Guyana News

A man was yesterday sentenced to a three-year jail sentence for possession of marijuana, which he claimed that he used to medicate himself for asthma.

Guyana-born Surinamese national Maxwell Anthony Gill, 35, was yesterday fined $60,000 or an alternative of 24 months imprisonment after pleading guilty to illegally entering Guyana and trying to illegally obtain a passport.

The Bernice Mansell Foundation, at Rahaman’s Park, on June 27, 2013 received a donation from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment’s ‘Pick it Up Guyana’ group partnered with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the United Nations Volunteer Programme on Saturday to campaign for environmental cleanliness at the minibus parks.

Marlon Hackett, 41, is recovering at the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) after suffering major head trauma when a vehicle struck him down on Sunday evening along the West Demerara Public Road.

A Brazilian miner was shot dead and another man wounded when they were attacked by gunmen around 8 this morning in the Barama area, some 100 km from Port Kaituma, North West District and a police team has since been dispatched to the area.

The coast guards accused of killing Bartica gold miner Dweive Kant Ramdass were this afternoon found guilty by the jury and subsequently sentenced to death by Justice Franklyn Holder at the High Court in Suddie, Essequibo.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud on Monday advised Kuru Kururu residents to map out a strategy for the orderly development of the Soesdyke-Linden Highway community and warned against occupation of the reserves.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said yesterday.

There have been 17 murders in the interior regions since the start of the year, according to Stabroek News’ records, and less than half have been solved.

A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) electrician died on Sunday night after a taxi driver attempted to dislodge him from the bonnet of his car by driving into a pile of sand, according to relatives but the police said the man was struck down as he walked along the Good Hope Railway Embankment road.

Two men fled Woodlands Hospital compound with over $1 million which they grabbed from a cashier at the Accounts Department yesterday morning.

A 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend died on Saturday in Queens, New York when the speeding car they were in crashed into a guardrail on the highway, the New York Daily News said.

A family, plunged into mourning after one member died in a road collision on Sunday, faced a second tragedy when another member was involved in a separate accident hours later.

Latin America and Caribbean as a region has met two of the eight Millennium  Development Goals (MDGs)—poverty reduction and access to clean water—and it is making strides with meeting some others.

The Turkeyen Station Management Committee last week embarked on a massive four-day cleanup campaign to beautify the Turkeyen Police Station and compound.

Sections of Lethem last night were in darkness as a result of power rationing after the main generator developed some problems on Sunday.

Police in the French-speaking Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe have identified the man who went on a shooting spree on Saturday killing six of his family members, including his two children, as 40-year-old David Ramassamy.

Persons from various sections of society have voiced their concern over government’s intention to lease land to the Marriott Hotel developer at below market value.

A man sustained injuries to his face after he discharged a loaded firearm at a function at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony Creek yesterday.