Guyana News

A man was set free this week after he was found not guilty of murdering a New Amsterdam taxi driver in 2010.

Sporting a pink t-shirt, with the words “Together let’s fight against cancer,” 12-year-old Shelly Debideen could be found busily assisting the volunteers at a cancer outreach at Kuru Kururu, on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway last month.

By  Zoisa Fraser in Ohio   With five days to go before the gripping US 2016 elections, there is no clear indication as to who will win Ohio, a key battleground state and Ohio State University (OSU) Professor of Constitutional Law, Daniel Tokaji yesterday expressed surprise that Republican candidate Donald Trump has managed to rake in almost as much support as Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ candidate.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) on Wednesday held its second home improvement subsidy distribution in Bartica, Region Seven at the town’s community centre.

The statement that was made by Janiel Howard, one of the three men charged in the Kaieteur News grenade incident, was on Wednesday admitted as evidence by Chief Magistrate,Ann McLennan at the end of the voir dire into the admissibility of the statement.

A new town clerk has been appointed for Lethem, Region Nine by the Ministry of Communities.

CARACAS/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition exhorted President Nicolas Maduro today to set an election and start releasing jailed activists within days, while students opposed to Vatican-led talks protested in the streets.

Kitty and Queenstown in Georgetown are among areas scheduled for a 10-hour power cut on Sunday, November 6th to facilitate a comprehensive maintenance exercise by the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).

(Reuters) – Kraigg Brathwaite and Shane Dowrich struck unbeaten half-centuries to guide West Indies to a first test victory in 14 matches as the Caribbean side beat Pakistan by five wickets on the final morning of the third test in Sharjah today.

A mentally-challenged man is currently in custody, following the discovery of the decapitated body of his neighbour in her Belvedere Village home.

A bandit was early yesterday morning shot dead by a licenced firearm holder after he and an accomplice attempted to break into a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home.

Former Director of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), Carvil Duncan, was yesterday found not guilty of stealing almost a million dollars from the company, after insufficient evidence by the prosecution.

A Cane Grove businessman is counting around $40M in losses after his supermarket was destroyed by fire yesterday morning in what is suspected to be a case of arson.

Retired Assistant Commissioner of Police, Winston Cosbert was last evening handed terms of reference (TOSs) to probe allegations of unauthorised disclosure of information, mismanagement and malpractices in the procurement of pharmaceuticals at the Ministry of Public Health.

The National Assembly in the wee hours of Friday, approved more than $9.5 billion in supplemental budgetary spending including an additional $2 billion subsidy for the Guyana Sugar Corporation and   hundreds of millions aimed at hinterland road works under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI).

The trial of Mark Royden Williams, Dennis Williams, called ‘Anaconda’, and Roger Simon, who are accused of murdering 12 persons, including three police officers at Bartica in 2008, commenced yesterday before Justice Roxane George at the High Court in Georgetown.

A former staff member of BK Quarries, yesterday denied a charge which alleged that he had embezzled over $28 million from the said company.

In order to ascertain whether the GB&GWU or the GLU represents the workers from Barama Company Limited (BCL), a meeting is set for tomorrow with the company and the Ministry of Social Protection.

A West Ruimveldt resident who allegedly shot his reputed wife in her mouth a little more than one month ago, yesterday morning turned himself over to the police.

A 23-year-Guyanese who was the subject of an Interpol red notice has been intercepted and is now awaiting a deportation hearing in front of an immigration judge.