Guyana News

The Corentyne man who was charged while a juvenile in 2020 with the murders of Canadian hotelier Vivekanand Brijbassi and his watchman Harry Persaud and opted to plead guilty to the lesser counts of manslaughter when he appeared at the High Court in Berbice last month was yesterday sentenced to four years in prison.

Labourer Dane Thomas, who had been indicted with raping a nine-year-old boy between 2018 and 2020, has been acquitted of the charges.

By Subhana Shiwmangal Photos by Dave Gobin (Intern with the Guyana Media and Communication Academy) Disgruntled residents of Hill Foot, Soesdyke Highway, whose homes were demolished following a court order, yesterday morning for a second time protested their removal and appealed for help form the government.

Chanderpaul Persaud, Harilall Ramdan and Jagishwar Ghani are all now awaiting sentencing after a jury earlier this week convicted them of the 2017 stabbing death of Uitspa labourer Dhanpaul Dookie.

The Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) has apologised  for the frustration suffered by one of its students who complained that the final exam for one of its courses was never administered.

APNU yesterday called for an investigation to be carried out into the Mahdia dormitory fire – an appeal made on the suspicion of the possible non-compliance with the critical fire safety guidelines laid out by the Guyana Standard Code of Practice for Buildings and the Ministry of Education’s Safe Schools Protocol.

The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) efforts to combat sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) on Wednesday received a boost from Canada through the donation of computers and printers for SGBV units in Regions One and Four.

The Public Procurement Commission (PPC) held a one-day training seminar for suppliers and contractors at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Wednesday.

Dexter Conway, a forty-five-year-old vendor of Lot 207 Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown, appeared virtually at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday before Magistrate Annette Singh to answer to the charge of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Ken Gomes, 26, of Lot 12 Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, appeared virtually on May 31 at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Annette Singh to answer to the charge of unlawful wounding.

The 49-year-old suspect who fatally stabbed 23-year-old Shivram Mohabir on Monday evening, is to be charged today.

The police this afternoon said that four male students have confessed to torching the St.

Royden Williams and his accomplice were fatally shot during a confrontation with members of the Joint Services at 33 Miles Bartica Potaro, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said this afternoon. 

Fire Service officials, accompanied by the police, the Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, the Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, and other officials, are headed to Karasabai Village in Region 9 to carry out investigations and engage residents following a fire that destroyed the Girls’ Hostel early this morning.

The report flagging the use of grills over the windows of the Mahdia Secondary School dormitory, which was sent to the regional education officer, was never discussed at the level of the Regional Democratic Council, (RDC), Regional Chairman Headley Pio yesterday said.

Law enforcement officers have launched investigations into the discovery of the partially decomposed bodies of a mother and her 13-year-old daughter.

A ruling is expected next week on whether there is merit in the appeal filed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the High Court order that it enforce the liability clause in permits for ExxonMobil’s offshore oil operations here.

Newly elected president of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association (BCCDA), Samantha Reid, says that the story of her rising above adversity should be one demonstrative to youths that one mistake does not determine their destinies, as she was convicted of drug trafficking in the United States in 2006 and sentenced to 60 months imprisonment.

Residents of Hill Foot, Soesdyke, last night created a barricade across the Linden/Soesdyke Highway and set fire to the road in protest at a court decision.

The way is now clear for Local Government Elections (LGE) to be held on June 12th, after   Chief Justice Roxane George SC yesterday threw out another action which sought to challenge the holding of those polls.