Guyana News

The captain of the boat that collided with a stationary vessel at Supenaam Creek, Essequibo River, resulting in a man’s death, has had his licence suspended, pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident by Maritime Administration.

Two weeks after bandits invaded their Festival City, North Ruimveldt home carting off a laptop computer and jewellery, George and Ruth Rodney-Grimes have been discharged from the hospital, relatives said yesterday.

Magistrate Roby Benn fined an Angoy’s Avenue mason $5,000 and sentenced him to 40 hours of community service after he pleaded guilty to having two grammes of cannabis in his possession to treat his head injury.

An Essequibo Coast businessman was on Tuesday sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of trafficking in persons.

A security guard, accused of beating and robbing a man in a wheelchair, was yesterday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A pilot was yesterday charged with threatening his ex-wife. Lyndon Dorway, 46, of Lot 483 Republic Park, East Bank Demerara, denied using threatening language towards his ex-wife Donella Dorway and causing a breach of the peace, when he appeared before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Amid growing concerns about the number of fatalities in riverain accidents, the Leader of the Opposition, David Granger is to ask Minister of Works, Robeson Benn about deaths as a result of collisions between January, 1999 and April, 2013 and whether inquiries have been done.

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) stands poised to complete regional Disaster Risk Management (DRM) training in the four remaining regions after having completed the first of these sessions in Region Eight on Sunday.

A man and two women were taken into police custody yesterday and 250 grams of cocaine and six kilograms, 870 grams of cannabis sativa (marijuana) were seized in separate raids carried out in two Georgetown communities.

Magistrate Fabayo Azore on Tuesday imposed a two-year suspended sentence on a 52-year-old man who was found guilty of fraudulently converting $360,000 worth of circumference pipes.

Magistrate Roby Benn remanded a 30-year-old vendor of Angoy’s Avenue charged with possession of 87 grammes of cannabis for the purpose of trafficking when he on Monday appeared in court.

A Stanleytown man was fined $5,000 and ordered to complete 40 hours of community service when he on Monday pleaded guilty to possession of narcotics in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.

AChenapau village (Potaro/Siparuni) yesterday received an aluminum boat and a 40- Horse power engine, handed over through the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, the Government Information Agency said.

Caribbean Airlines (CA) sponsored the prize for the captain of the winning cricket team at last week’s Guyana Independence Festival and Trade and Tourism Exhibition at Centennial College (Progress Campus) in Toronto.

Westerns missions and a host of institutions here issued a joint statement today saying that the path is now clear for the approval of four key bills that would pave the way for local government elections and urging all parties and civil society to take the process to conclusion.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0810h yesterday on the Plantation Foulis Public Road and which resulted in the death of Trechel Williams, 4 years, of Plantation Foulis, WCB.

President Donald Ramotar and the President of the Caribbean Development Bank Dr Warren Smith are to address an investment conference tomorrow.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Gold hit its lowest in almost three years today and was on course for a record quarterly loss after U.S.

The Region Ten Democratic Council has unanimously approved a recommendation by PPP/C MP Odinga Lumumba to debar a Linden-based contractor from obtaining future work from its administration until he completes an unfinished project.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission Ron Webster has urged Government to continue with investment in infrastructure and warned that the increases in Property Tax will hurt businesses.