Guyana News

Three persons have been arrested after police yesterday unearthed a revolver and a quantity of matching rounds at a house at Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara.

The Bartica, Leguan, and Parika Stelling have all been slated for repairs worth a total of $76 million which should all commence next year.

Two men were yesterday jointly charged with robbery under arms when they appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Charity Magistrate’s Court.

This year’s World AIDS Day theme, ‘Ending the AIDS epidemic as part of the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) aligns with the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS’s (PANCAP) new vision of an AIDS-free Caribbean.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before a city court for a charge of cannabis possession.

For Georgetown councillors the call by political activist Mark Benschop to have all municipal councils dissolved now that a date has been set for local government elections “is a non-issue.”

A West Coast Demerara taxi driver has been placed on $65,000 bail after he was accused of stealing a brush cutter and a quantity of work tools.

Anthony Morrison, who is on trial for the murder of his common-law wife Donna Thomas, yesterday professed his innocence when given a chance to lead his defence.

The trial of Balram Singh, who is accused of murdering taxi driver Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, will begin this morning before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury at the High Court in Georgetown.

The family of 57-year-old Colin Clarke is hoping that anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts will contact the nearest police station or family members.

More than half of the potable water produced by plants in Linden is lost through leaks or breakages in the distribution system and Chief Executive Officer of   the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Dr Richard Van West-Charles has called for consumers to be vigilant and report leaks immediately.

The prosecution yesterday argued against the merit of an application by the attorney for former minister Jennifer Westford and her former Chief Personnel Officer Margaret Cummings to stay larceny and forgery charges against them.

The West Demerara Road Safety Association closed off Road Safety Month yesterday with a walk on the West Coast to raise awareness of road deaths.

An altercation between two men at the Meadow Bank Wharf ended with one of them being shot to his right foot yesterday.

Allan Sim, the man alleged to have murdered Georgetown Public Hospital ambulance dispatcher, Melissa Skeete, appeared before a city court yesterday where he was formally charged with the crime.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board have given Sunil Narine its full backing after the beleaguered off-spinner was on Sunday banned from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.

About 0720h. today, the police say that Zhifa Lu, 53 years, was involved in an altercation with a man at the Meadow Bank Wharf during which he was shot and injured to his right foot.

Allan Sim, the man alleged to have murdered Georgetown Public Hospital ambulance dispatcher, Melissa Skeete, appeared before a city court today where he was formally charged with the crime.

During investigations into two reports of burglary committed on homes at Bush Lot, Essequibo Coast, the police say they arrested a suspect at Reliance, Essequibo Coast, yesterday.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked by government with Fedders Lloyd to complete the specialty hospital should be cancelled and the bidding process restarted, former Auditor General Anand Goolsarran has said even as he dismissed as “without merit,” the administration’s statement that it approached the Indian firm in the interest of time.