Guyana News

Over two weekends in March, the Justice and Peace Commission (JPC) of the Catholic Church in Guyana will hold a series of workshops aimed at providing expert training in the prevention of domestic violence.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Shawn Rodney, more than a month after he allegedly brutally murdered his wife at Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara, before fleeing to neighbouring Suriname.

Four men were yesterday remanded to prison after being charged over the armed robberies at Cummings Lodge on Monday.

Mashramani celebrations started early in Region Six, when the inaugural New Amsterdam parade was held on Thursday.

A man was arrested on Thursday night after a police search on a house at No.

A man was yesterday jailed for three years and fined $15,000 for possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking.

A Campbellville man was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on drug charges, including selling cannabis to a policeman.

Dexter Wills, of Lot 20 Prospect, East Bank Demerara yesterday appeared before Magistrate Allan Wilson to answer charges of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking The court heard that on February 22, Wills, 42, was rounded up with several other persons with the suspicion

Trevor Merriman, 22, was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with using an ice pick to rob another man.

The body of Martin Thompson was yesterday morning found in the Mazaruni River some distance from where the boat he was in capsized on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express)  An unnecessary level of muscle was used in the two police raids on media houses, particularly the one on Newsday, given the nature of the complaint, chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Dr Ramesh Deosaran said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) After the 2006 kidnapping and subsequent murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman, the audit committee of CLICO never met, the insurance giant’s former corporate secretary Geoffrey Leid stated yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Geoffrey Leid yesterday described his decision to assume the role of CLICO’s corporate secretary as “probably the biggest mistake” of his life.

(Trinidad Express) The Police Service Commission (PSC) yesterday gave Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs a damning report.

Police say that at about 1245h yesterday, Naronatie, 49 years, and her son Rovindra Prashad, 29 years, were at their home at Better Hope, ECD, when they were confronted by two men armed with handguns, who held them up and took away two cell phones and $17,500 and escaped on foot.

Computer hard drives belonging to the outside auditor of Texas billionaire R.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille resigned today after just four months in office, plunging the country into political paralysis in the midst of rebuilding efforts two years after a devastating earthquake.

Police say that Joseph Nathaniel Britton is wanted for questioning in relation to Trafficking in Narcotics.

Police say that four of the men who were arrested at 4th Field, Cummings Lodge, ECD, following a police response to two armed robberies in the Cummings Lodge area on February 20, 2012, appeared before Magistrate Alex Moore at the Sparendaam Magistrate Court today where they were remanded to prison until April 04, 2012.

Shawn Rodney is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to murder.