Guyana News

Joel Ali, the H. Nauth and Sons Construction Company clerk who police said staged his own abduction and a robbery, was on Thursday charged along with another man with stealing $4M.

A former court bailiff was yesterday found guilty of accepting money to do away with a traffic ticket, for which he was fined $75,000 with an alternative of serving nine months imprisonment.

The Ministry of Health’s medical outreach programme in collaboration with the private sector continued on Monday when it partnered with the Rotary Club to provide free dental care to the public in the parking lot near Fogarty’s, on Water Street.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday imposed an 18-month sentence on Ramesh Ramnarine, who pleaded guilty to two counts of larceny.

Residents of the ‘GuySuCo’ Housing scheme at Turkeyen on the lower East Coast are calling on the relevant authorities to address concerns that they have been raising for well over four and half years now.

Two Region 10 departments under the Education and Health ministries will now be outfitted with a set of office equipment, compliments of the US Embassy’s Humanitarian Assistance Programme.

The Pesticide and Toxic Chemicals Control Board (PTCCB) has suspended operations of its laboratory for three days to facilitate a cleaning and restocking of the Storage Lab, according to PTCCB Registrar Tricia David.

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) on Wednesday hosted a training seminar for 32 participants from its affiliates aimed at providing them with the skills needed for stronger unionism.

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) elected a new executive body at its Annual General Meeting held earlier this month.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with 17 counts of sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl. 

(Trinidad Express) Some 500 of the 822 patients at the St Ann’s Hospital are not supposed to be at the mental institution, Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan has said.

(Barbados Nation) Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has been ordered to stop the criminal matter brought against the president of CLICO International Life, Terrence Thornhill, at least for now.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has had emergency surgery after he was hit in the groin with the ball on the opening day of the third test against New Zealand, the team said today.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The public meltdown of the man behind the viral “Kony 2012” video has thrown his campaign into turmoil even as the film succeeded in turning the world’s attention to capturing an elusive and brutal Ugandan warlord.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A judge in Campos, Brazil, could shift the criminal charges filed against Chevron and drill-rig operator Transocean to Rio de Janeiro, a decision that would remove a crusading prosecutor from the case.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – A woman living near the U.S. base of a soldier accused of killing 17 Afghan civilians remembered him on Friday as an “obnoxious drunk” who pressed her hand into his crotch and picked a fight with her boyfriend.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi attacked and slapped a fan at Karachi airport after he returned home from Dhaka where Pakistan won the Asia Cup final against Bangladesh today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Embattled dancehall entertainer Vybz Kartel was this afternoon granted J$3 million bail in the Home Circuit court in relation to the murder case of businessman Barrington ‘Bossy’ Burton.

(Barbados Nation) Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur is again warning that Barbados has the most to lose from the failure of the regional integration movement.

(WICB) GROS-ISLET, St. Lucia – Big-hitting Kieron Pollard produced an extraordinary second One-day International hundred, as West Indies piled up an impressive 294 for seven from their allocation of 50 overs in the fourth Digicel ODI today.