Guyana News

In the wee hours of yesterday morning, a former United States Army officer became the latest road fatality in Berbice after riding his motorcycle into a utility pole along the Corentyne Public Road.

Attorney Nigel Hughes has accused the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of making a plea-bargain deal with a man who admitted to participating in the Lusignan, Bartica and Lindo Creek massacres, in which 33 people were killed in total, allowing him to go free without a single charge.

Two witnesses, including an eyewitness, testified yesterday when the trial of Shawn Thom and Orin David called ‘Plait Hair’ commenced in the High Court before Justice Franklin Holder.

The Caribbean Science Foundation (CSF) is seeking 20 Caribbean high-school students who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science and engineering to attend an intensive four-week enrichment residential summer programme.

The interception of cocaine in products packaged by the New Sococo Enterprise in Malaysia in 2012 put a serious dent in the company’s operations, according to its Managing Director Manjula Brijmohan, who has strongly denied any involvement in drug trafficking, including a plot uncovered to export cocaine from Guyana to Italy.

Calvin Francis, accused of stealing a pig, yesterday told a city court that he found the animal on the road and decided to sell it.

Five couples who were shortlisted for Wedding Expo 2014 “The race to the altar” competition were treated to a day of fun and adventure at the Arrowpoint Nature Resort on Saturday, following their introduction to the public on Valentine’s Day.

There is nothing quite like Reggae and Rock in the Rupununi.

PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee says that the government-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) are doubtful about the commission’s readiness to hold local government elections.

Almost three weeks after Region Eight Chairman Mark Crawford queried spending by Regional Executive Officer (REO) Ronald Harsawack using Regional Democratic Council (RDC) funds, PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee yesterday sought to provide answers on behalf of the government.

Thirty-year-old Savitree Gangadeen, whose nude body was discovered on Sunday in a desolate spot on the Linden Soesdyke/Highway died as a result of strangulation and her neck was also broken, according to a post-mortem examination (PME) performed on her body yesterday.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds met officials of the Lethem Power Company Inc (LMPCI) last weekend, following the lengthy blackout period the community experienced recently and LMPCI Chairman John Macedo said that power supply returned to normal on Saturday.

Three NGOs yesterday demonstrated outside the Guyana International Con-ference Centre, Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara against a sentence handed down by a magistrate last week which saw a teen being jailed for 5 years for assaulting a baby.

Sophia residents, Maylene Jordan and her husband Louis, are planning on going to the Police Com-plaints Authority (PCA) over the issue of the police officer who damaged their fence when he crashed into it while allegedly driving under the influence; he was off duty at the time.

The People’s National Congress Reform says it is deeply saddened at the passing of banker Laurence Clarke at the age of 63.

APNU today said that on the 22nd January 2014, Attorney for the Leader of the Opposition, Basil Williams, filed an application for leave to move to the Court of Appeal after the Full Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction in the matter of the striking out of Brigadier David Granger by Chief Justice Ian Chang in the Budget cut case as a defendant.

The Guyana Defence Force today reported on a meeting which was held on Wednesday between it and a delegation from APNU.

Attorney at law Nigel Hughes today responded to a series of allegations levelled against him by the PPP in connection with the recent Lusignan massacre trial.

The Twenty-Fifth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of Caricom in Buccament Bay, St.

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0200h today on the Main Road at Clifton Settlement, Corentyne, and which resulted in the death of motorcyclist Vincent Indial, 28 years, of Cromarty, Corentyne.