Guyana News

Residents of Mahaicony Creek are relieved that floodwater has started to recede but they are concerned that they are still not able to commence farming and that they are “not getting help from anywhere.”

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will tomorrow begin in a nine-day joint training exercise here, dubbed Fused Response 2012, with the United States military.

Residents of Goed Fortuin, on the West Bank of Demerara, are alleging that old ‘old sewerage pipes’ are being used by a contractor to construct a well in the community.

Two gun-toting men last evening robbed the Popeye’s fast food outlet of the day’s takings, prompting a call by staff for armed security at the outlet.

An Albouystown  man facing two charges of robbery under arms appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Allan Wilson  and his attorney made out a case that he was instead a victim since he was hospitalized at the time.

Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) Jose Miguel Insulza yesterday paid a courtesy call on President Donald Ramotar.

Four bids have been submitted for the supply of new computers for the upgrade of the High Court Registry’s data collection, storage and retrieval as part of the Modernization of the Justice Administration System (MJAS) project.

Magistrate Allan Wilson yesterday discharged the case against two Sophia sisters accused of threatening and assaulting their father, Brian Singh after he reprimanded the 14-year-old for coming home in the wee hours of the morning.

Guyana achieved a trade surplus in 2010 with the US, exporting US$298.6 million of goods while importing US$290.4M, U.S.

At the Springlands Court yesterday, Magistrate Krishndat Persaud sentenced a fisherman, Bowan ‘Rocky’ Lakeram, 35, to four years imprisonment and fined him $100,000 on charges of possession of arms and ammunition.

The teenager implicated in the murder of 17-year-old Anfernee Bowman remains on the run.

A woman yesterday praised her spouse who was appearing before Magistrate Allan Wilson in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court accused of assaulting her during a misunderstanding over  money and admitted that she pulled his hair too.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) held a two-day strategy session at the Ocean View International  Hotel, Liliendaal, over the weekend, focusing on  determining its strategy and activities for the next two years in anticipation of snap elections or local government elections.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Alana Peters, 16 years of Kumu Village, Rupununi,

A Corriverton labourer, who pleaded guilty to charges of break and enter and larceny was yesterday sentenced to two years imprisonment when he appeared at the Springlands court.

Magistrate Allan Wilson granted three young men $15,000 bail each after they pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery when they yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Women leaders of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) pledged to develop and implement programmes that are relevant and useful for communities, when it held a Women’s Forum on Saturday.

Two men, accused of stealing a gold band from a woman, were yesterday placed on $50,000 bail each by Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A 16-year-old boy of Orealla, Corentyne River was sentenced to one year at the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) after he pleaded guilty to being in possession of a utensil used for smoking cocaine.

A North Sophia father of twenty-one who allegedly used abusive language was  yesterday placed on $15,000 bail by Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.