Guyana News

An elderly Sophia man was yesterday charged with beating his wife because she refused to take off her clothes in front of him.

The police are yet to apprehend the man who fatally shot Trevon April on the Demerara Harbour Bridge three weeks ago although they had managed to obtain surveillance footage that captured his image.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) is presently encountering a shortage in Election Day staff in several constituencies but Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield Is confident that existing vacancies will be filled before local government elections are held on March 18.

Advance Security on Saturday handed over three new motorcycles to the Guyana Police Force in an effort to enhance the performance of the service and in observance of Guyana 50th Independence Anniversary.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) helicopter, GDF 1, landed safely without incident at Camp Ayanganna, after it was “buzzed” by what appeared to be a remote-controlled ‘Drone,’ recently, a release from the GDF said today.

The opposition PPP today denounced the government’s planned closure of the Wales Sugar Estate and said it will resist the plan.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC-Controversial opener Chris Gayle has launched a scathing attack on several former and present cricketers after an explosive innings, possibly his last in the Australian Big Bash T20 League.

Wales Sugar Estate is to be closed by next year the government announced yesterday, the first major decision it has taken on the beleaguered industry which has seen slumping production over the last decade and swingeing debt.

A Linden man yesterday stabbed his common-law wife to death and then turned the weapon on himself and slit his own throat.

Publicly expressed concerns about the circumstances surrounding the December 30 Carifesta Avenue crash cannot be addressed with a traffic investigation, according to former Attorney General Anil Nandlall who yesterday reiterated calls for a full probe into the matter.

Emotions ran high among family members yesterday as three men appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court to answer charges of murder.

Tensions were rising in the community of Wales, West Bank Demerara yesterday as information about the sugar estate there being closed at the end of this year began to circulate.

An elderly Canvas City woman was killed yesterday after she was struck down by a car while using a pedestrian crossing along the One Mile, Wismar, Linden Public Road.

Detective Assistant Superintendent of Police Mitchel Caesar yesterday testified that murder accused Leon Duncan was pointed out at an identification parade (ID) as the person who shot and killed Imtiaz Roopnarine at the Cool Square Hotel.

Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday served notice that he is appealing the decision of Justice Navindra Singh in the matter of the private criminal charge that had been brought by attorney Christopher Ram against former President Bharrat Jagdeo over statements he had made during the 2015 general election campaign.

Under cross-examination, Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband Mohamed Chan yesterday maintained that they were not mistaken when they identified Nicholas Narine as one of the men who was in their home when they were beaten and robbed by intruders.

The government may have to inject a further $12b this year into the struggling Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Lakeram Harry Narine was yesterday charged with the murder of his common-law wife Hafeeza Rohoman, whose badly decomposed body was found in a trench just over a week ago.

The Government of Canada through the local High Commission has signed an agreement that will see it offering Cdn$20,000 ($2.8M) worth of support to the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

A woman who delivered a stillborn baby at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in November last year is suing the institution for $20m.