Guyana News

Based upon information received, the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) yesterday conducted an operation in Craig Street, Campbell-ville  at the residence of Andre Gomes aka Zipper.

President David Granger on Saturday charged the management and staff of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) to ensure that a newly modernised airport comes with high standards and quality service so an increasing number of investors, tourists and the travelling public can be in an out of the airport as quickly as possible.

Three men, including two Brazilians, have been taken into custody after they were allegedly found in possession of an unlicensed shotgun and a quantity of ammunition in Central Rupununi.

Police in the North West District have detained a suspect in connection with the murder of a miner nearly 18 months ago at Perseverance Backdam, North West District, Region One.

A Venezuelan national, who was picked up last week as part of a murder probe, was yesterday fined $30,000 for entering Guyana illegally and ordered deported by a city magistrate.

The government will tomorrow empanel a Commission of Inquiry into the June 2008 massacre of eight men at Lindo Creek.

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres has recommended that the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy be referred to International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has recommended that Lance Corporal Clifton Pellew, a member of the City Constabulary be charged with the rape of a juvenile who was in his custody at the Regent Street outpost in August last year.

Guyana and India today signed three agreements, including on renewable energy and cultural exchanges, following bilateral talks between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Second Vice President and Foreign Minister of Guyana Carl Greenidge in New Delhi.

Given the large number of killings which occurred during the crime wave, several inquiries will have to be held, Minister of State Joseph Harmon said yesterday while assuring that before the end of the week the first one will be launched.

Miguel Barker was yesterday afternoon sentenced to 80 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife, who was knifed to death at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara almost two years ago.

Severance payments were made yesterday to laid-off Skeldon Estate sugar workers and many said they were planning to invest a portion of the money in farming so that they can continue to provide for their families.

Former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Private Abiola Jacobs was yesterday found not guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend’s mother.

Hundreds of ex-sugar workers yesterday began receiving severance payments at the Enmore Estate but while many were happy to finally receive their “hard earned money,” some were still grappling with their anxieties from not having jobs.

The two men accused of murdering Rawle Rodrigues, the Leopold Street man who was fatally stabbed last year at the Dairy bus park, were yesterday committed to stand trial for the crime.

An autopsy has determined that Hemchand Dalchand, the 20-year-old man who was discovered dead on Sunday morning along the Oleander Gardens Public Road, died as a result of injuries consistent with a vehicular accident and the police have since detained two persons for questioning.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday convened a Business, Financial and Investment Forum in a bid to provide recently laid-off sugar workers with options to use their severance payments wisely.

Six persons, including the widow, were arrested for questioning on Sunday about the murder of a Port Kaituma fuel dealer, who was shot and killed more than three months ago.

Presiding magistrate Allan Wilson yesterday ordered the prosecution to close its case against attorney Keisha Chase, who is on trial for causing the death of a pedestrian two years ago.

The sudden death of City Councillor Junior Garrett has left open one of the 15 Constituency seats on the Georgetown City Council a mere 11 months before Local Government Elections (LGE) are legally required.