Two men were each placed on $4.4 million bail on charges of knowingly being concerned in dealing with goods with intent to defraud the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) by Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Under cloudy skies, grieving relatives, friends and residents gathered yesterday to bid goodbye to Tuschen resident and slain sailor, Errol Thomas, the first of the 12 victims of the February 17 Bartica slaughter to be laid to rest.
As Bartica staggers under the trauma of the murder of a dozen persons, residents are beginning to accept that the attackers had gathered expert intelligence on them and used skilled river pilots – possibly from the township itself.
PNCR Leader Robert Corbin did not sign the communiqu
Cariforum governments are expected to sign onto the Economic Partnership Agree-ment (EPA) with the Euro-pean Union (EU) by the second week in April and the lead Caribbean negotiator has mounted a stirring defence of its attributes and necessity.
Delta Airlines is currently in Guyana assessing the market with a view of commencing operations here in July, Minister of Public Works & Communications, Robeson Benn said yesterday while noting that high fuel costs may also cause Travel Span to suspend service.
In the wake of two horrific massacres, the US$22M Citizen’s Security Programme (CSP) aimed at tackling crime on a variety of fronts was launched yesterday with a call from an IDB official for strong leadership in the Home Affairs Ministry to ensure there is no donor duplication in the sector.
The pontoon, MB Sandaka’s propeller was snagged by weeds around 8:15 am yesterday and slammed into a section of the Berbice River Bridge that is under construction, causing a piece of iron to bend.
Five persons have been taken into custody in Berbice after the Joint Services intercepted a boat that was transporting 4,240 grammes of cannabis in the Canje Creek around 2:30 pm on Tuesday.
Water in the East Coast community of Montrose and surrounding areas rose yesterday after heavy rainfall during the past several days, flooding homes and causing some loss in cash crops.
The University of Guyana is beefing up security and reinforcing the ban on the consumption of alcohol and the playing of loud music on the tarmac and its environs following the death of student, Dennis Edghill.
The WPO says the attacks at Lusignan and Bartica were intended to terrorize and create mayhem and it urged citizens not to cower to the criminals.
OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin says that the attacks last Sunday night which left 12 persons dead in the mining town of Bartica are “barbarous acts which violate the dignity of life and common decency, and undermine confidence in the rule of law.”
A leaky roof at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court in Black Bush Polder provoked Magistrate Krishndat Persaud to say that he would not be holding court in that building again until the problem is fixed.
The Region Three administration “joins with all peace-loving citizens in condemning the brutal assassinations” in Bartica on Sunday.
Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Providence Magistrate’s Court on Monday adjourned the Buddy’s fuel trial pending the defence’s response to the prosecution’s statement made at the previous court appearance.
A woman who was charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking walked out of court a free woman after Magistrate Tejnarine Ramroop upheld no-case submissions by the defence.
A 49-year-old man was placed on $3M bail last Friday on two charges of unlawfully and maliciously discharging a loaded firearm, when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
A mother of seven who was previously remanded to prison after allegedly throwing boiling water on her husband was placed on $50,000 bail when she appeared for the second time before Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday in the Providence Magistrate’s Court.
A 25-year-old man who allegedly committed murder was yesterday remanded to prison when he was taken before the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.
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