Guyana News

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted a 50-year-old maid $100,000 bail when she appeared in court charged with stealing her employer’s $1.5M diamond bracelet.

Hubert Pilgrim, who allegedly fatally stabbed nursery school teacher Natalie Loncke in the head at her Norton Street home last February, was committed yesterday to stand trial in the High Court.

The Government of Guyana is making available Gardasil in the fight against cervical cancer and will on Wednesday introduce the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine to be administered to girls from age 11 years.

Journalist Rawle Toney, who allegedly abused the mother of his child and assaulted her mother was yesterday placed on self bail on both charges after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday further remanded three of six men accused of armed robbery committed at the Hollywood Bollywood Night Club.

The police yesterday announced more changes in its command structure. A release said that the following postings at command level have been made within the Guyana Police Force with effect

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment says the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is not aware of a company called North Springs Resources Corporation (NSRC) doing business in Guyana with respect to mining or mineral properties.

A man, who had been charged with killing Sheranie Doobay, wife of Head of Internal Medicine at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), Dr Ramsundar Doobay, at their Echilibar Villas home, died in hospital.

The police say that at about 1430h on Wednesday, pedal cyclist Morris Albert De Caires, 72 years, of Waterloo Street, Georgetown, was struck down by motor lorry GKK7893 at Norton Street,

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted a 29-year-old miner $200,000 bail when he appeared in court charged with stabbing a man to his abdomen after he had refused to buy him an alcoholic beverage.

The Society against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) yesterday be-moaned the nearly two-year delay in holding national consultations on repealing anti-gay laws contrary to a commitment given to a United Nation Human Rights body.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has demanded decisive action from the Ministry of Home Affairs to protect vulnerable women and girl children from sexual violence and murder and is calling for there to be a study done to determine the cause of such criminal conduct.

At the Fort Wellington Court yesterday, Magistrate Roby Benn placed the driver of the car that was involved in the Bush Lot, West Berbice hit-and-run accident, on bail amounting to over $2M.

A 25-year-old man is in the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing injuries he sustained from being severely beaten by men he had approached to sell scrap metal.

The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) yesterday began a two-day training programme to introduce a cross-section of individuals from the private sector, academics from the University, and technical staff from a variety of science-related agencies to a suite of state-of-the-art analytical equipment the institute recently acquired.

The appointment of Guyanese attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, as special constable working along with the team of investigators in the Antigua IHI fraud investigation has been met with dissent in some quarters.

Berbician, Gail Ann Singh walked away with the first prize in the Bollywood segment of the GT&T Jingle & Song Competition at the grand finale held at the Albion Community Centre ground last night.

The Guyana national cricket team for the regional T/20 tournament slated for Antigua on January 9, has been reinstated by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the Government Information Agency said tonight.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Retirees looking to stretch  their pensions might consider spending their golden years in  Ecuador, Panama or Mexico, where cost of living is low and the  weather is warm, according to a new index.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who claimed that she was abused by immigration officials at an airport in Barbados has filed a law suit against the Barbadian Government.