Guyana News

Magistrate Judy Latchman yesterday sentenced Mark King to jail for 48 months after he finally pleaded guilty to using an ice pick in robbing a woman of her cell phone at Agricola.

A twenty-two-year-old taxi driver yesterday was put on  bail in the sum of $200,000 by Magistrate Judy Latchman for allegedly robbing Saisnarine Baldeo at gunpoint of jewellery and a Blackberry cell phone.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday granted state appointed prosecutor, attorney Vic Puran, a three-day adjournment to respond to written submissions made by defence attorney Nigel Hughes during the treason case preliminary inquiry.

Cabinet offered ‘no objection’ to four multi-million-dollar contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of the Amaila Falls access road, months after axing contractor Fip Motilall from the project.

Sahijan cough syrup, ice cream made from bitter melon (karila) and pomegranate hair grower were some of the main attractions at the Region Four Department of Education’s Science, Technology and Mathematics Fair for Schools within Georgetown.

The creation of alternative sources of energy was the focus of students and teachers of Hope Secondary School who attended the Region Four Department of Education’s Science, Mathematics and technology Fair held at the Diamond Secondary School on March 13 and 14.

The Ministry of  Natural Resources and the Environment on Wednesday opened a two-day workshop aimed at finding ways to include payments for sustaining eco-system services into the national Monitoring, Reporting and Verification (MRV) systems, as part of  its efforts to manage and sustain Guyana’s natural resources.

Cabinet offered ‘no objection’ to four multi-million-dollar contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of the Amaila Falls access road, months after axing contractor Fip Motilall from the project.

Two men are in custody after they were caught by police shortly after allegedly committing a knife point robbery in Kitty.

(Trinidad Express) A 24-seater bus transporting strike breakers out of Trinidad Cement Ltd’s (TCL) Claxton Bay factory was struck by a boulder yesterday, in an incident described by the company as “an act of terrorism”.

(Reuters) – Pop star Rihanna called her recent musical collaboration with ex-boyfriend Chris Brown “innocent,” after critics and fans split on the duo working together three years after Brown assaulted the pop star.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Venezuelan national Jose Ramon Valenzuela, 46 years, whose body was found on March 11, 2012, on a Sports Ground at Mabaruma, NWD.

The National Assembly this afternoon passed an appropriation bill to clear extra-budgetary spending from last year, without four items that were voted down by the opposition.

The Associated Press says that a cargo plane loaded with bread crashed in a lagoon near Puerto Rico’s international airport today and both crew members died.

(Jamaica Observer) NEW YORK, USA — Almost three years after United States authorities requested his extradition on drug and gunrunning charges, former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke faces the final chapter in the long-running saga, when he is sentenced here tomorrow.

The Ministry of Home Affairs this morning said that $320, 000 out of the $90 million police elections fund was allocated to Divisional Commander David Ramnarine and it provided a copy of the returned cheque dated November 26, 2011.

(Barbados Nation) The blind woman who will make history next week when she becomes the first female President of the Senate says she is “humbled and blessed” by the honour.

(Barbados Nation) Government is not prepared to bail out the cash-strapped Almond Resorts Inc.

The Guyana Government today said that an objection by Venezuela to Georgetown’s application for an extension of its continental shelf is “deeply regrettable”.

(Barbados Nation) Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who has accused Barbadian Immigration authorities of carrying out an unlawful cavity search and denying her entry last March 14, could be back into Barbados next month.