Guyana News

Bibi Sharima Gopaul and Jarvis Small yesterday made another appearance before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court for the continuation of the Preliminary Inquiry into the murder of the woman’s teenage daughter Neesa Lalita Gopaul.

A homeless man was yesterday charged with assaulting another who was staying with him at the Night Shelter.

A man who attacked police and doused them with gasoline was shot yesterday morning on the Essequibo Coast.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Financier Allen Stanford was  judged mentally fit to stand trial by a federal judge today, setting the stage for a trial next year in one of the  biggest white-collar fraud cases since Bernard Madoff.

During yesterday, the police say they conducted drug eradication operations at Gateroy and De Veldt in the Berbice River.

At about 1015h today, the police say they responded to a report of threats made by fisherman Mohan Maniram, 38 years, of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast.

Armed bandits held up the Western Union Outlet at Church Street, Georgetown last night and escaped with $10 million and cell phones.

A 57-year-old motorcyclist died last night after he swerved from a cow on the Public Road at Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara and crashed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Operations at the Point Lisas port came to a halt yesterday after workers refused to show.

A 20-year-old woman was this morning murdered allegedly by the father of her child at Lot 8, North Sophia.

The Guyana Police Force says that approval has been given for the Youth Coalition for Transformation, the youth arm of APNU,  to hold a march around the streets of Georgetown tomorrow, Friday December 23, 2011, commencing at 1530h.

(Trinidad Express) Bread and breadfruit were the substance of the argument among three male relatives that led to Tuesday’s early-morning fire at Building 2, Trou Macaque, Laventille.

(Trinidad Express) The US government has expressed “disappointment” regarding the decision of Attorney General Anand Ramlogan not to appeal Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh’s decision not to extradite businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson.

(Trinidad Express) Homicide Bureau officers were last night interviewing a 39-year-old man wanted for burning the top floor of a Trou Macaque, Laventille, apartment building on Tuesday morning, leading to the deaths of four people, including two children ages two and ten months.

(Jamaica Observer) The perennially controversial issue of homosexuality appears to have set the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) on collision course with some sections of the Christian Church.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company’s Jingle and Song Competition grand finale for the English segment produced superb performances last night with crowd favourite Brandon Harding taking the top prize.

(Jamaica Gleaner) University Professor Anthony Harriott has pointed to the beheading of reputed Clansman gangster Nervado Hodges as a “sure sign” that members of the criminal underworld believe they have immunity from prosecution.

(Barbados Nation) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has been blasted by a top local sporting official over the poor quality of pitches which are prepared for regional junior tournaments.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – A rash of bombings hit Baghdad  today, killing at least 57 people in the first big attack  on Iraq’s capital since a crisis between its Shi’ite Muslim-led  government and Sunni rivals erupted days after the U.S.

The Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) yesterday flayed Managing Director of BK International Inc.