Guyana News

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded a mechanic when he appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of attempted murder allegedly committed at the East La Penitence Night Shelter.

A 16-year-old girl who was in a car with two men who are suspects in a number of gunpoint robberies in Linden was released on Monday night after seventy-two hours in police custody.

Director of Prisons Dale Erskine yesterday denied reports that the man who allegedly hacked his three children to death was assaulted a second time on Saturday.

The Guyana Elections Com-mission yesterday served notice that October 27 is Nomination Day where lists of candidates for the general and regional elections have to be submitted to the Chief Election Officer.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Presidential Candidate David Granger announced a “one laptop computer per teacher” project to be pursued under a prospective APNU administration, during a four-day visit to the North Rupununi from October  14-17.

A La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara man was stabbed in his chest on Sunday, and his assailant is now on the run.

Hansranie Sewdat, the Corentyne housewife who was found dead in her home last Friday died as a result of shock and haemorrhage due to an incised wound to the throat, a post-mortem examination yesterday revealed.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine– Beharry granted a taxi driver accused of robbing a man of gold jewellery $50,000 bail when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry granted a 23-year-old student who allegedly beat a man with a piece of wood, $25,000 bail when he appeared before her in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A miner who allegedly snatched in excess of $1M at Bourda Market during a hold up was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Mayor and City Council is urging ratepayers to settle their accounts as it is currently undertaking major drainage works estimated at over $75M.

Over 40,000 persons were tested for HIV when the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS) hosted National Week of Testing, according to Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy. 

The Private Sector Commission (PSC) recently met with a representative of the newly-formed African Business Council to discuss ways in which the two groups could collaborate.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday remanded a miner who was charged with the possession of cannabis in the North West District for the purpose of trafficking.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud granted $100,000 bail each to two men accused of assaulting three policemen at a nightclub.

A clothes vendor who pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing a gold band from another man was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo sentenced a security guard attached to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) to two years jail after he pleaded guilty to a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Magistrate Krishendat Persaud sentenced a man to seven days imprisonment after he confessed to breaking two louvre panes on his mother-in-law’s house over a misunderstanding.

The Georgetown City Council yesterday expressed profound sadness at the news of the passing of one of its

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday sentenced a 42-year-old man who admitted committing two robberies while being armed with a knife to three years imprisonment on each count after he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.