Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Employees at Atlantic’s Point Fortin LNG facility were yesterday evacuated after a gas leak was discovered at one of its tanks.

(Reuters) – A 6.6 magnitude struck off the Pacific coast of Panama today, the U.S.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A superb spell from medium-pacer Jonathan Carter overshadowed a brilliant innings of 94 by Rohit Sharma as India A grabbed a narrow first innings lead over West Indies A at Kensington Oval today.

Relatives of Achama Madramootoo of Maida Village, Corentyne who was raped and murdered on September 14, 2003 say their grief is “fresh” again after learning that the accused in the case walked free last Wednesday in the Appeal Court.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth joined a spectacular armada of 1,000 vessels today for the most dazzling display of British pageantry seen on London’s River Thames for 350 years, watched by cheering crowds celebrating her 60th year on the throne.

LAGOS, (Reuters) – A passenger plane carrying almost 150 people crashed into a densely populated part of Lagos today, in what looked like a major disaster in Nigeria’s commercial hub.

(Jamaica Observer) Traumatised and now fearful for his life, a trembling Shane Schue said he listened as police officers shot his brother, 25-year-old Kavorn Schue, repeatedly inside his Jarrett Lane, Mountain View Avenue home, then concocted a story they would later tell their superiors and the public.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Less than 24 hours after Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna called for tougher penalties for adults who sexually abuse children, the blood-curdling story has emerged of a mother who held her teenage daughter hostage, so that she could be repeatedly raped by an adult male.

(Barbados Nation) Judicial Manager Deloitte Consulting has settled on a multimillion-dollar solution to the CLICO International Life (CIL) debacle; one that covers all 30 000 investors and policyholders in the failed insurance company.

(Trinidad Express) Days after Jason Khadoo returned to what his family described as an abusive relationship, he was stabbed in the chest at his home by a relative.

Jamaica is now requiring that travellers from Guyana have the Yellow Fever vaccination.

YALWA, Nigeria, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives into a church in northern Nigeria today, killing at least 12 people, witnesses said.

(Trinidad Express) Sledgehammers are being used by bandits to break through concrete walls to gain access to business places in the downtown city centre, the Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (DOMA) has said.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – One man was killed and six other people were wounded by gunfire, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto’s main downtown mall yesterday, a rare occurrence of major gun violence in Canada’s largest city.

As the preparations for the upcoming PNCR Congress pick up steam, there are coflicting views on who should be the leader and whether the leader of the party should also be the presidential candidate.

Story and photos by Alva Solomon The sprawling community of St Ignatius in Region 9 is peaceful and quiet and residents there thrive on their ‘self-help’ customs to develop their environs.

The partly nude body of a woman was yesterday afternoon discovered in a decomposing state in her Vergenoegen, East Bank Essequibo home and it is believed that she was raped and murdered about a week ago when villagers last saw her.

Residents of Enmore on Thursday asked that the Ministry of Local Government reintroduce the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), with councillors from each political party, in light of the ineffectiveness of the Interim-Management Committee (IMC) that was installed.

A 12-year-old girl who was raped by her stepfather gave birth to a healthy baby via Caesarean Section at the Georgetown Hospital last week and is said to be resting comfortably.

The death of 13-year-old Kester De Agrella, who was found with a rope around his neck in a washroom at the Charity Secondary School dormitory last September, remains a mystery.