Guyana News

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska has handed back three private jets he was leasing because U.S.

Police are making stringent efforts to apprehend a male suspect known as `Cross Eye’ of Central Amelia’s Ward, Linden who allegedly murdered 40-year-old taxi driver Claude `Sonno’ DeJonge of 915 South Amelia’s Ward, Linden early this morning at his (the deceased’s) reputed wife’s home, located at 1074 Cinderella City, Mackenzie, Linden.

Eighteen men are now in police custody in Guyana and Suriname in connection with the brutal April 27th attack on fisherfolk in Surinamese waters which is now being treated as a reprisal crime by authorities in both countries.

One day after facing misconduct in public office charges, former Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) Winston Brassington yesterday faced intensive grilling about 30 land sale transactions and after being fingerprinted, were released on $200, 000 station bail each.

An Albion cane-cutter died on Tuesday,  minutes after 7 pm along the Nigg Village Public Road, Corentyne, after he was struck by a motor car while reportedly attempting to cross the road.

Economic growth slowed in 2017, but became more broad-based, according to the Concluding Statement of the recent 2018 Article IV International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission here.

The possible purchase of Guyana’s gold and crude oil and India’s expertise in the rejuvenation of polluted waterways, were among areas discussed.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday made it clear that he will not be making any counterproposals to President David Granger in response to his rejection of the nominees to the top two judicial posts, noting that it is up to the President to sort out the impasse.

With a jury unable to arrive at a verdict in the case against him for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old boy, former Ministry of Public Health worker, Esan Abrams, now faces a possible retrial.

First Lady, Sandra Granger yesterday received a cheque for $636,000 from Minister of Education,  Nicolette Henry on behalf of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana.

The common law wife of Jermaine Langevine, proprietor of White Castle Fish Shop, which was gutted by fire in a suspected arson in April, was yesterday morning charged and granted bail.

Former Head of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit, Motie Dookie who is accused of smuggling 30 cases of whisky in December last year has since returned to duty and was posted to the Police ‘A’ Division where he is presently serving as the No. 2 Sub Divisional Officer.

In the backdrop of a raft of complaints from Guyanese fisherfolk working in Suriname, the opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) will tomorrow inform the National Assembly that it intends to table a motion on the issue.

A taxi driver was arrested yesterday over Monday’s robbery during which $5M was snatched from the proprietor of Deokie Service Station (Rubis), Soesdyke and he has since admitted his involvement in the crime and led investigators to a quantity of the cash.

A labourer was yesterday remanded to prison after he was accused of robbing a man he knows of a car valued at $2.2 million and other items.

Rishawn Pierre, the driver of the car that collided with a  lorry laden with lumber last Tuesday along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and placed on a total of $1M bail.

Malika Softleigh and Colin Denny, who were accused of trafficking ganja in three 100-pound gas cylinders, were yesterday freed of the charge after a city magistrate found no evidence against them.

The parents and sister of Rainella Benfield, the teenage girl who was found dead in the Triumph, East Coast Demerara cemetery last December, were yesterday released from police custody after being questioned over the weekend about the case.

With the  aim of improving energy efficiency and regulating the sector, CARICOM is in the process of developing a programme to phase out the use of incandescent bulbs, beginning as early as January 2019.

A South Sophia mother of six was yesterday taken before a city magistrate for allegedly receiving a stolen SIM card.