Guyana News

Human rights activist Sherlina Nageer says reports that Zenita Nicholson was turned away from the Providence Police Station, where she had gone to make a report of domestic violence, is evidence that many of those in uniform still lack concern for victims and their rights.

Attorney Abraham Dabdoub yesterday commenced his preliminary arguments justifying PPP/C MP Ganga Persaud’s elections petition.

The Department of Labour has been investigating the recent accident at the work site at Camp and Robb streets and management has been alerted about violations that were uncovered.

Two men have sought the intervention of the Ministry of Social Protection to get wages they say are being withheld from them by their former employer.

A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of taxi driver, Sherland Dalloo, 33, of 55 Parika, East Bank Essequibo proved that he died as a result of a fractured skull.

At the Leonora Court yesterday, Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool fined an East Bank Demerara businessman $50,000 after he was found guilty of possession of illegal fuel.

A fisherman was remanded to prison when he appear-ed before Magistrate Rochelle Liverpool at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court to answer a charge of break and enter and larceny.

Morris Kowlessar, called “Little,” yesterday walked out the High Court a free man, after a 12-member jury found him not guilty of murdering Ganesh Rattan, also known as “Jukka.”

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee has blasted the government for not taking ownership of the recent crime wave and its silence on the five-point security strategy devised in July.

Endowed with creativity, Ruth Shuman, an Arawak woman of St Cuthbert’s Mission can skillfully design and create a glamorous Indigenous outfit with matching footwear, shoulder bags, along with other accessories, while her gifted hands could also skillfully craft unique ornaments, all from palm branches.

A convicted car burglar was yesterday back before a city court charged with breaking into yet another car.

President David Granger lauded the top academic performers as “exemplars of excellence” of the high standards to which the country aspires, at the recently held Annual National Award Ceremony, at the National Cultural Centre (NCC).

A South Rupununi farmer was yesterday remanded to jail after being charged with unlawful possession of ammunition.

The Mayor and City Council of Georgetown has further extended the amnesty on the interest on rates to November 30, 2015.

As part of its ongoing life-jacket distribution campaign, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) of the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, recently donated 96 children’s life jackets to the Malali Primary School in Region Ten.

The Radio’s Needy Children’s Fund (RNCF) recently awarded scholarships to ten children – one from each administrative region of Guyana – selected in collaboration with the Ministry of Education.

Guyanese rice farmers could be soon benefitting from the new, Mexico market, as the country has signalled its intention to fast track a paddy deal with Guyana, even as Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo continues to seek buyers for local farmers’ rice, GINA said today.

Two bodies were this afternoon found lodged between the rocks on the seawalls behind the Pegasus Hotel.

The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is currently investigating reports of ‘fake’ seed paddy being shared to farmers within the rice growing regions.

Former President Donald Ramotar says he is sorry for his decision to pardon child killer Ravindra Deo and although he knows it might not be enough to extinguish the hurt the child’s parents feel, he regrets not consulting with them before his decision.