Guyana News

The body of a handyman was picked up late on Sunday night along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road and it is believed that he was beaten to death.

A North Ruimveldt minibus driver was yesterday found guilty of causing the death of septuagenarian William Trim, who died following a vehicular collision along Aubrey Barker Road.

A police officer was yesterday brought before a city court and charged with robbing a man of cash and other items.

A decision on whether the Hadfield Street Drop-In Centre, which was destroyed by fire almost two weeks ago, will be rebuilt for use again will be made on completion of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) currently under way.

A taxi driver got sentenced yesterday to five years in jail and fined over $38 million after he was found guilty of trafficking cannabis amounting to 76.6 kilos (equivalent to 168.87 pounds).

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Anand Narine and Darrol Compton, the two men accused of killing Babita Sarjou six years ago, began yesterday with the testimony of a policeman.

Six Colombian nationals, said to be among those taken into custody after last week’s raid on the Rio Inn nightclub, were yesterday charged with fraud and with overstaying their time in Guyana.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is currently engaging its lawyers to find the best possible solution to moving forward with the implementation of container fees, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said yesterday.

A father of three was yesterday charged with fraudulently converting $1.5 million in raw gold.

The prosecution was yesterday forced to close its case in the trial of Keith Ferrier, one of the accused in the 2009 arson of the Ministry of Health building at Brickdam, due to the non-appearance of some 19 witnesses.

Thirty-seven-year-old Hansel Andre Lewis, who slashed the throat of Chris Burrowes during the early hours of New Year’s Day 2013, was on Friday sentenced to 13 years in prison by Justice Brassington Reynolds at the Berbice Assizes on the indictment of attempted murder.

Omar Bacchus, who had been on remand for eight years, was last week sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by Justice Brassington Reynolds over the beating to death of Chandradat Hemraj at Bloomfield Village, Berbice in 2008.

Justice Brassington Reynolds last week imposed an 11-year sentence on Kevin Joshua who threw a corrosive liquid on Harlan Rose causing permanent disfigurement to the back of his head and along his left side.

A man was last week sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in absentia on a charge of larceny from the person.

Three Dominican Republic nationals were last week each ordered to pay a fine of $50,000 and face immediate deportation out of Guyana for overstaying their permitted time in the country.

The Chairman and members of the newly elected Rice Assessment Committee Board over the last week resolved land issues at scheduled hearings at the Mahaicony and Leguan Magistrate’s courts respectively.

A city magistrate last week sentenced a 42-year-old man to 12 months in prison after he admitted to a breaking and entering charge.

With the deadline approaching for the vendors plying their trade at Lombard and Hadfield streets, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is still working to find a permanent location for them.

Two Corentyne fishermen were yesterday placed on $50,000 bail each, when they appeared at the Springlands Magistrate Court to answer to a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

The revamping of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is a matter for the Board of Directors of the authority and is meant to make the agency’s services more effective, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan said.