Guyana News

Orin Jerrick was yesterday sentenced to 28 years in jail after a jury convicted him on the lesser count of manslaughter for the death of Plaisance minibus driver Gavin Fiffee.

Two men were yesterday charged with the murder of two young girls and their father, who died as a result of an early morning fire that was started by arson at Robb and King streets, Georgetown, just over a year ago.

The suspect into the murder of Ramkarran Mohanlall, who was stabbed to death last Wednesday evening, is currently a patient at the West Demerara Regional Hospital under police guard after he attempted to take his own life.

Police in Berbice are investigating the torching of a metal cabinet, resulting in the destruction of over $10 million in pension and public assistance books, at the Ministry of Social Prote-ction’s Probation and Welfare Services Office at Princess Elizabeth Road, in New Amsterdam.

An East Coast Demerara father was yesterday placed on $150,000 bail after denying charges that he ill-treated and caused bodily injuries to three of his five children.

As El Nino continues to scorch acres of rice in the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas, the situation is being compounded by the monopolising of the limited water by farmers closer to the source.

Anthony David, one of the accused in the robbery of Justice Nicola Pierre, admitted that he transported the robbers from the area after they came under fire, Assistant Superintendent Mitchell Caesar testified yesterday.

Four months after being freed of the murder of Dexter Lindo, businessman Lawrence Wayne has once again been taken into police custody on advice of the Director of Public Prose-cutions (DPP) to have the case reopened.

Fugitive Steve Mohamed was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison and fined $200,000 at the end of a trial that went on in his absence.

A former clerk of General Equipment Guyana Limited (Genequip), alleged to have stolen nearly $30 million from the company, was yesterday arraigned on 34 counts of embezzlement at a city court.

Police yesterday afternoon arrested a man during which they discovered a firearm and ammunition, just minutes after he allegedly carried out an armed robbery on a driver and passenger of a Route 42 minibus.

The three persons who were arrested in connection with the shooting of Berbice resident Caitanya Kishundyal were all released from police custody, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum said.

Residents of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, will soon benefit from the services of a new health centre that was commissioned on Friday by Minister of Public Health, Dr.

The Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice has completed its Plan of Action for Regional Development (PARD) and discussions are underway to bring it to fruition, a release from the Ministry of Communities said on Friday.

A lack of ink has scuppered today’s planned handing over the report of the Rodney Commission of Inquiry.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says that as at February 05, 2016, no less than sixty workers undertaking various tasks in the Wales fields and the factory were given marching orders by officials of the Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo) GAWU today said that the 60 were told that they were no longer engaged in employ of the Estate on the ground that they were temporary workers.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) today called on the Diplomatic Community in Guyana to pay close attention to the upcoming Local Government Elections scheduled for March 18, 2016.

Diversification at the Wales sugar estate will entail land for displaced workers to engage in cane and other types of farming according to GuySuCo Chairman Dr Clive Thomas who yesterday defended the plan to close the estate noting that the industry was producing the sweetener at 45 US cents per pound while being paid a third of that.

A Chinese businesswoman was killed last night by bandits after her premises were invaded shortly after 8 pm.

Much of the supplies to help alleviate the drought baking the Rupununi are not reaching villages but are in storage in Lethem, residents have reported but Regional Executive Officer (REO) Carl Parker says the communities have to make requests to access the items.