Guyana News

A man who allegedly assaulted his wife was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A man charged with robbery under arms was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Trinidad Express) A smiling Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar exited the St Clair Medical Centre yesterday after her 48-hour stay, but admitted to being “scared” after her blood pressure dropped suddenly and left her feeling “weak”.

(Trinidad Express) Former secretary general of the Commonwealth, Sir Shridath Ramphal QC, is calling on the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to fulfil its obligation to have the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) replace the Privy Council as this country’s final court of appeal.

A Miami-based American Eagle Airlines flight attendant accused of working under a fake name and passport was sentenced today to eight months in prison less time served and three years probation, according to NBC Miami.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The judge in the  manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson’s doctor issued a gag  order for attorneys today after a defense counselor  appeared on a television show telling details about the case.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Cuba plans to close some  ministries, create new ones and eliminate some of their  business activities by year end in reforms spearheaded by  President Raul Castro to modernize the communist island’s  economy, government sources said.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse’s statement in his annual address yesterday that something must be done about the debt ceiling because it frustrates the plans he wants to carry out, did not go down well with the New Front (NF).

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ruth Wijdenbosch says that the drop in unemployment as recently reported by the General Bureau for Statistics (ABS) is a positive development, but she believes that the announcement by President Desi Bouterse that 5000 new jobs will be created every year is a “pipe dream”, as it has no foundation and the President did not mention how he reached that figure and did not indicate in which sector.

The Ministry of Housing today produced a cheque it claimed was issued by Region Ten Chairman Mortimer Mingo as payment for land at Pradoville 2.

CN Sharma was slapped with a four-month suspension following a one-hour meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo this afternoon.

Residents of the Berbice River, Region 10 are in search of a man who is missing and feared drowned after the boat he was in sank.

(Jamaica Observer) Police sources have indicated that Deejay Vybz Kartel is being questioned in relation to a body that was found in a house reportedly owned by him in Havendale, St Andrew.

A Guyanese vessel was held in St Lucia’s waters last week with weapons, drugs and six Guyanese aboard and the ensuing probe led to a gun and ammo charge against a well-known boxing promoter on the island who was born in Linden.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse began his annual address yesterday with a warning that the new looming economic crisis in Europe could have a hard-hitting effect on Suriname.

(Barbados Nation) Police are planning to tackle “pirate” vans activity which legal operators say is worsening and killing their route taxi (ZR) business.

SANAA, (Reuters)- Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born  cleric linked to al Qaeda, was killed in a CIA drone strike in  Yemen today, U.S.

The annual showcasing of Guyana’s business and entrepreneurship sectors was opened last evening with neighbouring Suriname introducing over twenty companies to Guyana as part of a delegation to the expo, headed by its Vice President Robert Ameerali.

Chairman of Region 10 Mortimer Mingo yesterday denied that he had a house lot at the Pradoville 2 housing scheme as stated in court testimony on Wednesday by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon.

Murder accused Klaus Daniels was yesterday sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by Justice Winston Patterson after he pleaded guilty to the lesser count of manslaughter.