Guyana News

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – A second unidentified masseur has joined a $2 million lawsuit against John Travolta claiming the actor sexually assaulted the men in two separate incidents during private massages, according to amended court documents filed on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) While West Indies cricketers Marlon Samuels, Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin were held up from joining the West Indies cricket team in England, awaiting an English visa, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) was told the situation is under control and their assistance was not needed at the point in time.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) yesterday premiered its fully automated Motor Vehicle Certificate of Registration.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The court martial has no choice but to apply the Amnesty Act and end proceedings against Desi Bouterse and other suspects in the December murders trial, as it has no authority to rule on the applicability of laws, jurist Jennifer van Dijk-Silos tells de Ware Tijd.

(Jamaica Observer) YORK, Westmoreland — Eleven-year-old Ricardo Dove was shot dead by gunmen who invaded his home in this quiet farming community on Monday night.

(Jamaica Observer) Digicel snarled back at the Tax Administration of Jamaica (TAJ) yesterday, accusing the government body — which launched an armed raid on the cellphone operator’s offices last week — of “utter and complete incompetence”.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A former Jamaican policeman has lost an appeal to prevent his extradition from New York.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Chinese investor in Jamaica’s sugar sector has leveled serious allegations against several players in the industry.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australian pace bowler Mitchell Starc has been sent home from Britain after just three days because of a foul-up with his visa.

(Barbados Nation) Just when Trinidadian company Neal & Massy is taking heat for its decision to close Almond Beach Village, another Trinidadian investor is about to pump Bds$20 million into the Barbados economy.

The police opened fire on two young men who had escaped into a yard filled with children at Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust late yesterday afternoon.

A significant amount of flood mapping for the communities of Little and Big Biabu in Upper Mahaica has been completed and an early warning system is being piloted in the area.

Former CNS TV 6 Editor and Videographer Shane Hubbard has won the inaugural Global Water Partnership –Caribbean (GWP-C) Media Award on Water.

One of the miners shot and robbed on Monday at a bar in the city remains in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he is on a life support machine.

A man who is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl appeared before the Suddie Magistrate’s Court last month but the child’s family is dissatisfied that he was not also charged with abduction and attempting to flee the country with a minor.

The lawyer hired by Teffiny Onika Smith, the Guyanese woman who has been held in jail in Ecuador for drug trafficking for almost a year without a trial, did nothing to prove her innocence and instead tried to bribe members of the justice system, a source familiar with the case has said.

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development commissioned an $8.5M Amerindian hostel at Karasabai and several other projects during a recent visit to 20 communities in Region Nine.

Members of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in Region Nine are expected to debate a motion for a vote of no confidence in the Regional Executive Officer (REO) Claire Singh over her alleged “interference” in village elections at the community of Parishara.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) says it has registered a 10% decrease in serious crimes at the end of April compared to last year but speeding continues to be a major factor in fatal accidents.

The Guyana Mangrove Rest-oration Project (GMRP) on Monday launched its solid waste management and energy conservation awareness programme, beginning with the schools within the Golden Grove to Belfield Mangrove Reserve.