Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Food vendor Colin Baptiste, who witnessed a double murder two years ago, was shot dead near his workplace in San Fernando on Sunday night.

(WICB) BIRMINGHAM, England – Darren Sammy identified the consistent failure to win the key moments in another competitive series for West Indies led to their 2-0 Test series defeat against England.

(Trinidad Express) The four men accused of attempting to rob the Bank of Baroda last Wednesday, yesterday had a total of 44 charges read to them when they appeared in the Port of Spain Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) Local history was made yesterday when 71-year-old Grace Pierre-Holder became the oldest person to be jailed for attempting to leave Piarco International Airport with cocaine in her possession for the purpose of trafficking 12 years ago.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England cricket captain Ian Botham wants to encourage children from tough urban areas to play the game by promoting a condensed form tailored for school gyms or basketball courts.

(Trinidad Express) The Jamaica Gleaner online edition reported last night that a body believed to be of Michelle Coudray-Greaves had been found yesterday afternoon, burnt beyond recognition.

Four Venezuelans were severely burnt about their bodies following an explosion onboard a vessel at a fuel depot at Morawhanna in Region One on Sunday morning.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman, who met officials from China Communications and Construction Company (CCCC) last week, says that while the National Assembly is appreciative of the efforts of the company to tell its side of the story, it is insisting on an independent investigation by either a Special Select Committee or the Economic Services Committee.

Officers from the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) yesterday found an 11-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and impregnated by her father.

A suspected bandit was last evening fatally shot by police in the Albouystown area.

Two residents, both of 156 Middle Road, La Penitence, were yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on narcotics trafficking charges following a police raid of their dwelling where the illegal substances were allegedly found.

The search for Gerald Fraser, the cook onboard cargo vessel Miss Elissa which capsized in the Demerara River on Friday last, continued yesterday, led by the GDF Coastguard.

Chairman of the Mayor & City Council’s Finance Committee Councillor Junior Garrett is determined to finalize plans which will see the body reclaiming Value Added Tax (VAT) that was paid to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA).

A 31-year-old soldier is nursing a stab wound to the right side of his stomach and gashes to the head after he was attacked by an ex-soldier at a football match on Friday evening last at the National Cultural Centre tarmac.

A man accused of unlawfully assaulting his reputed wife was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Aubrey Rodney, the man accused of attempting to murder his partner Sharon Howell with a hammer, was yesterday further remanded to prison after the court prosecutor reported that the woman’s condition has worsened.

Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, says that his “20/20 vision” for agriculture would promote areas for development and the Grow More Food campaign would be a part of this vision.

A police constable accused of raping a 14-year-old girl was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum $500,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The body of a man found floating in the vicinity of the koker opposite La Grange Police Station at Old Road, Bagotville, West Bank Demerara remained unidentified up to press time last night.

A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of fisherman Vishwanauth Narine, who was stabbed to death last Friday, revealed that he died as a result of a perforated heart due to a single stab wound.