Guyana News

Vocal residents of Adventure, Corentyne were able to prevent a contractor from removing truckloads of soil from the earthen embankment along the outfall channel on Tuesday.

While Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba is still to be charged over a polling day incident during which a presiding officer was injured, elections watchdog the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) is calling for rules for parties’ operatives to be clearly outlined and enforced.

What is believed to be a foetus was found dumped in the vicinity of the Berbice Car Park, at Hinck Street, Georgetown early last evening.

A Rupununi man who  admitted assaulting his wife  was ordered by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to pay a fine of  $15,000 or serve two weeks in prison and she also put him on a bond to keep the peace for one year.

A Guyanese woman managed to smuggle over six pounds of cocaine through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timheri but was later nabbed at the JFK Airport, in New York.

Secretary General of the Caribbean Forum (Cariforum) of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of nations, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque yesterday said that three financing agreements signed with the European Union (EU) at a value of €83.1M must trickle down and meet the needs of ordinary people.

A man was on Tuesday night shot by police during a confrontation at Beaver Street, North Ruimveldt and has since been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Whim Magistrate’s Court to answer to charges of felonious wounding and the discharge of a loaded firearm with intent.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison after allegedly chopping off the right thumb of his wife who is a Special Constable attached to the Guyana Police Force.

The legality of the appointment of acting Police Com-missioner Leroy Brumell is in doubt as there was no required consultation on it between President Donald Ramotar and Opposition Leader David Granger, but Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that anyone with objections can move to the courts.

Attorneys for Opposition Leader David Granger have opted not to file an affidavit in answer to the Constitutional Motion that seeks to contest the composition of key parliamentary committees and are preparing to argue that there was no constitutional breach.

Region One Chairman Paul Pierre installed an Interim Management Committee (IMC) comprising 13 members on Sunday, following the dissolution of the Port Kaituma, Arakaka, and Matthews Ridge (Matarkai) Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).

Relatives of Bibi Shameen Khairoodin, 45, who was found dead in her home at Canefield, East Canje on March 20 were relieved yesterday that her alleged attacker, Ramdhanie ‘Prak’ Persaud – her husband – 

Two detectives yesterday testified at the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against Bibi Sharima Gopaul and Jarvis Small for the murder of 16-year-old Neesa Gopaul.

Residents of Kumaka in the Mabaruma Sub-Region are expected to picket the offices of the regional administration over concerns about revetment works and other projects in Region One.

President Donald Ramotar is optimistic that the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) would eventually agree to finance the Amaila Hydro Project, since in the long run the project would have national benefits and make a positive impact in regional efforts to combat climate change.

The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will examine recommendations to lessen the effects of the rising cost of fuel and commodities on the region’s economies at its 34th meeting, which starts today.

The roof of the George Walcott Lecture Theatre (GWLT) has been the only issue from a list of concerns about conditions at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus to be addressed, a month after the end of protest action by workers, staff and the student body.

A 44-year-old man was sentenced to three months in prison for assaulting his mother when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A woman who appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton on a charge of larceny was placed on $30,000 bail yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.