Guyana News

The preliminary inquiry into the murder charge against Water Street businessman Rondy Jagdeo, who is accused of the fatal shooting of his close friend, will begin on February 5, 2014.

Three persons were rushed to the Georgetown Hospital yesterday after an accident at Nabaclis.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced that the Government of Belize has agreed to the appointment of Hugh Asquith Saul as Guyana’s Honorary Consul in Belize.

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), has announced that effective November 1, permission has been granted for all miners who sell gold to the Guyana Gold Board to access a foreign currency account at a local commercial bank.

People’s Progressive Party/Civic, Member of Parliament (MP), Bibi Shadick today visited Sasha Bharrat of Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara to hand over a laptop thorough the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Programme, GINA reported.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – At least 10 Haitian migrants were killed and rescuers scrambled to save about 100 more who clung to the hull and mast of an overloaded freighter that capsized in the Bahamas, the U.S.

The body of a young man was early this morning found on the roadway at Port Mourant, Corentyne and it is believed that he was beaten to death.

In the wake of recent tragedies where licensed firearm holders have used their weapons to kill others and themselves, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee yesterday said he may be approaching the president on reviewing the gun laws while expressing concern about the demand for weapons.

The Muslim scholar accused of sexual misconduct involving nine minor boys was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court by Magistrate Alex Moore, who found that a prima facie case was established against him.

The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) is investigating a Sunday night boat collision which saw Captain Dale Duggin, 28, of Muritaro Village and Williamson Felix perish as a result of injuries sustained during a two-boat collision.

Following the scrapping last Tuesday of a Memo-randum of Understanding (MOU) signed between Natural Globe Guyana Inc and the Ministry of Local Government on November 11, government is to restart the procurement process for a waste management and recycling facility, but not through the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board.

A state witness yesterday testified that one of the women on trial for the murder of US-based Guyanese Motilall Singh had paid him US$700 to murder the man.

Thirty young Guyanese entrepreneurs are being trained to create their own niche in the cultural industry.

Police yesterday said they have found no evidence that three ranks were involved in the recent multi-million dollar robbery at Port Kaituma and as such they have resumed their duties.

The National Insurance Scheme (NIS), last Friday took two Brazilian businesswomen to court after they both allegedly failed to provide necessary documentation.

Albert Rajaram will be spending the next three years in jail after he admitted to breaking and entering the AmeriJet storage bond and stealing over $800,000 in office supplies belonging to the United States Embassy.

A miner will make his second appearance at court today, after being remanded yesterday over the murder of Brazilian national Vanderlei Kienen during a robbery after which his two alleged accomplices carted off $17 million.

As International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women was observed yesterday, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) called for more to be done regarding the elimination of violence against women in Guyana, saying that despite the tendency to cite legal improvements intended to secure women’s rights, the gulf is widening between politics and the lived reality of women and girls.

The trial of Junior Bourne who is accused of killing Canada-based Guyanese Rawle Harding in 2010 began yesterday before Justice James Bovell-Drakes in the High Court.

After receiving a call from the relevant Trinidadian authorities that 17 Guyana-registered vessels were abandoned in that country’s jurisdiction, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn is urging the Mari-time Admiration Depart-ment (MARAD) and the Fisheries Department at the Agriculture Ministry to share information more freely.