Guyana News

The family of Hema Singh, the 11-year-old who was struck down by a speeding driver on Canal Number One Public Road two weeks ago, is calling for justice after doctors informed them that the girl is now brain dead.

Police Constable Timothy Horatio, who was charged with causing a passenger’s death after a fatal crash along Regent Street two weeks ago, was yesterday granted his release on $300,000 bail by a city magistrate.

Attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday asked a court to declare newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon incompetent after he completed his testimony at the trial of the three men charged with dousing him with human faeces.

The police have failed to make a case against Regan Rodrigues, the man accused of killing political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing, the murder accused’s lawyer yesterday told a city court.

Following the temporary relocation of students and teachers of the Brickdam Secondary School, there has been a noticeable drop in the student population as some parents have opted to have their children transferred to other schools.

The ante-natal clinic at the Leonora Diagnostic Centre will soon be expanded and upgraded to a full range maternal care centre.

Selina Ramotar, who survived being stabbed almost a dozen times outside of her David Street, Kitty home, has been granted a restraining order against the man charged with attempting to kill her after she came under attack once more on Wednesday.

Robert Rawlins, who was on trial for a cutlass attack on a former partner, was yesterday sentenced to 12 years in jail by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow after a jury found him guilty of the crime at the Berbice High Court.

Magistrate Rabindranauth Singh has been forced to adjourn sittings at the Springlands Magistrate’s Court due to a stench emanating from the ceiling, which has been caused by an infestation of bats.

Hits and Jams Television (HJTV) is now back on air, while the company’s radio station is operating at a limited capacity following a fire on Thursday, according to company Director Kerwin Bollers.

Law enforcement authorities have discovered that the Guyanese rice shipment, in which Jamaican authorities discovered over 100 pounds of cocaine, had been taken to Suriname before being transported to the island.

A New Amsterdam man was arrested on Wednesday after police found over three pounds of ganja hidden aboard a minibus he was driving along the Corentyne Public Road.

In a celebration of World Literacy Day, Digicel Guyana on Thursday donated books to schools in the indigenous community of St.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has incurred a loss for the fourth successive year.

ROSEAU, Dominica, , CMC-President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron appears to be denying reports that the services of head coach Phil Simmons will be terminated during this weekend’s board meeting in Dominica.

ZURICH, Switzerland,  CMC-Former CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has been slapped with a one million Swiss francs dollar fine and banned for life from all football related activities.

Dental surgeon at the Woodlands Hospital, Dr Samiran Bera has passed away.

-shortening lease among options -gov’t recommits to vigilance with contracts Government yesterday said that the arrangement for a pharmacy bond on Sussex Street with businessman Larry Singh of Linden Holding was “undoubtedly undesirable” and several options are being looked at including shortening the lease and the state will now secure its own facility.

Kevin Mohan, the man accused of stabbing his aunt to death at her Cummings Lodge home, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.

Drilling operations on ExxonMobil’s Skipjack prospect, the company’s third well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, have yielded disappointing results even as the United States oil giant continues to work towards commercial pumping from its Liza well in another four years.