Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Don’t use the word “slump” to describe the Trinidad and Tobago economy.

A woman was yesterday morning beaten to death at Silver Beach, East Bank Essequibo by a lover who then poisoned himself.

Leader of the Alliance for Change Khemraj Ramjattan said yesterday that his party will petition for the immediate termination of the contract given to China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to expand the Timehri airport after news broke that it has been debarred by the World Bank under its `Fraud and Corruption Sanctioning Policy’.

Four prisoners yesterday had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, after acting Chief Justice Ian Chang ruled that their over a decade long stints on death row amounted to inhumane treatment.

A 23-year-old Guyanese man, who is the main suspect in the weekend attack at the Toronto Eaton Mall, was charged with first-degree murder and six counts of attempted murder, the Canadian media reported yesterday.

Kensley ‘Bung-ee’ Thompson, suspected of brutally murdering his wife, Rhonda Thompson, 35, on Sunday at Onderneeming, West Coast Berbice, succumbed yesterday; he had ingested a poisonous substance and slashed his wrists and throat.

Three persons are in police custody assisting with investigations into the murder of 18-year-old Marlon Andrew Ramcharran who was discovered around 2 am on Sunday on the side of the road in Block 4, Tain New Housing Scheme in a pool of blood with gaping chops to his body.

A fire believed to be caused by someone smoking cigarettes yesterday destroyed two beds in a room at a house in ‘Pradoville 1,’ Ogle Airstrip Road, East Coast Demerara, said to belong to former head of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit, Lambert Marks.

An 11-year-old boy has died after breaking his neck while playing with siblings in a hammock, at Port Kaituma.

A West Berbice mother is calling for justice after her three-year-old daughter was raped by a 17-year-old relative who is still going about normal life.

The 16-year-old girl who was brutally chopped with a cutlass by her lover at Big Creek Backdam, North West District (NWD) remains in an unconscious state in the High Dependency Unit (HDU).

A man is accusing police of brutality, saying he was arrested and allegedly beaten by a number of lawmen early Sunday morning, in the East Ruimveldt area.

The second phase of the ‘Guyana Shines’ project — the community clean up challenge — was yesterday launched and will see Tucville and Lodge competing over the next two weeks to make their area the cleanest.

The spouse of Donna Thomas, who is accused of her murder, was remanded to prison yesterday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

MoneyGram presented prizes to 10 lucky customers in its Mother’s Day promotions, even as Neal and Massy Services Limited, the local agent for the international transfer company prepares to offer new services to customers nationwide.

The man who is accused of stabbing and hammering a mother of ten was slapped with three charges and is expected to make his court appearance today.

Office of the President (OP) Press Officer Kwame McCoy yesterday declared himself innocent in the gun-butting assault of a man, saying that the charges against him stemmed from political lies and poor investigation by police.

An additional two-week extension has been given to the management of the controversial rice mill at Cane Grove, Mahaica to install critical equipment to counter dust pollution problems there.

A man was yesterday granted $150,000 bail in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton on an indictable charge of simple larceny.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Peru’s top court has ruled Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot can be extradited to the United States in connection with the 2005 disappearance in Aruba of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway, but only after serving a Peruvian prison sentence for murder.