Guyana News

(Reuters) – Veteran rockers Van Halen said today that they will kick off a North American tour with  original lead singer David Lee Roth in mid-February, shortly  after the release of the band’s first full album with Roth in  nearly 30 years.

A 19-year old man was stabbed to death this morning following a fight with another man at a private abattoir at Mahaica.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Dutch citizen Joran Van der  Sloot, poised to plead guilty, went on trial today on  charges of killing a young Peruvian woman in 2010, five years to  the day after a U.S.

A man was fatally shot by police this morning as he attempted to escape after he snatched a woman’s handbag as she was disembarking a minibus at Herstelling, East Bank Demerara.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St. Catherine Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of three persons in the division since yesterday evening.

(Barbados Nation) The Globe Cinema, which closed its doors to moviegoers six days ago after 55 years, will reopen on Sunday.

The police today announced more changes in its command structure. A release said that the following postings at command level have been made within the Guyana Police Force with effect from January 01, 2012.

The police say that at about 1430h on Wednesday, pedal cyclist Morris Albert De Caires, 72 years, of Waterloo Street, Georgetown, was struck down by motor lorry GKK7893 at Norton Street, Georgetown and later died.

The appointment of Guyanese attorney, Sanjeev Datadin, as special constable working along with the team of investigators in the Antigua IHI fraud investigation has been met with dissent in some quarters.

(Trinidad Express) A special team should be established to market Trinidad and Tobago and attract investments worldwide, says Sports Ambassador Brian Lara.

(Trinidad Express) Sylvia Baldini-Duprey, wife of Lawrence Duprey, attended only one CL Financial board meeting during her three-year stint as deputy chairman of the conglomerate because she feared being kidnapped if she returned to this country.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Chaos seems to rule in Suriname as it is not clear how many people actually own a casino license.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia, inspired by captain  Michael Clarke, crushed India by an innings and 68 runs in the  second test at the Sydney Cricket Ground today to take a  dominant 2-0 lead in the four-match series.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett yesterday announced the “upgrade” of several foreign service officers, while denying that the appointments were made to deflect the adverse

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says it is favourably disposed to itself and the Alliance For Change (AFC) holding the speakership of the National Assembly on a rotating basis with APNU holding the position in the first term.

  The parents of pupils of the Uitvlugt Primary School are calling on the relevant authorities to have the compound and its surroundings weeded to ensure their children’s safety and the education minister has slammed the officials

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded three of six men accused of armed robbery committed at the Hollywood Bollywood Night Club.

Guyana will soon begin national consultations on decriminalizing homosexuality, as a follow-up to discussions at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Perth, Australia last October.

A 22-year-old clerk who allegedly stole several cheques worth some $39 million from Alfro Alphonso and Sons Enterprises yesterday appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ court and was remanded to prison.

The police now have the suspect they were looking for in connection with the murder of 74-year-old Mahaica farmer Ramlogan Singh, called ‘Tun Tun’ in their custody assisting with investigations.