Guyana News

(Reuters) – Nicole, which is on track to hit Bermuda, strengthened into a Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday, the U.S.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies selectors have axed Denesh Ramdin and Kieron Pollard for next month’s Tri-Nations Series in Zimbabwe.

President David Granger today suspended the Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Carvil Duncan pending the outcome of the work of a tribunal which was set up to consider whether he should be removed from the post.

Cabinet yesterday took a decision to have Attorney-General Basil Williams prepare a report to explain the compulsory acquisition of  two plots of land at Carmichael and Middle streets belonging to High Commissioner to Canada Clarissa Riehl and the Beharry Group of Companies, while the latter is preparing a legal challenge.

The origin of Monday’s fire that gutted a bond at the Gafoors Houston Complex has not yet been determined, according to Fire Chief Marlon Gentle.

Promising to be a voice of the citizenry that will not only assist in the creation of employment opportunities but ensure there is transparency and equitable distribution of benefits from the nascent oil and gas sector here, the Guyana Oil and Gas Association was last evening launched at the Marriott Hotel.

A Charlestown man yesterday morning succumbed to a gunshot wound, just over a week after he was shot during a robbery in front of Dynasty Sports Club, on Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt.

Alvin Gounga now faces a retrial after a jury failed to arrive at a unanimous verdict on the charge that he murdered his father-in-law, whom he is alleged to have shot with an arrow and bow.

A Kitty man was yesterday asked to post $1.5 million bail for his release after he was charged with falsely obtaining $10 million to purchase a plot of land.

Calypsonian Malcolm ‘Lord Canary’ Corrica, who had also served as a minister of government and parliamentarian under the former PNC administration, died on Monday.

Guyanese will by next week be biting into Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) as its new local franchise holder, the Beharry Group of Companies, gears for the opening.

Quick action on the part of neighbours prevented disaster after a fire was observed yesterday in the former Salt and Pepper building on Robb Street which is to house Ridley’s Restaurant.

The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will be reconstructing the fence of the La Bonne Intention (LBI) Community Centre Ground, after sections were damaged by a grass fire last week Monday.

A mentally challenged Corentyne woman consumed a poisonous substance on Saturday around 5 pm and succumbed on Monday.

Kyle Archer, the Barbadian traveller who was caught trying to smuggle cocaine in women’s undergarments strapped to his legs, was on Monday sentenced to four years in jail.

Six years after he was involved in a fatal accident that claimed the life of his passenger, a minibus driver was yesterday found not guilty of the crime.

Stafrei Alexander, accused of shooting at another man, was yesterday committed to stand trial by a city magistrate for attempted murder.

Keneisha Sim, the third-year Biology student of the University of Guyana who was struck down by a speeding car on Monday as she attempted to cross the East Coast Demerara public road, has regained consciousness and her condition is listed as stable.

There are two new faces on the Georgetown City Council. Selwyn Smartt, of Team Benschop for Mayor and Khame Prakash Sharma, of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, recently took the oath of office and joined 28 other individuals representing the residents of Georgetown on the council.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has issued a cease-work order to dredge owner Everton Daly, who operates the mine where Keon Wilson was killed in a pit cave-in last Saturday.