Guyana News

The murder of Guyana Defence Force Lance Corporal Kevon Payne on Tuesday evening may have been a case of mistaken identity and his relatives are baffled about his death since as far as they are aware he had no problems with anyone.

-still faces trial on drug charge Money smuggler pilot Khamraj Lall has been sentenced to one year in jail and has been ordered to forfeit his private jet and over half a million US dollars involved in the offence to the US government.

Former police sergeant Shawn Sandy, who it was alleged accidentally shot dredge owner Feroze Khan last Thursday whilst examining a weapon, was yesterday charged with manslaughter.

The police have launched a murder investigation into the death of Triumph resident Somaria Sookdeo following a post-mortem examination (PME) conducted yesterday which revealed that she died as a result of blunt trauma to the head and strangulation.

The proposal for a hangar for money smuggler pilot and accused drug trafficker Khamraj Lall at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri was never brought to the attention of the CJIA board but was taken directly to Cabinet by the then Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn.

Investigators are currently on the hunt for two close associates of Steve Mohamed, whose body was found in Le Repentir cemetery last Thursday.

Courts with temporary magistrates  operating from 4 pm are set to tackle the case backlog that has resulted in prison overcrowding and the initiative may cost around $25m.

While the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) missed several of its key targets in 2014, it was able to record other accomplishments in relation to the number of blackouts and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will be reviewing the company’s performance and deciding whether its explanations are satisfactory.

The High Court trial of Shameer Mohamed came to an end yesterday afternoon after a jury found him not guilty of manslaughter in relation to the burning death of  Munrajie Amza called Sandra.

Fogging for mosquitoes in Region Six has been intensified after residents of New Amsterdam and surrounding communities were affected by swarms of the insect during daylight hours.

At about 1955h on Tuesday, ranks of a mobile police patrol at East Canefield, Canje, Berbice, approached Malcolm Henry, 32 years, of Rosignol, WBB, who is known to the police.

Vijay Kumar Ramu was elected Mayor of Rose Hall Town yesterday when the new council held its first meeting at the Town Hall.

A Region One woman was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with attempting to murder her common-law husband.

Guyana and the European Union (EU) held a fourth negotiating session on the EU’s Forest Law and Enforcement Governance and Trade Action Plan Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) earlier this month.

A clothes vendor was remanded to prison after he was accused of using a cutlass to rob Colrin Mercurius of two gold chains.

A Kitty clothes vendor was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before a city court on a drug trafficking charge.

The Guyana Prisons Service will soon have a Special Response Team to deal with disturbances like the one that led to 17 deaths at the Camp Street penitentiary on March 3rd.

Kevon Payne, a 22-year-old member of the Guyana Coast Guard was last night gunned down not far from his Sussex Street home.

Following a meeting yesterday between President David Granger and Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Khemraj Ramjattan, proposals were crafted to deal with a complaint by the AFC that it has been “shortchanged” in allocation of seats won by the governing APNU+AFC coalition at the recent local government polls.

Police Constables Devin Singh and Roselle Tilbury-Douglas, who were accused of the brutal assault on detainee Colwyn Harding, who alleged that he was sodomised with a baton during his arrest in 2013, were yesterday cleared of all charges.