Guyana News

Terrence John, who is accused of shooting at a police corporal and having an unlicensed gun and ammunition in his possession, was yesterday remanded to prison.

Two days after he was shot during a robbery, popular businessman Roger Hinds was yesterday discharged from hospital and he said that the attack on him was a set up.

As the new parliament was being convened yesterday, members of APNU-affiliate Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) staged a peaceful protest in front the Public Buildings to lobby the new Members of Parliament (MPs) to deal with issues that are important to the people.

A total shutdown of the Demerara Interconnected System occurred on Wednesday at about 16:01 hours and power was restored in all 50Hz areas by 16:25 hours but 60Hz areas were not fully restored until 19:00 hours.

(Trinidad Newsday) The Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (CAA) is disassociating itself from a statement by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) which says that Caribbean Airlines flight, BW 523, which crash landed in Guyana on August 30 last year, was not in a position to land safely.

A three-year-old boy is in a critical condition after he and his sister were struck down at Mahaicony on Wednesday morning by a minibus driver who allegedly fell asleep at the wheel.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded to prison a 23-year-old man who after disembarking a minibus allegedly snatched a gold chain from another passenger.

A Jamaican man accused of trafficking in a quantity of cocaine by attempting to mail it out of Guyana in postcards was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A 15-year-old girl was struck down yesterday by a Ministry of Public Works vehicle at Church Hill, Soesdyke after she left school to go to a nearby shop.

A man accused of stealing his family friend’s gold band was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000, after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Several persons sustained minor injuries about their body following a mid-afternoon accident along the East Coast Public Road after a car slammed into the back of a Route 50 minibus.

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it will demonstrate zero tolerance to customers who reconnect their water services illegally and will impose a $25,000 fine on them.

The Indian High Commission has announced the availability of 44 scholarships for undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral studies in universities and institutions in India for the academic year 2012 to 2013.

President Donald Ramotar says the late former Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Dr Moti Lall was a PPP stalwart as he joined Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali to sign a book of condolences at the ministry.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A High Court judge yesterday ordered the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation to have its former special advisor Austin “Jack” Warner present all “relevant documents” regarding all the finances of the country’s participation in the 2006 World Cup.

(Trinidad Newsday) The Civil Aviation Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (CAA) is disassociating itself from a statement by the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) which says that Caribbean Airlines flight, BW 523, which crash landed in Guyana on August 30 last year, was not in a position to land safely.

President Donald Ramotar this evening said he was disappointed at the opposition’s breach of parliamentary convention by taking both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker positions and he said he will be closely watching developments in the National Assembly.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Federal judge Robert P. Patterson has granted a request for a postponement in the sentencing of confessed Jamaican drug baron Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

The Guyana Government today denied a report in today’s Stabroek News that a consensus has been reached with the West Indies Cricket Board on the role of the Interim Management Committee it has set up for Guyana’s cricket and the Guyana Cricket Board.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of Denesh Persaud, 54 years of Adelphi, East Canje, Berbice, whose body was found in his home at about 0720h on January 10, 2012.