Guyana News

Three men hailing from West Coast Berbice, including an older man, his son and his nephew, were yesterday found not guilty of the offences of attempted murder and wounding with intent, following a jury trial.

A friend of Paulette Wade’s husband has been taken into custody for questioning as police continue their murder investigation.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party intends to refile private criminal charges for corruption against the government in the construction of D’Urban Park facilities using as evidence the Auditor General’s 2017 report, says Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo.

An autopsy performed on police constable 23388 Oswin Argyle, who reportedly ended his life on Monday, showed that he died from poisoning.

A year after a fleet of vehicles was presented to the Guyana Police Force by the People’s Republic of China, the force carried out an inspection to assess the conditions in which they are being kept.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) will soon commence construction of five drainage and irrigation pump stations.

Guyana is expected to sign air service agreements with Ghana, Tanzania and Nigeria, potentially bridging the gap between the Diaspora, and by extension, Europe and North America.

A man who was accused of robbing another of close to $200,000 worth of car parts and reselling them online, yesterday claimed that the articles were sold to him.

As the government continues skills training via the Hinterland Employment and Youth Service (HEYS) programme, residents of the Red Creek community in Region Eight received equipment to begin sewing and carpentry workshops.

Continuing her arguments yesterday, Solicitor General Kim Kyte-Thomas held strongly to the position that no basis had been laid by either Dr Ashni Singh or Winston Brassington to warrant withdrawal of the misconduct charges levelled against them over the sale of government lands.

GTT yesterday unveiled its Christmas promotion. A release from GTT said that hundreds of patrons joined the company at Stabroek Market yesterday for the launch of  ‘GTT +Sized Christmas’.

President David Granger is resting comfortably at an official residence following an intensive series of tests by specialist doctors immediately after he arrived in Cuba on Tuesday, October 30, 2018, a release today from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda have voted against the move to have the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as their highest appellate court.

The Ministry of Education today announced that all schools will be closed on Monday November 12 to facilitate the holding of Local Government Elections.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump faced greater restraints on his presidency after Democrats won control of the U.S.

Although saying government’s temporary takeover of the Berbice River Bridge is unlawful, the concessionaire Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) yesterday said it will comply with the decision and will consider whether it will mount a legal challenge based on a response from Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson to a request for a justification of the move.

The suspect in custody for the murder of Paradise, East Coast Demerara resident Justin Peterkin, who was bludgeoned and chopped to death on Monday morning, is suspected to be mentally unstable, a reliable police source has told Stabroek News.

The construction of a roundabout at Timehri, East Bank Demerara, which should have been completed in 24 weeks, has been stalled for more than a year due to “complications” regarding the removal of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Com-pany (GTT) and Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) utilities that were present at the site.

Mocha/Arcadia community activist Ina Barnwell-Bacchus celebrated her 100th birth anniversary on Monday.

Since their establishment some eight years ago, the constitutional rights commissions have made no serious impact on the quality of life in the sectors they were supposed to defend and promote, according to Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) Co-President Mike McCormack, who says Parliament should evaluate their success instead of moving to renew them.