Guyana News

Scotiabank yesterday issued a call to all youths, including Guyanese, who want to make a difference for themselves and their communities when it announced an international youth award programme called the “Scotiabank Bright Future Young Leaders”.

The father of Shamar Success is upset at the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard, after one of its vessels passed his dead body in the Demerara River on Wednesday and later reported the sighting to police.

An 18-year-old construction worker who appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday on two counts of robbery under arms was put on $40,000 bail by Magistrate Allan Wilson but he has to report to the Brickdam Police Station every Friday at 9:00am.

(Trinidad Express) The doctors who treated Cheryl Miller at the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital have been ordered to hand over her medical records to independent psychiatrist Dr Gerard Hutchinson, who will determine whether Miller needs further treatment and, if so, what kind of treatment is required.

(Trinidad Express) Three men were shot dead in Laventille early yesterday and police believe one of the victims was among four armed assailants who had earlier stormed the dwelling house where the shooting took place.

(Trinidad Express) The workers strike at Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has started to affect the company’s Jamaican subsidiary, forcing the Caribbean Cement Company Ltd to package its cement in bags with Spanish labels.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs is “very concerned” by statements made on Wednesday by Minister of Justice Herbert Volney, which described Atiba Duncan’s killing as a “homicide”.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Lennox Heywood, 21 years of Pitt Street, Golden Grove, ECD.

(WICB) PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — West Indies all-rounder Narsingh Deonarine made a successful return to international cricket with the ball, as he played a crucial role in his team’s fight-back against Australia on the final day of the first Digicel Test on Wednesday.

CARTAGENA, Colombia, (Reuters) – Leaders from North and South America will mix perennial controversies over Cuba and the Falklands with trade tensions and a new look at the war on drugs at a weekend summit in Colombia.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Foreign Affairs minister Winston Lackin is not concerned about whether the Netherlands wants to suspend the remaining 20 million Euros of development aid or not, he says to the paper from Cartagena, Columbia in reaction to the Dutch government’s decision to suspend the aid as punishment for the adoption of the amended Amnesty Act.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – Dutch files from the 1980s will stay closed for the time being, as Foreign Affairs minister Uri Rosenthal has found a way to keep them secret.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE/PARAMARIBO – The Netherlands is conducting a campaign to impose sanctions on Suriname and the 25 suspects in the 8 December trial.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The police say they have not charged radio announcer, Wayne Whyte, in relation to an incident in which his colleague broadcaster, Jody-Ann Gray, was shot and injured.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – A U.N.-backed ceasefire that took effect in Syria at dawn is only being “partially observed” as heavy weapons and government troops remain deployed in cities, the main opposition movement said today.

Two children died last night in a fire of unknown origin at Parfait-Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

Chinese tech giant Datang Telecom Technology & Industry Group has been confirmed by a member of the Cabinet as the company that was sold government’s 20 percent shares in the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T).

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday advised Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack that an appeal is not possible against the decision by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang to quash her advice to charge Police Commissioner Henry Greene with rape.

A father of three, who was reported missing a week ago, was found dead in a pit latrine on Tuesday, at Buck Hall, in the Essequibo River.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds yesterday defended government’s plans to eventually end subsidised electricity for Lindeners, saying that because of the developments taking place and impending in the town, it will be less reliant on the subsidy.