Guyana News

Ramesh Muniram was yesterday sentenced to 76 years in prison, after he was found guilty of murdering his wife.

Chairperson of the governing board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) Bibi Shadick and Managing Director of the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) Valmikki Singh handed out several broadcasting licences yesterday at the NFMU’s head office.

Two armed bandits yesterday morning battered and robbed a businesswoman of Chester, West Coast Berbice and her son before turning their guns on a group of residents who chased after them.

Two men were yesterday charged with breaking into the Central Electronics Store and carting off $9.2M in cash and electronics, after allegedly being caught in the act on the store’s security camera.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) doctor’s quarters on Waterloo Street, Georgetown is literally falling apart around the doctors still living there but they are refusing to go until they are given alternative housing.

R&B star R. Kelly yesterday touched down and put Guyanese fans on notice to expect the unexpected at his concert tonight.

Several persons are expected to be charged in Barbados as early as today after illegal drugs and a submachine gun were found aboard the cargo vessel that sailed from Guyana.

Three are now wanted for questioning by the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) after being identified by drug mules as their suppliers.

Nigerian national David Nduka, who tried to obtain a Guyanese passport under an assumed identity, was foiled in part by his “uncommon” accent during the application process.

Just months after being released on bail on a charge of narcotics possession, Troy Nedd was back before the court yesterday facing a similar charge.

Morris Porter, of Laluni Street, Queenstown, was yesterday accidentally shot while “playing around” with a police rank on patrol duty in the city.

A carpenter was yesterday accused of stealing two heavy duty engine gears from BK International.

A 12-member jury was on Thursday empaneled for the retrial of Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy, who is accused of murdering two Victoria brothers in 2006.

Local police have sent a reminder to Interpol with respect to an earlier request for information on the alleged shooting to death of a Guyanese born father and son in Venezuelan territory, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

In an effort to make agriculture an attractive job opportunity, the Agricul-ture Ministry of Antigua and Barbuda is promoting the establishment of various shadehouses across the country.

Small scale farmers won’t be left at the wayside when the sale of the first shipment of fertiliser from Venezuela begins next Monday, according to General Secretary of the Rice Producers Association (RPA) Dharamkumar Seeraj.

The revival of the Arawak dialect in Guyana was examined at a recently-concluded meeting between Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana, Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

The Trinidad and Tobago Optometrists Association and the Caribbean Association of Optometrists recently donated model eyes to the University of Guyana’s Optometry Department.

At about 1330h. today police say that mini-bus driver Veerapen Jebode, 58 years, of Good Faith, Mahaicony, ECD, returned home and found that his home had been broken and entered.

At about 1305h today, police say that armed police ranks were on a motor vehicle patrol in Craig Street, Campbellville, Georgetown, when Morris Porter, 50 years, of Laluni Street, Queenstown, who is a friend of one of the police ranks, went up to the vehicle and engaged in a conversation with the rank.