Guyana News

At the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry sentenced an office assistant to seven days imprisonment when he appeared before her for unlawfully  assaulting his reputed wife.

A man who was convicted for the unlawful possession of firearms has escaped from prison and is now being sought by the police.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in collaboration with several UN agencies will air a special panel discussion on conserving freshwater resources tonight on NCN Channel 11, in observance of World Water Day 2012.

(Trinidad Express) Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs makes TT$108,992 a month (TT$1,307, 900 million a year) while Deputy Commissioner Jack Ewatski makes TT$104,000 a month (TT$1, 248,000 million annually), National Security Minister John Sandy disclosed yesterday.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – A major earthquake struck Mexico yesterday, unleashing panic as it damaged hundreds of buildings and caused homes in the capital to bounce like “trampolines”.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Republican Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory over top rival Rick Santorum in Illinois yesterday, moving him one step closer to clinching the party’s volatile battle for the presidential nomination.

The police say that Lawrence Leroy Semple, 33 years of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was today charged with the murder of Venezuelan national Jose Lamon Valenzuela whose body was found in a playground at Mabaruma, NWD, on March 11, 2012.

(Reuters) – Australia and West Indies played out a thrilling tie in the third one-day international at a packed Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown today.

Police say that at about 1300h. yesterday, Joel Ali, 25 years, a clerk attached to H.

Police say Nigel Misidgain is wanted after having escaped from lawful custody on 2012-03-12.

The National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) has fired 77 workers in Linden, following a verification exercise that is part of a nationwide campaign by the agency.

Police say that at about 2300h last night, Gregory Beckles, 41 years of North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was about to enter his home when he was confronted by two men, one of whom discharged a round at him and escaped.

The Guyana Elections Commission today said that concerns raised yesterday by A Partnership for National Unity about the quality of last November’s general elections will be extensively considered by the Commission.

A 23-year-old man was this morning charged with murdering his fiancée and dumping her body in a canal near her Nismes, West Bank Demerara home.

One of the victims of the Sparendaam shooting two Saturdays ago yesterday afternoon succumbed to his injuries at the Georgetown Hospital.

(Jamaica Observer) Embattled former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands Michael Misick yesterday announced he had gone into hiding and had sought asylum from criminal prosecution by Britain in an unnamed country.

(Jamaica Gleaner) United States prosecutors have indicated a willingness to accept a lower minimum prison sentence for alleged drug kingpin Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, even as they prepare to return to the US District Court in New York for his May 22 sentencing hearing.

(Barbados Nation) Grounded low-cost carrier REDjet yesterday reported that negotiations to get it flying again were at a “sensitive stage”, as Trinidad and Tobago warned of a possible withdrawal of its operating licence.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee last evening declared a loss of in confidence in Assistant Commissioner David Ramnarine and has urged acting Police Commissioner Leroy Brummell to discipline him over recent public statements.

Opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday announced that it found misconduct and illegal acts in the holding of last year’s general elections, and said there was no reliable basis to determine who won the presidency.