Guyana News

(Reuters) – Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston in a spirited funeral service at her hometown church today, a week after the sudden death of the singer whose spectacular voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Export, the region’s trade and development agency, with funding under the EU’s Tenth EDF, will be partnering with the Caribbean Fashion Industry Association as well as JAMPRO, to debut the Caribbean Collection at London Fashion Week.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Former Caribbean football mogul Jack Warner has again come under fire over missing Haiti emergency aid money, with the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) alleging Thursday that its former special advisor had taken sole responsibility for the funds.

(Trinidad Guardian) Petrotrin workers celebrated victory through the streets of San Fernando yesterday upon hearing that the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union had smashed the Government’s five per cent wage freeze, bringing looming strike action to a halt.

(Trinidad Express) Machel Montano retained his Power Soca Monarch crown at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain this morning.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica will find it difficult to attract direct investments from Japan if the island fails to curtail its crime problem, says Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Yamaguchi.

(Jamaica Gleaner) MORANT BAY, ST Thomas: Operations at the 685-acre pure stand coconut property at Nutts River in Morant Bay, St Thomas, which has diversified its operations from copra production to cold press virgin coconut oil and the bottling of coconut water, is worth going miles to see.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Financial Investigations Division (FID) scored a major victory yesterday when the Supreme Court ruled that US$1.3 million which was found in a freezer at the house of a Jamaican woman in St Catherine must be forfeited under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

(Barbados Nation) Chief Justice Marston Gibson has lifted travel restrictions on heavyweight boxer Anderson “Tootsie” Emmanuel to allow him a shot at Olympic glory.

(Barbados Nation) A young man who allegedly indecently assaulted five schoolgirls as they were on their way to or from school was remanded when he appeared in the District “A” Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

Chinese firm, Haier Electrical Appliances Ltd will set up an assembly plant here and plans to establish an industrial park in an investment pegged at US$10 million.

Guyana and Suriname yesterday agreed to a joint approach to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to discuss financing for the proposed bridge across the Corentyne River.

Guyana was one of the United Nations (UN) countries that voted in favour of a resolution condemning the situation in Syria.

The government on Thursday faced scrutiny over its disclosures in requests for funds as the opposition used its majority to delay approval for some supplementary expenditure.

Mechanic Marlon ‘Junior’ Welcome died yesterday after being attacked by a man who broke into his Sophia home.

Bandits broke and entered the Tuschen New Scheme Mandir some time between Thursday and yesterday morning, carting off and destroying articles valued $500,000.

An Essequibo man was yesterday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of buggery at the Suddie High Court before Justice Roxanne George.

A Crabwood Creek, Corentyne man was wounded yesterday when gunmen opened fire, robbing his employer of $5 M in jewellery during a robbery at the Rose Hall Municipal Market.

A fisherman was on Thursday stabbed to death during a confrontation with his ex-wife’s boyfriend at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it is willing to provide necessary technical assistance to the Region Eight Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to address water supply problems in the Mahdia and Campbelltown communities.