Guyana News

Terani Goolsarran, the Corentyne man who was charged with murdering a 14-year-old boy in 2016, yesterday walked out of the High Court in Berbice a free man, after a no-case submission made on his behalf was upheld by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow.

Chief City Engineer Colvern Venture has issued a notice informing the Clerk of Markets to instruct stallholders to discontinue vending under the dilapidated Stabroek Market wharf and relocate, although alternative accommodations have not been settled for all of them as yet. 

The Georgetown City Council is mulling a special arrangement to cater for garbage collection from schools when the new school term begins, Town Clerk Royston King says.

The 21-year-old accused in the robbery of two men, who were attacked by bandits armed with a cutlass, was remanded to prison on Wednesday after a city magistrate was told that he was positively identified by both victims The first charge alleged that Winston Long on August 27th, 2018, at High Street, Werk-en-Rust, in the company of another and armed with a cutlass, robbed Arif Wahab of an iPhone 5S, valued $75,000.

Months after the 21-year-old boyfriend of Sasia Adams was charged with manslaughter, the police are still not ready to proceed with their case in court.

A no-case submission was yesterday made for Sadath Newark, the 28-year-old Kuru Kururu man accused of causing the death of Dexter Conway.

Charges are likely to be laid against the two suspect held in connection with the murder of Bourda Market vendor Troy Ramalho.

An investigation into the incident where a cane shredder ran out of control and ejected numerous blades at the Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara estate, earlier this month, has begun, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) says.

Guyana Rainbow Foundation (GuyBow) has announced the launch of a public advocacy campaign promoting equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Guyanese.

The management of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) will be testing the operation of the new Arrivals Terminal and Boarding Bridges between today and tomorrow.

Several persons of interest are being sought by police as investigations continue into the armed robbery of the Bounty Supermarket branch in Kitty, Georgetown, according to Commander of ‘A’ Division Marlon Chapman.

Assistant Commissioner Leslie Albert James has been named as the new Commissioner of Police, with his appointment taking immediate effect.

(Trinidad Newsday)  The passengers and crew of a Caribbean airlines Boeing 737-800, bound for New York are safe after a bird reportedly collided with the plane in mid-flight yesterday.

ExxonMobil has made its ninth discovery offshore Guyana at the Hammerhead-1 well, marking its fifth discovery on the Stabroek Block in the past year and proving a “new play concept” for potential development, the company said today in a release.

Talks on the looming teachers strike ended without resolution yesterday as the GTU is pressing for arbitration while the Labour Department is contending that conciliation between the union and the government must be exhausted first.

Though describing Attorney General (AG) Basil Williams’ decision to comply with a High Court order to activate the Judicial Review Act (JRA) as commendable, attorney Anil Nandlall said yesterday that the contempt proceedings will remain unless the court decides otherwise.

In the face of suggestions that the recently signed Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) on the Belt and Road Initiative (B&RI) could render Guyana indebted to China, Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge, says it is not a loan agreement but merely represents an intention embraced by the two States.

Twenty-eight-year-old former murder accused, Leon Duncan called ‘Whistle,’ found himself before the courts again yesterday, this time on charges of armed robbery, assaulting policemen and discharging a loaded firearm. 

The Founder of Remote Area Medical (RAM), Stan Brock died yesterday in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA at the age of 82 after having pioneered mobile medical services for underserved communities in Guyana and around the world.

A 31-year-old porter was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison for causing grievous bodily harm to a man.