Guyana News

A young miner is now dead after the ATV he was travelling on was involved in an accident over the weekend in the Mazaruni region.

A Guyanese man Ravindranauth `Ravi’ Roopnarine was on Thursday jailed in a Florida, USA court for just for 21 years following conviction in a US$50m mortgage fraud scam.

After more than six hours of debate that ended late last night, the long-awaited telecommunications reform legislation was passed in the National Assembly and although opposition speakers expressed support for it, they also tried without success to have it sent to a special select committee to correct what they said was its deficiencies.

Although the country’s two largest ethnic groups, East Indian and African-Guyanese, continued to decline in their numbers between 2002 and 2012, the drop was offset by continued growth in the mixed race and Amerindian populations, according to the last census.

After a police background check barred the top candidate, Scotia Bank Manager Matthew Edward Hugh Langevine, the second in line, was given the nod by the Parliamentary Committee of Appoint-ments to be the next Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

Businesses operating in the city owe the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) over $16.2 billion in outstanding rates and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has called upon them to honour their civic obligation.

Former Anglican Bishop of Guyana Randolph Oswald George passed away yesterday at his home in Republic Park.

A Guyanese woman yesterday became St Lucia’s latest road fatality after the car she was driving plunged into the harbour in the wee hours of the morning.

A Guyanese woman was killed and her nine-year-old daughter injured in Queens, New York on Sunday when a drunken driver in a BMW plowed through a stop sign at more than 50 mph, hitting their car in the process.

Chartered accountant Godfrey Statia is set to take up the position of Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), a reliable source has confirmed.

No case has been made out against Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo and Minister of Natural Re-sources Raphael Trotman for a breach of privilege, House Speaker Barton Scotland ruled yesterday.

Police on the Essequibo Coast are investigating the death of a three-month-old child of Jacklow, Pomeroon River, who was found dead in his bed hours after he was fed by his mother.

The body of a handyman was picked up late on Sunday night along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road and it is believed that he was beaten to death.

A North Ruimveldt minibus driver was yesterday found guilty of causing the death of septuagenarian William Trim, who died following a vehicular collision along Aubrey Barker Road.

A police officer was yesterday brought before a city court and charged with robbing a man of cash and other items.

A decision on whether the Hadfield Street Drop-In Centre, which was destroyed by fire almost two weeks ago, will be rebuilt for use again will be made on completion of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) currently under way.

A taxi driver got sentenced yesterday to five years in jail and fined over $38 million after he was found guilty of trafficking cannabis amounting to 76.6 kilos (equivalent to 168.87 pounds).

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Anand Narine and Darrol Compton, the two men accused of killing Babita Sarjou six years ago, began yesterday with the testimony of a policeman.

Six Colombian nationals, said to be among those taken into custody after last week’s raid on the Rio Inn nightclub, were yesterday charged with fraud and with overstaying their time in Guyana.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is currently engaging its lawyers to find the best possible solution to moving forward with the implementation of container fees, Mayor Patricia Chase-Green said yesterday.