Guyana News

After an inspection of Region Three’s contract awards raised questions about whether value for money was being sought, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday requested that an examination be conducted of the engineer’s estimates for 22 projects awarded in 2016.

Attorneys representing Troy Thomas, who is wanted in the United States for murder, yesterday argued that the magistracy has no jurisdiction to hear the extradition proceedings initiated against him.

Two men were yesterday found not guilty by the High Court in Berbice of the murder of a Whim Village businessman in 2012.

Three suspects, who lawmen were on the hunt for in relation to a recent armed robbery at Albion, Corentyne, which left a man hospitalised in the ICU at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, turned themselves over to the police yesterday.

The family of Jennifer Gill, the woman who died on Monday evening at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) after delivering her third child, are upset over the treatment meted out to them by the hospital administration over the last few days.

A worker attached to the Neighbourhood Democratic Council in Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice was struck and killed by a lorry on Sunday around 6.30 pm.

A Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) rank last Friday testified that he saw drug trafficking accused Andre Gomes, also known as ‘Zipper,’ throw away a parcel containing cocaine.

The Mayor and City Council is to  clamp down on a farmer who is accused of rearing and slaughtering pigs inside of Le Repentir Cemetery.

Three youths were on Friday remanded to prison by a city magistrate on a joint charge that they stole several items valued at over $1.8 million.

An Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara miner was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with possession of almost 15 pounds of cannabis, which police say were found in buckets of oil in the interior.

Taking the stand yesterday to tell his story of how he was nearly killed, Deonarine Persaud recalled being chopped several times by his neighbour on the night of September 24th 2011.

A youth was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of a man, who remains hospitalised in a critical condition.

Three men were yesterday apprehended by police not long after allegedly committing a robbery on an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businessman.

In separate attacks, burglars robbed the Bedford Methodist Church and the nearby clergy house in Georgetown over the weekend.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court on a breaking and entering and larceny charge.

A porter was yesterday charged with using a forged cheque to purchase seven TV sets.

A young plumber accused of stealing a woman’s gold chain was granted his release on $50,000 bail last Friday after denying the charge.

Several Canadian gold mining companies operating here have underlined plans to invest tens of millions of US dollars in expansion projects here.

Yesterday,  Nicolette Henry, Minister of Education and  Antoine Joly, Ambassador of the French Republic discussed what could be done to improve and expand the teaching of French in schools with a view to exchanges for students and teachers between the two nations.

President David Granger on Wednesday called for the protection of the Americas’ natural capital by the development of a concerted approach to the environment.