Guyana News

(Reuters) – A federal judge in Houston said a team of  attorneys representing Allen Stanford, who is accused of running  a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, must stay on the case despite their  request to withdraw.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Ousted former FIFA  vice-president Jack Warner said today he had documented  evidence to back his claim that he was gifted World Cup  television rights in return for FIFA votes and accused the  organisation of being “disingenuous and dishonest”.

The police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1050h.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Dutch citizen Joran Van der  Sloot was sentenced to 28 years in prison by a Peruvian court today for killing a woman in Lima in 2010, exactly five years  since 18-year-old Alabama native Natalee Holloway disappeared  after spending time with him.

(Jamaica Observer) Two men have been charged by detectives in Westmoreland for the December 27 murder of a man and injury of three others during a Jamaica Labour Party rally in Savanna la Mar.

A taxi driver was discovered dead in his vehicle this morning at Goedverwagting Road, Plaisance, on the East Coast of Demerara.

(Trinidad Express) Environmentalist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh who was part of a movement which successfully fought plans to establish steel plants at Claxton Bay and La Brea says there must be consultation with residents of La Brea before any industrial plant is built.

(Trinidad Express) A pipeline project which aims to export natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago to other Caribbean islands has found new investors.

(Trinidad Guardian) NEW YORK—A Queens judge sentenced three members of a  Richmond Hill family to serve a combined 418 years in jail for a brazen immigration and real-estate scam.

Legendary music promoter Cyril Shaw passed away today just short of his 90th birthday.

(Trinidad Express) Another violent clash erupted at the office of the Public Services Association (PSA) yesterday evening as the group deemed the PSA rebels stormed the union’s offices, on Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, in a bid to reclaim leadership of the association.

(Trinidad Express) Conjugal visits for convicted prisoners, as well as mandatory testing for HIV and AIDS, are privileges to be afforded under the new Prisons Rules, which are to be tabled in Parliament shortly.

PERTH, (Reuters) – David Warner smashed the fastest  test century by an opening batsman as Australia battered India  on the first day of the third test today, dismissing the  tourists for 161 before racing to within 12 runs of that tally.

The Alliance For Change’s (AFC) leader Raphael Trotman, a former member of the PNCR, is the new Speaker of the National Assembly, an historic first for the opposition in Guyana’s parliamentary history that also saw the position of Deputy Speaker going to APNU’s Deborah Backer.

The body of 54-year-old Denesh Persaud was found in his home on Tuesday last and it was revealed that the man died of manual strangulation.

President Donald Ramotar yesterday said that the election of Raphael Trotman as Speaker of the National Assembly by the opposition majority was “disappointing,” while accusing APNU and AFC of squandering an opportunity to usher in an era of greater political cooperation and consensus.

The government has terminated the Amaila Falls Access road contract with the Fip Motilall-run Synergy Holdings Inc, citing the contractor’s failure to meet deadlines and the Works Ministry is taking steps to complete the project.

Although AFC leader Raphael Trotman was yesterday elected Speaker of the National Assembly with full support from the opposition benches, APNU leader David Granger says that no final decision has been made on whether the post will be rotated between the two opposition parties.

Police were yesterday summoned to the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) dock at Kingston, after passengers stormed and overloaded the Lady Northcote ferry, demanding to be taken to the North West District with or without tickets.

Synergy Holdings Inc CEO Fip Motilall says that the government made a bad move to terminate his firm’s Amaila Falls road contract and contended that he is owed more than US$1M for works completed.