Guyana News

Cecil Romeo who was in police custody for the past four years after he was accused of having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl was yesterday freed after he was found not guilty by 10 persons of a 12-member jury.

By Tantaliser If only Presidential Candidates were horses… And discourses were debates… And Guyana was a sultanate… Or is it?

(Barbados Nation) REDjet says it’s in discussion with Government to address the delay in approval for new routes and chief executive officer Ian Burns has insisted that the company “is not moving out” of Barbados over the dispute.

(Barbados Nation) Patrina Lord was strangled to death. This was the main finding of a post-mortem carried out on the body of the 31-year-old woman yesterday, as a former schoolmate and family friend appeared in court charged with her murder.

(Trinidad Express) A conman defrauded the National Energy Corporation (NEC) of US$9.6 million (TT$61.7 million) in September by presenting false documents to the corporation’s bankers which enabled money to be transferred to several bank accounts around the world.

A 36 year-old Guyanese woman has been remanded to prison in Antigua after she was caught attempting to smuggle seven pounds of cocaine into the island over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rihanna today  released track teasers online from her upcoming album “Talk  That Talk,” pushing the album up to no.

Former member of the reform of the PNCR, Dr Joseph Haynes has announced his support for the PPP/C.

At about 1630h. yesterday Police ranks responded to a report received that Seymour Patrick, 47 years of Zorg-en-Vlygt, Essequibo Coast, had been shot and injured to his left leg.

The police say they are investigating the murder of Stephon Bacchus, 17 years, a cane harvester of Kortberaadt, East Bank Berbice, that occurred at about 1430h.

The police say they are investigating a report of an alleged murder/suicide that occurred at about 10 pm yesterday, at Kaikan resulting in the death of Rita King-Mortimer, 33 years; and Paul Mortimer, 54 years.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Chavez said yesterday an unidentified nuclear-powered submarine violated  Venezuelan territorial waters this week and was chased away by  the South American nation’s navy.

(Jamaica Observer) Lawyers representing former West Indies batting stylist Lawrence Rowe have initiated legal action against the Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) for withdrawing the naming of the Players’ Pavilion at Sabina Park in his honour.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Former European Central  Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos will head Greece’s new  crisis coalition, the president’s office said today,  ending suspense over who will try to save the country from  default, bankruptcy and an exit from the euro zone.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines has taken delivery in Toulouse, France, of its first ATR 72-600 aircraft.

VILLINGILI ISLAND, Maldives, (Reuters) – India  and Pakistan hailed progress in diplomatic ties today,  promising to open a “new chapter” in their fraught relationship  at a next round of formal peace talks.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – A-Combination (AC) fraction leader Ronny Brunswijk believes President Desi Bouterse should not be involved in efforts to bring order to the gold sector.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa,  (Reuters) – Legendary Penn State  football coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham  Spanier were fired over their handling of a sex abuse scandal,  the Penn State board of trustees said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Italy represents a clear and  present danger to the euro zone, British Prime Minister David  Cameron said today.

(Trinidad Express) The Kamla Persad-Bissessar administration is taking the bull by its horns in the fight against crime and would target youth in “hotspot” areas, low-income communities and Housing Development Corporation (HDC) estates for 20,000 new jobs, at a cost of $300 million.