecutor Oswald Massiah was early this morning found dead in his car which was parked at the Parika Stelling, Divisional Commander Leslie James has confirmed.

Board Chair of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Board of Directors Nigel Hinds is expected to resign from his position following ongoing issues with the corporation’s Chief Executive Officer Dr Richard Van West Charles, who, according to sources, continues to act “as a law onto himself,” which results in senior staff members being barred from functioning in their positions effectively.

A Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo taxi driver died last evening after he was shot in the chest during a robbery.

A fisherman from East Canje has been missing since Friday and relatives suspect that he may be dead since someone from the boat which he was working on informed them that he had fallen overboard.

A 49-year-old joiner is currently in police custody and is expected to be charged soon with the rape of an eight-year-old girl.

Guyana yesterday blasted Venezuela for the “vituperative” statement it issued on the 117th anniversary of the 1899 Arbitral Award, which was observed on Monday.

The body of an elderly woman was on Monday morning discovered in her Cornelia Ida Squatting Area, West Coast Demerara (WCD) home with several stab wounds and it is believed that she was sexually assaulted prior to her death.