Guyana News

Residents of Hosororo Hill, Mabaruma, Region One, are angry at the actions of members of the joint services, who allegedly raided the houses of several families during the wee hours of Sunday in search of suspects in an assault.

A rice farmer won judgement in his favour last Friday when former acting Chief Justice Ian Chang ruled that he be restored his land since the Mahaica, Mahaicony, Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) had no authority to cancel his lease.

Malathion which is being used in the fogging of mosquitoes is not harmful to the public, according to the Head of the Vector Control Unit, Dr Horace Cox and in the wake of the growing concerns over the Zika virus the campaign is being stepped up countrywide.

The Governing Board and Senior Management of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) examined a number of priority areas for 2016 when they met recently at Lake Mainstay Resort on the Essequibo Coast for a three-day retreat.

More than a month after skeletal remains, suspected to be that of mining camp owner Jeonarine Basdeo was found at Kuribrong, Mazaruni, the police yesterday apprehended a suspect.

The decomposing body of a Brazilian woman was found in a shallow grave at Muruwa Backdam, Konawaruk River on Sunday afternoon bearing a laceration to the head.

A wash bay owner was on Monday denied bail by a city court after he was charged with having cannabis for trafficking.

With dry weather persisting due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, acres of rice are starting to die in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas as some farmers are still unable to get water to their lands.

The time is right for Guyanese women to take up leadership roles and fully participate in decision making and the governance process, according to Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy Bryan Hunt.

At about 1615h on Sunday, the police say that the decomposing body of Brazilian national Maria Souza Da Silva, 43 years, was found in a shallow grave at Muruwa Backdam, Konawaruk River.

The board of directors of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has decided to terminate the contract of Colin Welch, acting CEO, a statement from Chairman of the utility, Robert Badal said last night.

(Trinidad Express) Two Guyanese nationals are in police custody after they were caught smuggling an estimated $1 million in pharmaceutical drugs from Guyana to Trinidad.

A Santa Mission man is now in police custody after allegedly stabbing his cousin-in- law to death early yesterday morning following an altercation at a ‘wake’ house.

An excavator operator yesterday shot and killed his ex-girlfriend before turning the weapon on himself at Kartabo, Cuyuni River Dead are Terry Alexander, 22, and Glenda McCurdy called Natoya, 19,

PPP members Kwame McCoy and Jason Abdulla, along with former bodyguard Shawn Hinds were yesterday charged with assaulting newspaper columnist and activist Freddie Kissoon, on whom they are accused of throwing human faeces during an attack in 2010.

Almost two years and a half after his common-law wife was found dead in the garage of her Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home, ex-sergeant Colin Bailey was yesterday arrested for the killing and is currently in police custody.

Renewing his appeal for national unity, President David Granger called for a narrowing of the differences and divisions between political parties through the promotion of dialogue and the intensification of political cooperation and consensus-based decision-making.

Former Minister of Public Service Jennifer Westford and the ministry’s past Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings yesterday both entered not guilty pleas on all 24 charges laid against them over the alleged theft of $639 million from the Government of Guyana At their previous hearing, Westford and Cummings were not required

The brick prison being built in the compound of the Camp Street jail should be completed by the end of July, according to Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan, who yesterday said it will house approximately 325 “high-profile” prisoners.

A New Amsterdam woman was yesterday charged with defrauding a fisherman of half a million dollars by claiming that she could provide him with customs documents to avert duties.