Guyana News

A Sophia man has been sentenced to two years in jail after he admitted to four counts of armed robbery.

The family of a 14-year-old girl, who was tricked into what she thought was a game of treasure hunt for an iPhone but instead ended up handing over her family’s jewellery to thieves, is grateful that she is alive and not hurt.

Brazilian tourists are showing increased interest in Guyana, partly as a result of the economic and political turmoil in Venezuela, and local tourism operators were able to showcase what the Rupununi has to offer and strengthen ties with their Brazilian counterparts during a conference last week.

Emergency work on the Matarkai road has stalled owing to the inclement weather, Chairperson of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Margret Lambert has said.

Five teams from various branches of the Guyana Police Force yesterday afternoon thrilled a large gathering at the Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Square, Eve Leary as they competed in the Force’s Annual Drill Competition.

Another policeman testified yesterday when the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Anand Narine and Darrol Compton, who are charged with the six-year-old murder of Babita Sarjou, continued.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) and with S&K Construction Services on Wednesday inked two contracts, valued in total at $21.5M, to improve river defences at Walton Hall and Lusignan.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli made history by scoring his maiden test double century as India played their way into a virtually unbeatable position on the second day of the first test against West Indies in Antigua today.

Three persons, including a father and his teenage son were discovered dead this morning in Mibicuri Creek, Black Bush Polder with gunshot wounds about their bodies.

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) today lambasted Town Clerk Royston King over Tuesday’s barricading of a number of city wharves.

MUNICH,  (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a busy mall in the German city of Munich on Friday evening, killing at least eight people and sending shoppers running for their lives from what police said was a terrorist attack.

President David Granger has said that he will be guided by the National Assembly and the public on the retention or abolition of the death penalty, while noting that government is willing to go to a referendum on the issue.

A 70-year-old Crane, West Coast Demerara man was chopped to death  around 10:30 am yesterday and a 16-year-old who has admitted to committing the horrendous act is in police custody.

The waiving of interest on outstanding loan payments for former students of the University of Guyana may be among the considerations being looked at by government in a bid to ensure repayment.

Following a meeting with Town Clerk Royston King, the Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) yesterday instructed its attorneys to withdraw a court action challenging the city’s move to charge fees for the parking and transport of containers on the streets of Georgetown.

Attorney General Basil Williams has been mandated to review a technical report on the Kato Secondary School project to ascertain if anyone should be held responsible for the many defects found.

Improvement works totalling $123.5m are to begin shortly for the Bureau of Statistics.

Ravinas International has secured a $36.8m contract for the procurement of uniform-related materials for schoolchildren in several regions.

An early morning fire yesterday gutted an apartment complex at Ogle, East Coast of Demerara, leaving seven persons in search of new homes.

Marlon Callender, the guard accused of the fatal shooting of a fisherman at the Pritipaul Singh wharf last year, was on Monday committed to stand trial in the High Court.