Guyana News

Tragedy struck at L 27-1021 Latchmansingh Street, Tucville when a fire of unknown origin gutted the home of Senior Manager of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Simone Beckles sometime around 3:30pm yesterday.

A Cummings Lodge Secondary School student died after taking a plunge in the GuySuCo canal yesterday aback of the Sparendaam New Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.

An afternoon swim for a group of boys at the Kingston seawall yesterday ended tragically when an 11 year old disappeared after being engulfed by the rough waters.

A twenty-four-year-old man appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with possession of one 9mm pistol and seven 9mm live rounds of ammunition without being the holder of a firearm licence and he was  placed on $150,000 bail on each charge.

Close to 200 tourism specialists and media representatives are expected to participate in the 13th annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development opening this weekend at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara.

Fire suspected to be electrical in origin gutted a two-flat three-bedroom house and small business place at Guava Bush, Albion on the Corentyne around 1:13 pm on Easter Monday.

A bus driver who is accused of having 942 grams of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A man who used insulting language and threatening behaviour to a woman has to pay a fine of $10,000 each or serve three months in prison after he pleaded guilty to the charges before Magistrate Alan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A man who is facing a charge of  fraudulent misappropriation was placed on $75,000 bail when he appeared before Magistrate Alan Wilson yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

President Donald Ramotar gave the assurance that the government will continue being a major patron of the popular Bartica Regatta as he presented a $500,000 cheque on Sunday to Chairman of Region Seven, Gordon Bradford.

President Donald Ramotar is urging stakeholders in the agriculture and manufacturing fields to capitalise on the opportunities that the Guyana Exposition and Trade Fair (GuyExpo) will provide come September.

(Trinidad Express) Save the children. In light of the death of two-year old Aaliyah Johnson, who was allegedly sexually and physically abused, Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development Verna St Rose Greaves yesterday appealed to citizens to be vigilant and take action to save the children who are being abused.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidadians and Tobagonians spend up to TT$1 billion a year betting on horse racing, chairman of the Betting Levy Board Kama Maharaj has said.

(Reuters) – A New York bride accused of faking terminal cancer so she could raise money from sympathetic well wishers to pay for a dream wedding has been arrested and charged with fraud, authorities said today.

(Reuters) – Australia turned around the first test against the West Indies in Barbados today through a great rearguard action from their tailenders and some penetrating bowling.

Five Venezuelan nationals were today jailed by Magistrate Allan Wilson after they pleaded guilty to five armed robbery charges that stem from an attack on stranded travellers at an island in the Wenamu River, Cuyuni.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT will be outsourcing its Cargo and Quikpak operations at some stations across the Caribbean.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Sino Forest, largest shareholder of Suriname’s biggest timber concessionary Greenheart Group Limited (GGL) has filed a US$ 4 billion claim with the court against independent stock exchange watchdogs including Muddy Waters and Carson Block, as it has suffered enormous losses on the Toronto Stock Exchange in recent months due to doubts about its holdings, namely in Suriname, expressed by these watchdogs, David Wu GGL’s Vice President of Corporate Development and Investment Affairs confirms to de Ware Tijd.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Within 24 hours after adoption of the Amnesty Act it was promulgated and published.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse has emphatically advised against a pro-amnesty march which an NDP group wanted to hold today.