Guyana News

Danny Rajkumar, 20 years of Mon Repos, ECD, who was arrested by the police in the canefields aback of Plaisance, ECD, on February 23, 2012, following an armed robbery at Better Hope, ECD, has been charged and placed before the court.

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Allen Stanford lied to his investors and stole their money to spend on himself, a U.S.

UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – U.N. humanitarian aid chief Valerie Amos said today she was “deeply disappointed” that Syria has refused to allow her to the visit the country, where she had hoped to assess the need for emergency relief in besieged towns.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – North Korea agreed today to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow nuclear inspectors to visit its Yongbyon nuclear complex to verify the moratorium has been enforced.

Police say that at about 2300h last night, two men, one of whom was armed with a firearm, entered the mini-mart at the Texaco Fuel Station, Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, and held up the cashier Samantha Daniels.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The religious organizations consulted by the Commission National Holidays Suriname refuse to surrender their national holidays.

With no plea deal as yet, the trial of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad who has been indicted in New York over a US$50M mortgage fraud is set to get rolling with jury selection on May 21, 2012.

(Barbados Nation) Visible tattoos will disqualify you from entry into the Barbados Defence Force (BDF).

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan, (Reuters) – After missing a golden opportunity to dethrone the front-runner, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has begun to retool his message as he turns his sights to Super Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) The ongoing strike at Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has already begun affected hardware dealers, with many complaining of a limited supply.

(Trinidad Express) Former CLICO director Hayden Charles was yesterday confronted with a letter from the Central Bank which listed him as the head of the insurance giant’s defunct audit committee.

(Trinidad Express) Government has spent close to TT$60 million (US$10M) in taxpayers’ dollars to modify and lease the facility which houses the Santa Rosa prison.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname runs the risk of being blacklisted if by August it still has failed to take some crucial measures to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chelsea Edghill led the way as Guyanese players sparkled in the Silver Bowl Junior Table Tennis Championships over the weekend at Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Chaguanas.

Cane harvesters at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) and the Enmore estates, on the East Coast of Demerara, yesterday went on strike over a decision by GuySuCo requiring them to meet a quota before they are paid.

A high level panel is being put together to advise government on all of the steps and requirements necessary to effectively manage the oil and gas sector in the eventuality of a discovery, Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud has announced.

With more than an estimated US$100 million flowing into Guyana annually from the Diaspora, former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge is suggesting that some financial institutions geared towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) consider using remittances as guarantees for loans.

Magistrate Krishndat Persaud sentenced a Corentyne man yesterday to five years imprisonment when he appeared before him charged with attempted murder.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne in Washington DC Unless something “miraculous” happens over the next three years, the Caribbean is not going to make the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on maternal mortality, says Andrew Morrison, Inter-American Development (IDB) Chief of the Gender and Diversity Division, Social Sector Department.

At the conclusion of a preliminary inquiry at the Springlands Court yesterday, a 19-year-old fisherman was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court for allegedly murdering a 40-year-old man.