Guyana News

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – Following is the full text of a letter sent by the West Indies Cricket Board Corporate Secretary Stephen Camacho to West Indies Players Association Secretary Andrew Richardson.

Hubert Pilgrim who is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Natalie Loncke at her home at Norton Street, Georgetown, on February 12, 2011, has been arrested by the Suriname authorities and charged with assault.

Police in Georgetown are investigating the suspected abduction of the daughter of Alliance for Change (AFC) Region Four Councillor Michael Carrington and her friend.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – The dissident Chinese artist Ai  Weiwei, whose detention in April ignited an international  uproar, was released on bail today, state media and his  sister said.

Lakeraj Fredricks, 31, of 12 Independence Street, La Grange was today jointly charged with a 16-year-old for the murder of Clifton Bonus.

LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA’s ethics committee found  “comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming” evidence that  Mohamed bin Hammam and Jack Warner were involved in attempted  bribery according to the preliminary report that led to the  suspension of the two officials.

(Trinidad Express) Low-fares airline REDjet says the integrity of its safety has been “unfairly maligned”, following a meeting of transport ministers in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) Sasha Mohammed, adviser to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has for the first time denied that she sent threatening e-mails to Express editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder and reporter Anna Ramdass.

(Trinidad Express) The resignation of Jack Warner from FIFA is neither noble or self-sacrificial, according to former prime minister and Member of Parliament for San Fernando East, Patrick Manning.

(Trinidad Express) Works Minister Jack Warner said he would rather “die first” than meet with former Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) director Louis Freeh, who has been retained by FIFA to investigate allegations of bribery within the organisation.

A 50-year-old fish vendor is in a critical condition following an early morning accident at Princes and High streets.

Eleven persons are now homeless following an early morning fire which destroyed the Lot 7 ‘A’ First Street McDoom two-storey house that they had been occupying.

(De Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE — Suriname will get a professional training for security personnel.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Friday, President Desi Bouterse revoked the casino licence of City Entertainment NV that had been granted by former President Ronald Venetiaan on 29 July 2010.

Mystery surrounds the plans for a $600M government complex, which has been under construction over the past three years at the junction of High and Princes streets, in the city.

Police in Berbice are investigating the death of a Corentyne rice farmer, who died several hours after being rushed to the Skeldon Hospital in an unconscious state.

The Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) is still weeks away from an official campaign launch and according to PNCR Presidential Candidate David Granger they have been moving “carefully not slowly” in the approach to establish a government of national unity.

Two brothers were yesterday placed on $400,000 bail each after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on the charge of attempted murder at a city disco where the virtual complainant was shot in one eye following a feud over spilt Mackeson.

Two days after he disappeared during an outing at the Aziza Akousa resort at the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, the body of 14-year-old Kevin Poulis was found with his head just below the water surface.

Canadian crime prevention expert Peter Faulhaber, who was shot during an armed robbery on the seawalls, was yesterday discharged from hospital.