Guyana News

CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Malaysian company that owns a U.S.-hired oil survey ship detained last week by Venezuela in a territorial dispute with neighboring Guyana said today the boat and its 36-member crew had been released.

Even as the foreign ministers of Guyana and Venezuela are said to be arranging to meet this week with a view to hammering out an agreement on the release of the captain and crew of the research vessel Teknik Perdana, a Venezuelan newspaper is reporting that the captain is to face charges in that country.

Two Corentyne brothers were yesterday charged with murdering Hampshire businessman Devindra ‘Dave’ Deodat, who was shot dead during an armed robbery at his home last week, while a third suspect remained on the run.

Romario Gouveia, the lone survivor of three men who allegedly engaged in a “shootout” with police on Saturday night, succumbed in hospital yesterday and family members are demanding an independent autopsy as they suspect foul play in his sudden death.

A 48-year-old Sophia farmer was chopped to death over a land dispute yesterday by his stepson, who later turned himself in as the police were leaving the crime scene.

The main opposition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has condemned Saturday’s fatal shooting of three Albouys-town youths by lawmen and it is urging the police force to be guided by professional standards in the arrest of armed criminals.

Knowing how to use a fire extinguisher to effectively control a small fire in case of emergency may be the difference between saving lives and property or losing them.

Days after a fire ravaged the Beepat’s warehouse and a house at Temple Street, Ogle residents of the area are still affected by smoke emanating from the bond site, and are upset that at the fire service’s lack of attention to it.

Police are still on the hunt for the third suspect in the October 3 attempted murder of Industry resident Linda Phillips, even as the two women involved were charged.

The private sector is calling on government to consider its list of proposals for the revival of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) in the wake of its Chairman’s dire summation of the state of affairs in the social security organisation.

Sailors from HMS Lancaster have dealt a further blow to the drugs trade after seizing cannabis and cocaine with a combined street value of £58 million while on operations in the Caribbean, according to a release from the Royal Navy.

The National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS) remains firm in its stance of not allowing gay men and members of other groups deemed to be at high risk of transmitting sexual diseases from donating blood.

Over 35 prospectors were beneficiaries of a two-day course at the introductory level on the extractive industries, conducted by the Guyana Mining School and Training Centre in partnership with the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Associa-tion (GGDMA).

Kumar Mangru, 17, and Nazim Azimulla, 42, of Johanna, South Black Bush Polder along with Rajesh Singh, 38, of Lesbeholden, North Black Bush Polder and Carlton Chaitram, 37, of Mibicuri, South Black Bush Polder have been

A two-storey home at Friendship, East Coast Demerara was destroyed early yesterday morning by a fire of unknown origin.

A ranger attached to the Ministry of Forestry was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with having an illegal gun and ammunition in his possession.

Some small businesses and start-ups are poised to benefit from better access to financing and technical and entrepreneurial training under the government’s new US$10 million Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) Development Project that was launched yesterday.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison for allegedly murdering his best friend during a scuffle.

A man accused of stealing $14 million from the Hand-in-Hand Group of Companies was yesterday placed on $500,000 bail when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Ramnarine Jagmohan, 27 years, of Hampshire Squatting Area, Corentyne; and Neshan Jagmohan, 23 years, of Belvedere Squatting Area, Corentyne, were charged with the murder of Davindra Deodat called ‘Dave’, of Hampshire Squatting Area, which occurred on October 07, 2013.