Guyana News

Two sex workers were yesterday charged with robbing a client. The court of Magistrate Judy Latchman also heard that the accused, Kevin Forester, 21, and Godfrey Cox, 19, both have a pending charge of a similar nature, for which they were out on bail.

Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after a court was told that they robbed another man by threatening him with a pair of scissors Linden Benjamin, 30, a father of five, and Dwayne McLeod, 23, were charged with armed robbery when they appeared before Georgetown magistrate Judy Latchman.

The driver who was involved in the accident that claimed the life of pedal cyclist Derrick Freeman last Friday afternoon has been released on station bail as the police await a post-mortem report.

Stafrei Alexander was yesterday found guilty of attempted murder. Alexander, who was recently recaptured after escaping from the Camp Street prison, was on trial for attempting to murder Chris Thom, whom he shot several times on the morning of March 23, 2015, at the man’s 138 Laing Avenue, Georgetown, home.

An accountant was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of conspiring to forge a tint certificate and presenting the forged document to a police constable.

At approximately 4.02 pm yesterday, the Guyana Power and Light said that defective line hardware on a feeder out of its Kingston 2 Plant resulted in a fault that tripped the feeder.

The Government and the Guyana Teachers’ Union today agreed on a high-level task force on negotiations between the two sides.

Birthday celebrations for a 13-year-old girl and a 50-year-old man at the Rockstone Fishing Festival in Region 10 ended tragically yesterday with the teen drowning and the man who went to save her missing and presumed dead.

The Guyana Government is inviting proposals for the sale of its 6.68% shareholding  in Guyana Stockfeeds Incorporated which is held by National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL).

A  Grove man yesterday morning kicked down a door to pull his grandchildren to safety after fire erupted in their Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara home.

While the government has remained silent on the matter, columnist Christopher Ram says he has been told that there was a US$20M signature bonus paid by ExxonMobil as part of the new contract agreement signed when the APNU+AFC government took office.

The Medical Council of Guyana (MCG) has found merit in a complaint of opioid prescription abuse against three doctors attached to the Fort Wellington Hospital and has sent a report to its disciplinary committee for a decision.

The ability of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to take solid cases to court will now be the subject of scrutiny following the recent collapse of the New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) trial.

According to the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), the selection of the GECOM Chairman has followed the letter of the law and constitution but it said that neither side is committed to a solution that would be acceptable to both.

Over 67 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine was uncovered hidden in sealed 45kg bags of rice intended for export to Belgium.

Former Chairman (ag) of the Public Service Commission (PSC) Patrick Yarde was on Friday unwilling to defend the decision he took to dismiss Deputy Solicitor General, Prithima Kissoon without her complaint against Attorney General Basil Williams SC being addressed.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) yesterday announced the arrival of generators totaling 5.34 megawatts for the Essequibo Coast.

Hailing AMCAR’s heart of palm operations, President David Granger yesterday urged farming communities and investors to adopt a model that not only promotes agro-processing but also builds a solid partnership with citizens.

The regularisation of lands in North Timehri will begin once the lands are handed over to the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA).

The new Executive Body of the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) was on Friday installed and Vice Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith, charged the body to keep their constituents informed of new developments.