Guyana News

A Lancaster Village, Coren-tyne man was yesterday charged with the murder of the man whose body was found in an abandoned house last week.

Phillip “Shoelace” Paul, accused of the murder of shopkeeper Kamal Ramsahoye, is due to go on trial in November.

A 28-year-old, Meadow Bank man was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment and fined $48,000 after he was found guilty of being in possession of narcotics.

A 25-year-old man was yesterday granted his pre-trial liberty in the sum of $20,000 when he appeared at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Rondell Weaver to answer charges relating to domestic violence.

Roxan Rowe and Akule Aseyika were the grand prize winners among a group of 24 persons who won prizes in the MoneyGram ‘Back to School’ Promotion.

The Guyana Defence Force today said that Coast Guard ranks yesterday investigated a report of piracy which had occurred off the Essequibo Coast in the Pomeroon and, in the process, found a second vessel which had reportedly suffered the same fate.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran says there should be no further delay in the ending of jury trials here.

Neither the President nor any member of his cabinet has any form of authority to make interpretations of the Constitution enabling them to state with authority that legislation passed in the National Assembly was unconstitutional, says former Chief Parliamentary Counsel Bryn Pollard.

At about 0215h. today, police say that motor cars HB 9018 and  PNN 1530 which were proceeding in opposite directions along Robb Street, Georgetown, collided.

Top Cop, Leroy Brummel is urging communities across Guyana to fight back against criminal elements that are infiltrating formerly peaceful neighbourhoods.

Double ‘R’ Hardware Store at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice went up in flames around 4.20 pm yesterday, resulting in millions of dollars in losses and at least four persons out of a job.

A couple from Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice have been arrested for physically abusing their nine and two-year-old Canadian sons who are now in the custody of the Child Care & Protection Agency (CCPA).

The battered body of a Corentyne minibus conductor was found in his home at number 48 Village Corentyne Berbice yesterday.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc registered a 57.3% increase in profitability for 2011 but chartered accountant Christopher Ram has raised concerns about the validity of this position considering the question of taxes and he also noted that the annual returns failed to reflect a large sale of shares to the Queens Atlantic Group.

Young offenders should no longer be sent to the Essequibo remedial facility, NOC, according Head of the Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) Ann Greene who also said the police practice of releasing accused child sex offenders after 72 hours must end.

The Guyana Police Force has begun to use wiretapping as provided for under the Interception of Communications Act to fight crime, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud has said, but APNU parliamentarian Winston Felix has expressed concerns about the this mode of crime-fighting since it could be used to invade citizens’ privacy.

The Berbice Bridge Company Inc registered a 57.3% increase in profitability for 2011 but chartered accountant Christopher Ram has raised concerns about the validity of this position considering the question of taxes and he also noted that the annual returns failed to reflect a large sale of shares to the Queens Atlantic Group.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Yadram Jaggai, 36 years, of No.

Reports in the Dutch media yesterday said that the US Drug Enforcement Adminis-tration has hard evidence that Surinamese President Desi Bouterse was in contact with convicted Guyanese drug trafficker Roger Khan while he was a parliamentarian and there are records of calls between the two in late 2005 to mid-June 2006.

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford   Ask anyone about the famous silk cotton tree that is in the middle of the road at Perseverance, Mahaicony and you are sure to hear a myth or two.