Guyana News

A man was yesterday granted $20,000 bail for allegedly being in possession of a can of mace and 1 gramme of cannabis.

A jury yesterday started deliberating on the case of a Guyanese woman who was murdered in 2011 allegedly by her adoptive son.

Road repairs dominated when the National Procurement Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) yesterday opened bids at it Main Street Office.

Police yesterday released the wife of murder suspect Rondy Jagdeo, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed.

Six more classrooms are to be constructed for St Agnes Primary, the Ministry of Education said this evening.

ABC Academy Principal Bernard Chandra was today charged and placed on $40,000 bail after he allegedly assaulted and threatened to kill his wife.

Police this afternoon issued a bulletin for a man they say is wanted in connection with the murder of Meten-Meer-Zorg businessman Zulficar Namdar.

Both the East Bank and East Coast four-lane extension projects which are currently ongoing ought to be completed by June of 2014, according to the Work Ministry’s Manager of Roads and Bridges Department, Ron Rahaman.

A Trinidadian group of companies is looking to make investments worth over US$4 billion in Guyana, beginning with a cable linking the two nations to bring hundreds of megawatts of surplus power here and targeting companies that currently self-generate.

A suspected bandit was shot dead and two others captured after a shootout with police at Kastev Housing Scheme, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, which was being staked out by the lawmen after a tip off about a planned robbery.

The recent collapse of a section of the multi-million dollar Supenaam Stelling is being blamed on neglect, while concerns abound that defects and further wear may exist in other sections of the structure, which could create conditions for an impending calamity.

National Assembly Clerk Sherlock Isaacs says he plans to engage the Public Service Ministry to ascertain Dr Jennifer Westford’s position on Parliament Office retaining its own legal counsel and supporting staff.

President of the Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce Krishnand Jaichand says that business persons are panicking in the face of the upsurge in crime, despite the comments of Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell and he urges police to consult with them to find ways to deal with the situation.

The Skeldon factory ceased operations late last Friday after encountering a problem with a shredder that is the latest in a series of minor glitches responsible for major downtime.

The wife of murder suspect Rondy Jagdeo was yesterday detained by police shortly after she was discharged from hospital, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud confirmed last evening.

Red Thread organisation will later this month launch the Cora and Clotil Self-help Information and Support Service for domestic workers and other low-waged women.

The last of five suspects who was kept in police custody for questioning in relation to the murder of the Corentyne rice miller was released on station bail on Sunday.

Two persons are in police custody in connection with the death of hardware store proprietor Abdul Majid of Number 70 Village, Corentyne, Berbice.

Parents of the Port Kaituma Primary School plan to protest today over the deplorable conditions of the school’s toilets and environs, which they said pose a threat the health of their children.

A female taxi driver will forever be grateful to the vigilant members of the East La Penitence Community Policing Group who managed to rescue her after she was abducted by two armed men who had hired her to take them to a city location.