Guyana News

One of the five men who were captured by the police on Monday afternoon after robbing a Logwood, Enmore, East Coast Demerara (ECD) grocer has confessed to the crime and six  similar matters and is expected to be charged today.

An autopsy performed on the remains of Phillip Viveiros, the farmer whose body was found along the Adventure Public Road, Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Monday revealed that he died as a result of multiple injuries sustained.

Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan says he supports “on-going checks” of private security services to ensure that they are in conformity with the regulations that govern the sector, GINA said.

A Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo man died last month after he was attacked by a swarm of bees while on his way to the shop in the village.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder of La Jalousie businessman Ganesh Ramlall, which was scheduled for Tuesday at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court, has been put off to September 9.

The preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Beverley Persaud and Oswald Yaw, who are accused of killing block maker, Nathan Persaud continued yesterday with the testimony of two policemen.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Lawrence Rowe over the killing of Cuban national, Joel Perez Laffita began yesterday with the testimony of a police officer in the case.

Three women were yesterday found guilty of fraudulently converting in excess of $48M from Telecom Solutions (Guyana) Inc.

Nine more Haitian nationals were yesterday fined by a city magistrate after they pleaded guilty to entering the country illegally.

Residents from the community of Warlock, East La Penitence, Georgetown were beneficiaries of a back-to-school drive hosted during last week by the Give Another Chance Foundation.

The hustle and bustle for the back-to-school shopping is in full swing around Georgetown as parents are busy picking up items to get their children ready for the new school term beginning on Monday.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil‘s Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff from office today for breaking budgetary laws, ending an impeachment process that has polarized the scandal-plagued country and paralyzed its politics for nine months.

Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS), a leading Indian call centre company has expressed interest in establishing operations in Guyana, according to a release today from the Office of the Prime Minister.

Top officials of oil firm ExxonMobil yesterday cautioned against expectations of a large number of direct employment opportunities to be generated by the company’s production activities here, while saying that it will be the government’s responsibility to create jobs using revenue that is earned from the operation.

  Timothy Horatio, the Police Constable who drove the Route 40 minibus that crashed along Regent Street on Saturday, resulting in the death of a passenger, was yesterday charged with causing death by dangerous driving and was remanded to prison.

Ian Griffith and Cora Towler yesterday both appeared before a city court, where they were charged with possession of  cocaine for trafficking which was found in the handles of a suitcase.

Actor and playwright Godfrey Henry was yesterday charged with causing the death of a man as a result of dangerous driving.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has facilitated reconstructive surgery for one of its members who was shot to the head last year, GINA said.

Government may soon take steps to ensure that Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is completely separated from the Guyana Police Force, as is expected under the anti-money laundering legislation, according to Attorney-General Basil Williams.

Stephanie Lawrie, the woman who allegedly fatally stabbed her brother during a fight at their Better Success, Essequibo Coast home, was yesterday charged with killing him and released on $400,000 bail.