Guyana News

A Brazilian national, who says he only travelled to Guyana to sell his bike, was yesterday denied bail after he was charged with possession of a gun and ammunition.

A truck driver was fined $7,500 yesterday, after admitting to driving under the influence of alcohol.

A woman was yesterday charged after allegedly stealing underwear from the Ashmins Store.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that Victoria teenager Kelly Hope, who was found in a clump of mangrove bushes along the shores of the village’s seawall on Wednesday, drowned.

Despite his repeated efforts over the last three years to stop the blocking of traffic along Niles Street, Grove, caused by a workshop that operates on a reserve alongside the road, resident Yubraj Rambarran says that authorities are yet to act.

A brother and sister, who were placed in the care of their paternal grandmother, after the younger sibling turned up at school with what appeared to be a cut across his right cheek, are said to be doing fine.

Grade 7 students at the Richard Ishmael Secondary School (RISS) have been connected to peers in three other countries – Pakistan, Turkey and the United States, as part of an international educational project facilitated by the University of Guyana (UG) through a partnership with the US based non-profit organisation, One World Youth Project (OWYP).

An International Telecommunication Unit (ITU) expert will arrive in Guyana next week to provide guidance in development of the roadmap for its transition from analog to digital terrestrial television broadcasting.

About 38 persons from various sections of the public service yesterday graduated from a Ministry of Finance training and evaluation workshop which was aimed at strengthening their monitoring  and evaluation capacity.

The police say they are investigating the death of Elvis Fernandes, 24 years, of Mandela Avenue, West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, who was shot and killed during an argument at about 1845h.

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry has seen a 35% increase in unaudited net after-tax profit for the first half of this year compared to last year abut says there was also a noticeable slowdown in the economy for the first half of the year though there have been some improvements.

The Bank of Guyana in a notice in today’s issue of Stabroek News says that approval has been granted to Laparkan Financial Services Limited (LFSL) to voluntarily cease conducting business for which it was licensed under the Financial Institutions Act 1995.

During yesterday, the police conducted a search on a house at Parfait Harmonie, WBD, during which an unlicensed .38 Taurus revolver with four rounds was found.

At about 1700h yesterday , miner Wreford Williams, 25 years, of Kamarang was involved in an argument with a man at 10 Miles, Port Kaituma, NWD, during which he was struck about his body with a piece of metal, the police say.

The government yesterday shelved its parliamentary business after a failed bid to force an adjournment of the National Assembly’s sitting to win consensus with the opposition on the contentious Amaila Falls Hydropower Project.

Police Corporal Floyd Hossanah, who was one of the first officers to arrive at the scene of the 2008 Lusignan massacre, yesterday said that he could not recall dusting for fingerprints at the crime scene.

Culture Minister Dr Frank Anthony says a permanent editorial board is in the works for the Caribbean Press and he disclosed that between 2009 and 2012, $56.6M was spent by the local publishing house.

Shawn Smith, also known as ‘Bolo,’ who was on trial in the High Court for the murder of pensioner Hector Fitzroy Marshall, was yesterday set free after a jury returned a majority not guilty verdict.

The government yesterday tried to win stakeholders’ support for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, which President Donald Ramotar said his administration should not have to bargain for.

Works Minister Robeson Benn says that a pre-feasibility study for a new Demerara Harbour Bridge has been conducted and is currently being looked at by government.