Guyana News

The mother of Tuschen fisherman Salman Khan is unsatisfied with the pace of the police investigation into her son’s murder and has taken the decision to offer a reward for information that could lead to his killer(s) being brought to justice.

The lawyer for New York-based Guyanese businessman, Ed Ahmad is now seeking a November, 2016 date for his sentencing for mortgage fraud conspiracy.

In an effort to curb the high incidence of violence at the community level, the Ministry of Public Security in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the first component of the Citizen Security Strengthening Programme (CSSP) yesterday in South Ruimveldt.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan last Thursday said that he and his counterpart in Suriname are working together closely to fight piracy in both countries.

On Monday, Michael Ten-Pow was accredited as the Permanent Representative and Ambassador Extra-ordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guyana to the United Nations.

A man who was reportedly captured on close circuit television committing a brazen robbery at an internet café, was yesterday remanded to prison.

A misunderstanding between two taxi drivers about who would pick up a customer, led to an altercation which landed them before a city court yesterday.

The Liliendaal Acrow Panel Bridge is slated for a massive facelift.

Last week an exercise involving the planting of approximately 12,000 black mangrove seedlings along the Better Hope foreshore commenced.

Collis Amos, the second alleged bandit who was captured and severely beaten by a group of persons in North Ruimveldt last week, was yesterday charged and remanded to prison.

More than a year after Orpheus Johnson was charged with the murder of Nandy Park miner Travis Rudder, a date for the beginning of the preliminary inquiry into the charge has finally been set.

The prosecution yesterday presented two witnesses in the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the charge of murdering Courtney Crum-Ewing.

A taxi driver was yesterday granted $150,000 bail by a city magistrate after he was charged with unlawfully wounding a man who refused to work for him.

The National Sports Commission and the National School of Music on Friday concluded their August Vacation programmes, which saw the participation of over 500 children from across the country.

Newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon on Tuesday testified at the trial of the men charged with dousing him with human faeces.

While the region’s students have improved their performance in English at the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations this year, there have been noticeable declines in the pass rate in Mathematics and English B as well as a minimal decline in the overall pass rate.

The Guyana Association of Bankers (GAB) has publicly registered its concern and dismay at the publication of account information of embattled Permanent Secretary Omar Shariff.

While some teachers are expecting payments from a 2011 debunching agreement that was secured by their union, Perma-nent Secretary Delma Nedd says the Ministry of Education (MoE) never agreed to make any such payment.

The family of a Zeelugt man is seeking the public’s assistance to raise funds for him to undergo an emergency surgery to prevent him from going completely blind.

An oral confession by Seion Odinga Brammer, who is on trial for possession for ganja trafficking, was on Tuesday deemed admissible by a city magistrate.