Guyana News

The family of a 16-year-old girl, who left home and has not returned since Christmas Eve night last year, is pleading for help to secure her return home.

Three men were yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts to face charges of unlawful wounding and common assault after a fender bender in the city reportedly escalated into a street fight.

A passenger on an outgoing flight to Canada was yesterday arrested at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri after a search unearthed a quantity of cocaine concealed in the false bottoms of his suitcases.

Region Six Chairman David Armogan says floodwaters have receded at Black Bush Polder (BBP) and at Liverpool, Corentyne where all drainage systems are functioning and mini excavators have been put into operation to enhance drainage.

Major road repairs are set for regions two to six as several tenders were yesterday received at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB), Ministry of Finance compound, Main and Urquhart streets.

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Judith Singh by Pathologist, Nehaul Singh yesterday revealed that she died from a stab wound to the chest, a release from the police said.

Two brothers, one accused of stealing fake eyelashes and the other a toy gun, were each granted $30,000 bail yesterday.

Sherlock Reid was on Monday charged with possession of cocaine for trafficking after he allegedly tried to dupe two men into mailing over two pounds of the drug, hidden in bible cases, to Antigua for him.

Yogeshwarlall Hardeo received a 12-month-prison sentence and a reminder to honour his parents after he pleaded guilty yesterday to threatening and cursing his mother.

A Guyanese man has been jailed for 20 years in Ghana for cocaine trafficking and three others are to face trial later this month, according to a report on Ghanaweb.com.

Following an appeal by gold miners for relief in the face of falling gold prices and equipment repossessions, President Donald Ramotar yesterday signalled that concessions could be granted as he announced a plan to set up an inter-ministerial committee to address issues in the mining sector.

A policeman was last evening shot and killed by a prisoner who escaped from the Georgetown Public Hospital after relieving another officer of his firearm.

The Demerara Harbour Bridge will be closed between Wednesday night and Thursday morning to repair the sections that were damaged when it was hit by an oil products tanker on Sunday.

The man who was found dead at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last Friday was yesterday identified by relatives as Rafael Campbell of Beterver-wagting, ECD and a post-mortem examination has revealed that he was shot several times to the head.

Jermaine Maynard, the man accused of fatally shooting his former lover on Old Year’s night, was yesterday arraigned on a murder charge.

The nude decomposing body of a woman was discovered around 10.30 am yesterday in a clump of bushes near the Dredge Creek Health Centre, Upper Pomeroon River.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday formally commissioned a new state-of-the-art mobile container scanner and Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh said it is another high value addition to Guyana’s port security hardware to ensure the country is compliant with international laws.

Two persons remain in custody following the gruesome murder of Deoroop Sieuchand, 72, while a post-mortem examination revealed that he died from multiple incised wounds compounded by blunt trauma to head.

A five-year-old girl of Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice remains in a serious condition after she was struck down by a car, PMM 2179 as she was returning home on the first day of school yesterday.

Jasmine Joseph, the three-year-old girl who was mauled by a jaguar on December 27, is recovering well after undergoing a plate implantation for a fractured skull.