Guyana News

Nyron Thakurdyal and Vishwantie Ragnauth, the husband and wife who were convicted for the 2014 murder of Patentia miner Sunil Ramsundar were yesterday sentenced to 40 years imprisonment each.

Charges against three suspects in the case of missing Crabwood Creek man, Saeed Hamid, whose suspected burnt remains were found last Wednesday, were withdrawn by the police when the men appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court yesterday, after the magistrate pointed out defects.

Britain’s  Queen Elizabeth II yesterday presented Marva Langevine from Guyana with a Queen’s Young Leaders Award at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, in honour of the work she is doing to transform lives in her community.

A Bartica grandmother was yesterday remanded to prison after she was charged with being in possession of over eight pounds of marijuana and cocaine found during a police raid of her home.

A Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) five-member team has completed its examinations and has found that the mercury emission levels at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) office on Brickdam are at a safe level, a source close to the investigation says.

Eson Trim, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guardsman who allegedly struck down and killed a man more than one week ago was yesterday released on a total of $310,000 bail after he was charged with death by dangerous driving and another offence.

The Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) ruling yesterday upholding presidential term limits should be respected by all as impartial and principled as its basis was founded on Guyana’s own constitution, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo says.

Georgetown Town Clerk Royston King has committed to ensuring that contracts and money are available to commence planned constituency projects by next Monday.

Cleveland Williams, the man who allegedly stabbed the mother of his child on D’Urban Street in April, was yesterday committed to stand trial for attempted murder.

The Rose Hall Town, Corentyne man, who police were on the hunt for after he had assaulted his ex-wife and torched her Port Mourant home, last Wednesday, was found hanging from a tree in his village yesterday.

Floodwaters in the Rupununi have begun to recede in  most areas according to Regional Chairman Brian Allicock.

A gunman yesterday morning beat and robbed an Alberttown porter of $1000 in cash, his cellular phone and a laptop computer.

A mason was yesterday charged with trafficking almost 400 grammes of cannabis, which police say he tried to dump near a toll gate at Port Kaituma during a stop.  

Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ who is on trial for cocaine trafficking, has been ordered to lead a defence to the charge after a city magistrate yesterday found that a case has been made out against him.

A taxi driver is now left contemplating his next move after he was robbed at gunpoint on Monday evening at the Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara of a Toyota Allion motor car by a lone bandit posing as a customer.

The Public Infrastructure Ministry yesterday received bids for the rehabilitation of the Chi Chi West Airstrip in Region 7.

Close to 50 farmers in the Moruca Sub District, Region One recently benefited from technical advice for the planting of cassava and coffee during a meeting with a team of agricultural specialists and junior Minister of Indigenous People’s Affairs Valerie Garrido-Lowe.

A police rank stationed at the Madewini Police outpost has been transferred after he allegedly arrested a Timehri, East Bank Demerara resident for payments due for his personal motor car during last week.

Two minibus drivers are in police custody assisting with the investigation into an accident which occurred about 11:20hrs today on the Dem Amstel Public Road, WCD that claimed the lives of two brothers who were on a bicycle. 

The Alliance For Change – part of the governing coalition – today welcomed the Caribbean Court of Justice’s decision upholding presidential term limits.