Guyana News

The two accused in the 2004 hacking to death of Non Pariel, East Coast Demerara businessman Davechand Appanna were on Tuesday found not guilty of murder after Justice Winston Patterson ruled that oral and written caution statements were not freely and voluntarily given.

Murder accused Rawlston Cummings on Tuesday last pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter of Lloyd Kandasammy before Justice Roxane George and is scheduled to return on September 22 to be sentenced.

The Guyana Police Force will be forming a female riot unit for this year’s general elections, Police Commissioner Henry Greene says.

Regional airline REDjet is expected to expand its fleet by this year end and it yesterday sought to explain several hiccups with its service in which hundreds of passengers were affected.

Following protests staged by parents of students, the Golden Grove Secondary School will be closed today and tomorrow, to facilitate infrastructural repairs in an effort to make it functional.

Minister of Local Govern-ment and Regional Develop-ment Norman Whittaker has handed over a garbage truck to New Amsterdam, which is currently celebrating its 120th anniversary.

GECOM is in the process of finalising and printing the Revised List of Electors (RLE) resulting from the recently concluded Claims and Objections exercise, for public scrutiny.

Residents of Accabre Drive, Kara Kara, Linden are calling for the rehabilitation of their road which they say has been neglected for more than 15 years despite regular promises.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai, Chairperson of the National Toshaos Council Yvonne Pearson and a team noted that Isseneru, Upper Mazaruni River, has developed greatly, following a recent visit to the community.

Two men who were charged for robbery under arms  and  possession of firearm and ammunition without licence were remanded to prison after they appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Alliance For Change says the inefficiency of the Dawa pump near the Pomeroon River is a cause for serious concern among other problems besetting the rice industry on the Essequibo Coast.

A 48-year-old housewife who was charged for inflicting bodily harm on a man was yesterday remanded to prison after she appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) has announced the grand prize winner in its Pepsi ‘Refresh Your Music’ summer promotion.

The Government of Guyana will issue to Mexican nationals five-year multiple entry visas and two-year  visas for the purposes of vacation, business and being in-transit respectively, providing they meet necessary immigration requirements.

The fate of the presidential guards who were involved in an incident at Guyana Sandport Inc in July still lies in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon in 2005 had reportedly told US Embassy officials that he preferred “sanctions other than prosecution” against drug lords.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Japanese Ambassador Tatsuaki Iwata on Tuesday inked a US$3.8M Grant Agreement for the second component of rehabilitation works on the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).

One of two men who were seen stealing horses at Seafield Village, West Coast Berbice yesterday has been apprehended.

Murdered University of Guyana student Anthony Ting-A-Kee will be buried today, and there is no one currently in custody, as investigations continue.

A Helena No.2 Mahaica family was on Tuesday night terrorized by armed bandits, who entered their home and held them at gunpoint.