Guyana News

The wooden stands at D’urban Park are starting to show signs of deterioration though only months old.

Thirteen years after being charged with killing a 22-year-old man during a row at a cricket match, Ganesh Narine was yesterday sentenced to nine years in jail after pleading guilty to the crime.

It is clear from a reading of the entire local government legislation that the framers never intended for the electorate to directly elect a mayor and application of a clause that speaks to voters directly electing a mayor would lead to an “absurdity,” Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams said.

Livestock farmers in Guyana may soon be able to buy locally produced soybean meal as a Brazilian company is expected to begin cultivation at Ebini.

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday disputed reports that his party received a hefty donation from Chinese company Baishanlin for its 2015 elections campaign.

Dubbing the deaths of 17 prisoners in a fire last month a “massacre,” a former Camp Street prison inmate yesterday testified that the officer-in-charge (OC) of the jail, Kevin Pilgrim, was not fit to run the facility.

Workers of the Wales Sugar Estate were joined by senior officials of the Guyana Agricultural & General Workers’ Union (GAWU) in holding a  candlelight vigil last evening in front of the  estate.

Magistrate Zamilla Ally-Seepaul has ordered that a station diary, which may establish an alibi for one of the accused in the violent robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre and her family, be produced in court today.

Two Buxton brothers were yesterday granted their release on $30,000 bail each after denying an assault on a person who broke into to their vehicle.

Lamenting Guyana’s notoriety as the suicide capital of the world, President David Granger on Wednesday urged stakeholders to take action to get help to those in need of it.

The newly-appointed mayors of the country’s three new townships have identified infrastructural development as being among their main priorities.

Following the recent protest action taken by students to highlight their concerns over the neglect of the University of Guyana, President David Granger has agreed to meet with representatives of the student body.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared by the International Cricket Council to bowl again in international cricket.

Devon Browne, 25 years, of Crane Housing Scheme, WCD; Nalini Manikam, 18 years of Non Pariel, ECD; Veeram Dias, 21 years of Non Pariel, ECD and a 12-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been charged with the murder of Roger Manikam whose body was found on the roadway at Coldingen, ECD, on April 03, 2016.

Minister of State Joseph Harmon yesterday declined to answer questions on his alleged interference in the work of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) with respect to Chinese-owned logging company Baishanlin, saying that he will issue a statement.

An ex-convict was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the murder of Linden bus driver Alvin Lorrimer.

Henry Smith was sworn in as Mayor of Mabaruma by President David Granger yesterday but he will be unable to function in that capacity as Justice Diana Insanally has granted an interim order quashing the controversial appointment which had been made by Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan on Tuesday.

Delon Duncan, who was charged on December 4, 2015 with causing the death of Travis Bollers by dangerous driving was yesterday sentenced to 2 years 9 months imprisonment.

(Ministry of the Presidency photos) The nine recently elected mayors and their deputies were yesterday afternoon sworn in by President David Granger who said it was a happy day and a step forward for the country.

A man who was reportedly shot with an arrow, which he pulled out and used to stab and kill his alleged assailant, was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with unlawfully killing the said assailant.