Guyana News

The driver accused of causing the death of pedal cyclist Ronville Roberts along the Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A suspect has been arrested after the robbery on Thursday evening, when five armed bandits gained entry to a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home and subsequently escaped with over $200,000 after terrorizing and robbing a family.

United States Ambassador Brent Hardt announced the winners of the US Embassy’s inaugural Dr.

(Trinidad Express) Brian Lara’s Lady Chancellor property falls under the San/Juan Laventille Regional Corporation.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – Australia took India’s last four wickets on Saturday morning to crush the tourists by 298 runs in the fourth test and record a 4-0 series sweep.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica is due to experience an earthquake on the same scale as one that sank a section of Port Royal more than 300 years ago, according to the Earthquake Unit at the University of the West Indies.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Customs Department says it seized 577 pounds of marijuana with a street value of J$110 million during an operation yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Avinash Persaud has sought to turn the tables on Opposition Leader Owen Arthur, accusing him of playing politics with the Four Seasons project, which he says is on the verge of getting needed finance for its resumption.

(Barbados Nation) LIAT pilot and admitted drug trafficker Keith Richard Otway Allen escaped a long prison term and should be back home in St Vincent and the Grenadines today after paying fines totalling Bds$1/4 million yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Police intend to consult the Director of Public Prosecutions in their probe against an official of Blackman’s Private School accused of plunging the head of an eight-year-old pupil in a toilet bowl and flushing it.

(Trinidad Express) A senior teacher at the South Oropouche Government Primary School was prevented from entering her workplace by protesting parents yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A fast ferry service for the Eastern Caribbean is to be established, Transport Minister Devant Maharaj announced yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The People’s Partnership Government has not boycott or does not discriminate against any media house, Foreign Affairs and Communications Minister Suruj Rambachan said yesterday.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia were on the brink of a crushing series sweep after reducing India to 166 for six in their pursuit of 500 runs for an unlikely victory at the close of play on the fourth day of the fourth test today.

(Reuters) – A Playboy model said on Wednesday she feared she would die while trapped in a luxury hotel room with former boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya during a night of drugs and kinky sex.

Investigators should today be sending the file on the child molestation scandal involving a Muslim scholar to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice on charges, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

Some students and staff of the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus along with the members of the public yesterday braved the inclement weather as they protested in front of the Administration Department over the recent termination of lecturer Freddie Kissoon.

Canadian mining company, Reunion Manganese forecasts an investment of US$250 million at its Matthew’s Ridge project with commissioning of the manganese mine slated for mid-2014 despite challenges with poor infrastructure, shortage of skills and red tape.

A Grade Six teacher of an East Coast Demerara primary school was yesterday sent on administrative leave after a student of the school was flogged severely during questioning about a fight.

The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) over the past four months unearthed some 28 kilogrammes (61lbs) of cocaine that originated here, the bulk of which was hidden in hollowed–out pineapples and watermelons.