Guyana News

Former presidential guard Malvin Taylor was earlier this month committed to stand trial in the High Court for the attempted murder of his wife and her sister.

A minibus driver accused of firing a gun at a man with intent was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Josea Barker was yesterday placed on $100,000 bail after denying that he stole a bangle.

Two police constables on Tuesday were placed on $15,000 bail each by Magistrate Allan Wilson when they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court accused of stealing a quantity of cash from a Brazilian man.

Stakeholders made submissions to be considered for the review of the RIO+20 Draft Guyana Stocktaking Report presented at a multi-stakeholder meeting on Saturday, as preparations move ahead for Guyana’s participation in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) in Brazil in June.

Regional Chief Medical Officers (CMOs) will focus on the progress of the elimination initiative and policy dialogue on the integration of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) into health systems when they meet in Saint Lucia from March 19-21, the CARICOM Secretariat at  Turkeyen said in a press release.

(Barbados Nation) The fire is still burning in the bosom of enthusiastic all-rounder Dwayne Bravo.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar offered to pay for her sister Vidwatie Newton on the first official trip she made as Prime Minister shortly after assuming office, high-level sources revealed yesterday.

A Guyanese woman is among three persons who are to appear in a South African court next week after she allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine into that country concealed in three laptops  on a flight out of Brazil.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon today at his weekly post-Cabinet media briefing said that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the One Laptop per Family (OLPF) Sesh Sukhdeo resigned after tensions surfaced.

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that the furore over the $90 million allocation for the Guyana Police Force is a matter over which he is empowered to initiate an investigation, once it is in the interest of the public to do so.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), is expected to hear the case brought by Jamaican Shanique Myrie against the Barbadian Government on April 18.

Former president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Carl Rattray is dead.

(WICB) Kingstown, St Vincent – After two weeks of intense and focussed preparation, West Indies skipper Darren Sammy backed his young team to deliver against Australia in the upcoming Digicel One-Day International Series.

The AFC says it is outraged at what it said is the continued arrogance and disregard being exhibited by RUSAL’s subsidiary, the Bauxite Company of Guyana Limited which didn’t attend yesterday’s arbitration meeting ordered by the Minister of Labour into a longstanding dispute with the union GB&GWU.

(Trinidad Express) The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will continue holding talks with the Trinidad and Tobago government over the establishment of a special fund to assist policyholders affected by the collapse of insurance giant Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO), Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The National Insurance Board (NIB) came under fire yesterday for a four-year-old million dollar investment in CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) instead of a more stable State enterprise.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Centre for the Investigation of Sexual Offences and Child Abuse has arrested and charged a 41-year-old Kingston businessman for buggering and raping his fifteen-year-old daughter.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, dropped from the one-day team last month, was included in the test squad for the tour of West Indies today.

(Barbados Nation) The new interim selection committee has given marching orders to Barbados’ most prolific batsman in regional first-class cricket.