Guyana News

The state of Florida is alleging that Guyanese Natalie Belmonte who was murdered in July 2011 in the state had been sexually assaulted by her adopted son Gerard Lopes who will go on trial on Monday over her killing.

A man was fined and 14 others were released on bail after they were charged yesterday with the willful obstruction of the sole roadway stretching 36 miles between Linden and Ituni.

Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Khurshid Sattaur says that he will be forced to reinstitute the “stringent measures” in place to facilitate the examination of exports, including rice shipments.

Taxi driver Troy Burrowes was yesterday charged with stealing valuables while pretending to help remove household articles during the fire at Da Silva’s House of Optics on Sunday.

McDoom resident Calvin Barrow was yesterday fined $100,000 for wounding a man he found installing an illegal electrical connection from his yard.

A vendor accused of using violence to rob a woman of her gold chain was yesterday denied bail and remanded to prison.

The Climate Change Division, housed in the Office of the President complex, on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive was today affected by a small fire, according to a statement by the Office of the President.

Police today said that the fourteen persons who were arrested yesterday at Ituni in relation to the blocking of the roadway, were today charged with wilful obstruction of the public way.

A 20-year-old city resident was stabbed to death early this morning on North Road and a suspect has been detained, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has confirmed.

A fire this morning destroyed a section of the L’ Aventure Secondary School, Canal Number One, West Bank Demerara, displacing almost seven hundred school children just three days into the new school term.

An Eccles, East Bank Demerara biker was gunned down in front of his home last night by a man who he was seen arguing with moments before.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Photos by Arian Browne Between crumbling banks of yellow laterite, the Konawaruk River snakes its way downstream, the reddish-yellow waters glistening in the sun, a festering cut amid the towering greenery of the Region Eight jungle.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has taken full responsibility for the lack of a timely disclosure of the roles played by party Chairman Nigel Hughes and MP Cathy Hughes in the operations of Amaila Falls hydropower project developer, Sithe Global and has apologised “for this critical lapse in duty.”

Police yesterday cleared a six-day-old blockade of the Ituni road and arrested fourteen protesters but the law enforcers’ action sparked condemnation from the region and this and other matters are to be discussed today at a meeting of the Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice council.

There was evidence to support the assault allegation made against Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) president Simona Broomes, the Guyana Police Force stated yesterday, while urging the public to be patient while it investigates.

A Good Hope, East Coast Demerara mother of six was yesterday stabbed multiple times about her body  by her reputed husband of 17 years shortly after she called police on him.

Investigators questioned several persons and swabbed their hands for gunpowder residue before releasing them on station bail yesterday as police try to find the person responsible for Monday’s fatal shooting of teenager Ryan Persaud.

Relatives of murdered businesswoman Sirmattie Ramnaress have refuted claims by Sergeant Colin Bailey that he was in a relationship with the woman for 21 years and they say she was engaged to an overseas-based man.

Leader of the Opposition and A Partnership for National Unity, David Granger says the lack of funding to the University of Guyana (UG) has stifled its ambitions of producing individuals with the requisite skillset to bolster national sectors that depend heavily on engineering and science.

A police cadet officer was yesterday charged with stealing a diamond ring from a colleague.