Guyana News

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.

Two men accused of cocaine trafficking were yesterday remanded to prison pending the start of their trial.

Two young girls, who were removed from a backdam in Region One last Saturday, have been taken into protective custody by the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) as police begin a probe into the circumstances that warranted their removal.

The mother of a baby whose shoulder was fractured during birth at the Suddie Hospital, Essequibo Coast in October last year is suing the state and the doctor who supervised her delivery.

A North West District miner appeared yesterday before a city court, where he was read a charge of attempted murder.

Relatives of Margaret Singh, 55, an Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo housewife who was murdered on December 20, 2012 are “disappointed” that her alleged killer has been freed.

A cattle farmer of Parika Backdam, Blackwater Trench, East Bank Essequibo suffered about $500,000 in losses when thieves escaped with five of his cows on Wednesday night.

A man was on Friday remanded to prison on a charge of attempted murder, although his lawyer claimed that he had provided evidence to the police that he was elsewhere at the time.

A Lamaha Springs man was yesterday ordered to pay a $100,000 fine after he admitted to operating a fishing boat with an expired fishing licence.

Just days after being charged with receiving stolen property, Kerry Dick was yesterday back before a city court on an escaping custody charge.