Guyana News

There should be sensitivity training for police and the creation of domestic violence units at each police station to better respond to victims of domestic violence.

The section of roadway in front of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) headquarters, which was closed during the recent elections period,

A motorcyclist was yesterday found with an unlicensed gun and matching rounds in his possession and is in police custody

A man charged with robbery with aggravation had the charge dropped yesterday after the virtual complainant (VC) informed the court that he did not want to pursue the matter against Ray Payne, who was charged with robbery with aggravation.

The body of an unidentified man clad in a pair of blue jeans and cream/beige t-shirt was fished out of the canal at Prospect,

Although there has been an increase in the number of students attending extra lessons, this has not resulted in an increase in passes in Mathematics and English, according to new Education Minister Priya Manickchand.

The Aurora Land Development project, an empoldering programme aimed at assisting small farmers on the Essequibo Coast is moving apace and Minister within the Agriculture Ministry Ali Baksh stated that machinery and the relevant surveys are in the process of being finalised.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) announces that the Male Surgical Wards 1 and 2 have been relocated to the first floor of its new in-patient facility.

Police yesterday issued a wanted bulletin for Rawle Rickford Coleman who escaped from police custody on Thursday last.

When the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the treason matter against Guyana Defence Force Major Bruce Munroe, his wife Carol Ann Munroe and ex-soldier Leonard Wharton continued yesterday, Lieutenant Colonel Sydney James took the stand and continued his evidence led by Director of Public Prosecutions Shalimar Ali-Hack.

The Main Big lime will be hosted as usual by the Ministry of Tourism on Boxing Day, December 26.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry further remanded a Brazilian national charged with uttering a forged document and conspiracy to commit a felony, when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The address of the woman, who appeared in the Barbados Magistrates’ court  last Saturday charged with possession, importation, trafficking and intent to supply illegal drugs, which was given as lot 185 prospect East Bank Demerara  was wrongly reported by the Barbados Nation and subsequently in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News .

Police say that at about 1200h today ranks of a mobile police patrol stopped and searched a man who was riding a motor cycle along Princes Street, Georgetown, and found an unlicensed .32 revolver and four matching rounds in his possession.

(Jamaica Observer) Female deejay Gaza Slim and her Portmore Empire boss, Vybz Kartel, were remanded in when they appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court this morning.

Rawle Rickford Coleman is wanted by the police after having escaped from lawful custody on 2011-12-15 from the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – India have fought some epic   battles with Australia but now embark on a test tour with what  many believe is their best chance of humbling the wearers of the  baggy green caps in their own back yard for the first time.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australia’s test team have rarely  been far away from crisis this year and it has again been the  prevailing mood as they prepare to try and prevent another hefty  chunk being taken out of their once formidable reputation.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Syria agreed today to let Arab  League observers into the country to monitor implementation of a  deal it agreed last month to pull troops from protest-hit towns,  free political prisoners and start talking to dissidents.

SEOUL, (Reuters) – North Korea’s state news  agency KCNA has called dead leader Kim Jong-il’s son Jong-un a  “great successor” in what appears to be the first such mention  of the late leader’s youngest known son, who had been groomed to  take over power.