Guyana News

A man was shot in  his back by men on a bicycle last night while he was standing on the West Front Road, a short distance away from his mother’s home.

A damaged section of the Linden-Soeskdyke High-way near Bamia Creek, considered dangerous because of several recent road fatalities, was patched yesterday and Region Ten Chairman Renis Morian said there is need for a regulatory body to ensure that overweight, heavy-duty trucks are not traversing the road.

An indictment for 12 counts of murder is expected to be read tomorrow morning to the five men accused of the massacre of a dozen people, including three police officers, at Bartica in 2008.

The equipment for the first phase of the installation of the National Parking System/Smart City Solutions (NPS/SCS) Metered Parking System in Georgetown has already arrived and SCS plans to begin installation of the first phase of 3,400 spaces in November, “once there is no unexpected delay in the clearance of the equipment.”

Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on Monday in Essequibo sentenced a man to 20 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to killing his wife.

Statements will be served on Friday to Veerasammy Narine, the businessman charged with attempting to bribe a police officer.

Two men were on Tuesday remanded to prison after they each faced separate charges of unlawful possession of a gun and ammunition.

In the wake of the dismissal of 11 workers, management of Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) met with the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers Union (GAWU) and presented the option of selling or restructuring the operations.

The Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs yesterday launched the Sustainable Development Agreement Framework (SDAF) for Amerindian villages.

A Bel Air taxi driver accused of wounding told a city court on Wednesday that the complainant had stolen his motorbike and threatened him with a firearm.

The New Amsterdam Mayor and Town Council (M&TC) has taken a decision to enter and clean the vacant lots filled with bushes in the town.

The Guyana Police Force says it has recorded a 21% decrease in serious crimes at the end of September, 2016 compared to the same period last year.

The Rambeer family of Wales, West Bank Demerara say they are constantly being affected by loud music coming from the homes of four neighbours, despite the intervention of the police.

A member of the Guyana Prison Service was yesterday placed on self-bail by a city magistrate, after he denied a charge of assaulting a child.

The owners of Dynasty Night Club and Sports Bar on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt are disturbed over reports that a man was shot one week ago in front of their business place and later died.

A city magistrate yesterday dismissed a charge of cannabis possession against Nigel Duke, a caretaker who had been charged along with his common-law wife, in June.

An accident on the Herstelling, East Bank Demerara public road on Tuesday morning, during the rain, left three persons hospitalised and several others injured, after the driver lost  control of the minibus they were travelling in.

A 21-year-old man accused of stealing $105,000 has been granted bail of $200,000.

Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan and his budget team were yesterday left waiting in their boardroom for the parliamentary opposition, GINA said.

Three Cuban nationals have been charged with forging immigration stamps, which were found in their passports by police.