Guyana News

Guyanese Marvin Harmon was remanded into custody on Wednesday in Barbados after he was charged with the murder of his wife Roseanna Yearwood on Monday.

A minibus driver who allegedly hit down a schoolboy who was crossing Croal Street on Wednesday was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.

A man accused of raping a woman was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The pathologist who performed the post-mortem on the body of Swiss House Cambio boss Farouk Razac on Thursday testified about his findings at the preliminary inquiry (PI).

A 35-year-old fisherman was refused bail when he appeared before Magistrate Geeta Chandan at the Blairmont Court charged with break and enter and larceny.

A man who allegedly had three firearms and ganja in his possession at Mocha, East Bank Demerara was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

Three men, two of whom were armed, on Thursday morning staged a daring robbery on Nedd’s Uplift Bakery at the corner of Garnett and Middleton streets but it all went wrong.

After visiting the ports for the Corentyne` backtrack’ (illegal migration) crossing to Suriname in vain for almost two weeks, passengers were finally able to get back to their destinations as the service resumed at around 2 pm yesterday.

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called on Canada to halt the exportation of criminals to Georgetown.

With a visible scar on his chest, tears in his eyes and a mouthful of praise for the medical team that operated on him, Guyana’s first open-heart surgery patient Manmohan Singh left the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday as quietly as he went in.

Dr. James Rose was re-appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana when the re-constituted council met on Wednesday to discuss the renewal of his contract but the constituting of the council is being challenged.

‘We cannot effectively disconnect because everyone is feeding on each other.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that the main focus at its Triennial Delegates Conference this year will be consideration of strong protest action since in its view the government has reneged on a number of agreements made.

A Guyanese woman was found strangled to death in her home in Trinidad on Wednesday night and the personal driver to a politician is the man police suspect killed her, a report in the Trinidad Guardian said yesterday.

Jamaica needs more of Guyana’s rice and Minister within the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Investment of Jamaica, Michael Stern is currently on a familiarisation visit to assess Guyana’s capability to supply rice to the Jamaica market.

Scotia Bank Managing Director Amanda St. Aubyn is advocating investment in women and the creation of equal business opportunities.

In a daring daylight robbery at around 3.15 pm yesterday, three men attacked and robbed the driver of a tanker truck of $1.8M in front of the Ocean View Convention Centre at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara.

The People’s National Congress Reform has expressed concern over the poor services available at the Linden Hospital Complex, following the recent accident in the mining town which claimed the lives of ten persons.

The ongoing feud involving Parika market roadside vendors and government over the location of stalls boiled down on Thursday when Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall met with vendors.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says it has organised motorcades to traverse the entire coastal belt in honour of this year’s Deepavali celebrations.