Guyana News

Two boys aged 12 and 13 drowned after they ventured into the Demerara River for a swim on Wednesday.

An elderly East Street, South Cummings-burg resident is waiting on the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) to bring him relief from overflowing sewage at his home, but promises by the utility company have not been honoured.

Anthropologist and consultant Hubert Wong is backing the Alliance For Change (AFC) at the upcoming polls, saying that it offers the opportunity to dismantle “the antiquated political status quo of the PPP/PNC,” which he believes has brought the country to the brink of becoming a failed state.

The final witness who was expected to testify in the Cyon Collier murder trial failed to appear yesterday and Defence Counsel Lyndon Amsterdam made a no-case submission, but this was overruled by Justice Winston Patterson.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has issued an order in favour of CN Sharma, asking the Advisory Committee on Broadcasting (ACB) to show cause why its ruling and recommendation to suspend CNS Channel Six’s broadcast licence should not be quashed.

The relatives of 15-year-old Rashana Alexander, who was reported missing before a $50,000 ransom demand was made for her safe return, believe she might have ventured into the interior to be with a man described as her “friend.”

By Tantaliser “Preach it Moses!” The calls came out of the ranks of those assembled as the man deemed the “rod” who will “part the PPP in half” exhorted change from atop the AFC’s platform.

Canadian citizen Errol George Laird who was accused of having 1.548kg of cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, changed his plea to guilty yesterday after he reappeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A 21-year-old employee of National Hardware (Guyana) Ltd appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Tuesday to answer a  charge of simple larceny after he was accused of stealing a door lock from his employer.

Twenty–five-year-old Hubert Hunte, the motorcyclist who collided with a minibus close to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DHB) on Wednesday evening, succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A conductress, who is accused of assaulting the driver of a minibus she was travelling in, pleaded not guilty to the charge when she yesterday appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The residents of Stevedore Housing Scheme are once again enjoying fresh air, after Cevon’s Waste Management fixed a broken compactor, which was parked in the storage facility nearby, loaded with stale garbage since Sunday.

Dear Editor, The ruling party started bottom-house meetings long before the other parties vying to rule Guyana could start their own meetings.

Alvin Leitch was yesterday placed on $50,000 bail after he pleaded not guilty to a charge that he unlawfully assaulted his common-law wife and threatened to kill her.

An accountant with the local European Union office is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was struck down by two motorcyclists racing along the Rupert Craig Highway.

The Ministry of Culture presented food stuff and other items valued over $80,000 to Uncle Eddie’s geriatric home on Monday and pledged its continued support to the institution.

The Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) said the post office at Mabaruma is now one of the most outstanding buildings in the community

The Mediation Institute of Guyana is hosting its first conference today.

A Surinamese man who entered Guyana illegally by sea was yesterday fined $30,000 after he appeared before acting

Police today said that the body of Devindra Mohabir,13 years of Grove Housing Scheme, EBD, was at about 1230h.