Guyana News

The suspect in the murder of Oscar De Roche is expected to make a second appearance at the Bartica Magistrates’ Court on February 17.

Three out of five men who were on Friday charged at the Springlands Court with attempted murder and two counts of discharging a loaded firearm have been remanded to prison.

The Government Analyst/Food & Drug Department said on Friday that it has launched an investigation in order to take appropriate action against unlicensed and unauthorized distributors of drinking water.

The formal closure by the prosecution in the case for which Colin Jones, Randy Mars, Jafar Simpson, Anthony Watson and Basil Morgan are accused of attempting to murder Police Constable Rajindra Singh and Police Detective Damintra Indarpaul has now been adjourned to February 3.

A community forest Moni-toring, Reporting and Verifi-cation (C-MRV) project involving 16 villages of the North Rupununi, was launch-ed on Saturday in Annai, Region Nine.

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Lawrence Carrington, on Friday emphasized the importance of Social Sciences in grappling with local and global problems, as Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited’s held its University of Guyana awards ceremony.

Over 260 benefited from a joint eye care mission hosted by optometry students from both UG and UWI’s St Augustine Campus, in regions two and ten.

By Janette Bulkan In the article ‘The rule of law? – not in the forest sector of Guyana’ published by Stabroek News’ In the Diaspora on Monday 16 January 2012, I outlined the simple ways by which some traders export timber logs illegally. 

The West Indies Players’ Association this afternoon entered the controversy swirling around local cricket by flaying remarks attributed to a lawyer for the Guyana Cricket Board that players here risked an ICC ban if they competed in matches scheduled by the Interim Management Committee established by the government here.

Berbice flood photos

As the standoff over local cricket escalates, the West Indies Cricket Board this afternoon announced that matches scheduled for the Providence Stadium in the first four rounds of the regional four-day tournament will no longer be played here and it restated that it only recognized the Guyana Cricket Board.

Following several hours of rain today, large swathes of the coast have been affected by flooding.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Asafa Powell and Veronica Campbell-Brown completed a Jamaican sprint double at the U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Barbados pop group Cover Drive scored their first number one in the British singles charts today after their track “Twilight” hit the top spot on its first week on release, the Official Charts Company said.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A fatigued Novak Djokovic stared down a ferocious challenge from Rafa Nadal to defend his Australian Open title early today in the longest grand slam final ever played.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse says that pardoning his foster son Romano Meriba was justified.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A chaotic traffic pile-up on the North Coast Highway corridor threatened to muddy the best-ever Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, yet failed to overwhelm the performance of top-billed artiste, Celine Dion.

(Barbados Nation) Some of Rihanna’s controversial public images are of concern to tourism authorities.

(Trinidad Express) Dirk Barnes, a former major in the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, and now the managing director of the Trinidad and Tobago Air Support Company Ltd, said yesterday that his arrangement to supply a light surveillance aircraft for three months to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service was completely above board.

(Trinidad Express) Little Israel Brown, who died after being stung by a scorpion, loved Jesus and wanted to become a policeman.