Guyana News

The husband of Melanie Narine who was found dead in her Paradise, Essequibo Coast home on Saturday had threatened to kill her three weeks ago.

No decision has been made by the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) to rename any streets in Georgetown, Town Clerk Royston King and several members of the M&CC said yesterday.

Despite reports that an extension has been granted to the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI), the parties involved are yet to be officially notified of this.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee has denied claims by Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix that the General Registrar’s Office (GRO) is highly corrupt, questioning the process followed in partnering with the Triumph International Group (TIG) to review registration of births and deaths.

A Philippi villager was yesterday charged with attempting to murder another man over a memory card.

Infrastructural works have begun on a plot of land where 19 residents of Timehri north will be relocated come next year.

A Corentyne family is seeking answers following the death of a loved one in the interior of Guyana.

Bandits invaded a Mon Repos supermarket and beat its proprietor before escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash on Sunday afternoon.

Several exhibitors say the just-concluded Business Exposition 2015 lacked the necessary components for the networking and marketing needed by small businesses, including the expected attendance.

Three persons have been arrested after police yesterday unearthed a revolver and a quantity of matching rounds at a house at Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara.

The Bartica, Leguan, and Parika Stelling have all been slated for repairs worth a total of $76 million which should all commence next year.

Two men were yesterday jointly charged with robbery under arms when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

This year’s World AIDS Day theme, ‘Ending the AIDS epidemic as part of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) aligns with the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS’s (PANCAP) new vision of an AIDS-free Caribbean.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before a city court for a charge of cannabis possession.

For Georgetown councillors the call by political activist Mark Benschop to have all municipal councils dissolved now that a date has been set for local government elections “is a non-issue.”

A West Coast Demerara taxi driver has been placed on $65,000 bail after he was accused of stealing a brush cutter and a quantity of work tools.

Anthony Morrison, who is on trial for the murder of his common-law wife Donna Thomas, yesterday professed his innocence when given a chance to lead his defence.

The trial of Balram Singh, who is accused of murdering taxi driver Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, will begin this morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The family of 57-year-old Colin Clarke is hoping that anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts will contact the nearest police station or family members.

More than half of the potable water produced by plants in Linden is lost through leaks or breakages in the distribution system and Chief Executive Officer of   the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Dr Richard Van West-Charles has called for consumers to be vigilant and report leaks immediately.