Guyana News

Mohammed Iqbal was yesterday morning sentenced to 15 years in jail after pleading guilty to unlawfully killing his ex-wife, Sookdai (Lalita) Basdeo, whom he admitted stabbing to death.

Arguing that the granting of scholarships to two government ministers appeared to be a continuation of suspected old practices, Transparency Institute Guyana Inc (TIGI) yesterday called on the government to enhance transparency and accountability of the programme.

Ganesh Dhanraj, who is the prime suspect in the murder of his wife, yesterday plunged into the Essequibo River at Roden Rust to evade the police.

Although the Diamond Diagnostic Centre is staffed by a number of specialists in different fields, its efficiency has been hindered by the shortage of drugs and nonfunctioning equipment, members of the National Assembly’s Social Services Committee were told yesterday during a performance assessment visit.

A Guyana Police Force rank was yesterday charged with two counts of fraud, including converting $400,000 he received for another man to his own use.

A former murder accused was yesterday granted his release on bail after he denied a charge of causing bodily harm to another man, whose injuries may be life-threatening.

The trial of Lennox Wayne and Melroy Doris, who are accused of murdering beautician Ashmini Harriram, commenced yesterday morning before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

Amid ongoing questions about its use, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) yesterday facilitated a tour by the media of the Sussex Street, Charlestown  drug bond and while it was filled with medication a series of questions remain unanswered.

As government moves to merge 911, 912 and 913 into one emergency system, it has already trained police ranks and given the greenlight to a contract for the purchase of the necessary equipment, Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan said on Wednesday.

A recent United Nations mission on constitutional reform has recommended that the process must emphasise “meaningful dialogue, negotiation and compromise” on the part of the government, opposition and citizenry in order to be successful, the Office of the Prime Minister said yesterday.

The 90-day potato trial project is currently in its eighth week and showing positive results, GINA said yesterday.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs,  Basil Williams SC  on Wednesday met with a team from the US Department of State’s Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI).

The Guyana National Industrial Company Inc (GNIC) on Wednesday filed a reply in the case brought against it by government holding company, the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL), to recover money which it says it is owed for leased land.

A construction worker, charged with misappropriating over $500,000 sent to him to construct the lower flat of a home, was yesterday released on bail by a city magistrate after his lawyer signaled that he was willing to repay the victim.

The daughter of the elderly woman who died last month in a blaze at Morawhanna, in the North West District, is appealing to officials to properly investigate the case, which she believes may have stemmed from malicious circumstances.

A pork knocker was yesterday denied bail on charges of possession of cocaine and a single bullet.

A fifty-six year old cattle farmer of Letter Kenny Village, Corentyne, Berbice was on Wednesday afternoon arrested with an unlicensed .32 Pistol and five matching rounds, the police said yesterday.

Students of the Ministry of Education’s Unit for the visually impaired were last Friday in an interactive session with the Iwokrama International Centre (IIC) as part of its effort to ensure that all Guyanese are informed about its programmes of rainforest and biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

WASHINGTON/PALM BEACH, Fla.,  (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he ordered missile strikes against a Syrian airfield from which a deadly chemical weapons attack was launched, declaring he acted in America’s “vital national security interest” against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC — West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels is set to receive “substantial damages” and a full public apology after succeeding in a defamation case against former Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson.