News

The government is investigating reports that residents of the Orealla and Siparuta settlements were arrested last week by Surinamese coastguards for fishing in the Corentyne River.

The three persons who were taken into police custody in relation to the shooting of University of Guyana (UG) law student Glenfield Dennison have been released on station bail.

The retrial of Shakir Mohamed, who is accused of murdering Shewraney Doobay, commenced yesterday before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court, in Georgetown.

In Monday’s edition of Stabroek News under the headline `Inside job suspected after robbers grab $1.7M from Lands and Surveys’ it was erroneously reported that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission was Doorga Persaud.

A five-year Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) has been signed under which AMJ Agro-Processors will use the processing facility of the National Agricultural Research & Extension Institute (NAREI) at Hope Estate.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after each being charged in a city court with having an unlicenced gun.

Well-known criminal defence lawyer Hukumchand has passed away after a brief period of hospitalisation.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Irfaan Ali has revealed that there were only six nominees for membership of the Public Procurement Commission prior to the recent month-long extension for submissions.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Richard Stanton, the man accused of the killing of businesswoman Patricia Sanasie, continued yesterday with Detective Samuel Headley completing his evidence-in-chief.

A Mahaica man was yesterday released on a total of $50,000 bail after he denied charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) says it has corrected a defect in its sawmill and will soon resume operations and re-engage the 45 workers it was forced to temporarily layoff.

Mon Repos resident Rohit Persaud yesterday found himself in court on a charge that he wounded another man, while his lawyer claimed that he was being wrongfully prosecuted.

The PPP on Monday blasted government for its use of its parliamentary majority to suppress an opposition motion seeking to have all Members of the National Assembly make public their tax returns to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) over the last 10 years.

One month after being the victim of a hit-and-run at Stevedore Housing Scheme, technician Michael Phillips says he has been receiving death threats and he is now under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

KUALA LUMPUR, (Reuters) – Malaysia’s attorney-general cleared Prime Minister Najib Razak of any criminal offences or corruption on Tuesday, closing investigations into a murky multi-million-dollar funding scandal that his opponents had hoped would bring him down.

A freelance reporter and his girlfriend appeared before a city court yesterday where he was charged with assaulting her while she was charged with stealing from him.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – As Rio de Janeiro prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors for upcoming Carnival festivities and the Olympic Games in August, the city is scrambling to expel one unwelcome new arrival: the Zika virus.

(Trinidad Guardian) The UK Privy Council has ruled the repeal of the controversial Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act was lawful.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The founder of the Bikram yoga practice was ordered to pay $924,500 on Monday to a former legal adviser who said she was fired for investigating sexual misconduct charges against her employer, media reported.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Nicolas Maduro is unlikely to complete his six-year term, and could even be replaced this year, as Venezuela’s economic crisis worsens, the head of the new opposition-led congress said yesterday.