Guyana News

(Barbados Nation) A comfortable Conservative party majority in Canada’s House of Commons may not be good news for Barbados and its Caribbean neighbours.

(De Ware Tijd) PANAMA CITY — In 2010, more than 2.7 million cigarettes that were imported legally into Suriname for transit but in the end ended up on the local market illegally were confiscated.

(EZS/Cricinfo) Former West Indies fast bowler Andy Roberts, delivering one of his trademark bouncers, has called for the heads of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) two top bosses.

(De Ware Tijd) PANAMA CITY — Customs urgently needs US$ 10 million to purchase 4 extra container scans to deal with smuggling activities.

Two inmates of the New Amsterdam Prison will be charged with the murder of fellow inmate Sebastian Cleto, who died days after being severely beaten.

One of the three Guyanese men, arrested late last year in New York following a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) sting, has pleaded guilty while his co-defendants appear to have been freed.

The two suspects in the armed robbery at the Lahagoo Supermarket, in Montrose, appeared at the Sparendaam Magistrates’ Court yesterday, where they were remanded to prison by Magistrate Judy Latchman.

With the local news media gaining a greater foothold in the new digital frontier, the Guyana Press Association (GPA) is urging journalists to remain cognisant of political realities while seeking to preserve truth.

A 47-year-old resident of No. 60 Village, Corentyne sustained gunshot injuries to his hip after three bandits invaded his home around 8:45 pm on Monday; they escaped with a quantity of gold jewellery.

Water has been restored to residents of Port Kaituma, in Region One, where the supply had been affected for over two weeks.

The Mayor and City Council is in mourning after the passing of Councillor Jean Smith on Sunday.

Prince Wilkie, the 17-year-old who is accused of murdering Dwayne Durant during last year’s Diwali motorcade, was on April 27 discharged of the capital offence and then rearrested, after prosecutors charged him under a repealed law.

The relatives of dredge owner Angold Bobbington Cox, who was fatally shot during a confrontation with police, were up to yesterday evening unable to view his body, which is being stored at Lyken’s Funeral Parlour in the city.

A logger of Good Hope, Essequibo Coast was killed yesterday morning in a mishap at the worksite, in the Kairuni area, Supenaam Creek.

A road works team, which had been placed along a section of the Lethem trail for maintenance, was recently removed from the area for dereliction of duty.

The Consumer Affairs Bill 2011, long called for, was last Thursday laid in the National Assembly by Minister of Finance, Dr.

Taxi driver Chris Balkaran was yesterday charged with maliciously wounding two women, who allegedly struck down.

Construction on the TVET centres in Park, Mahaicony, Region Five and in Leonora, Region Three are expected to be finished and open to students in September.

A father and son were yesterday placed on $25,000 bail each by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, after answering charges of unlawful assault.

State prosecutor Sanjeev Datadin yesterday made oral submissions to the court in the continuing matter in which Ravi Mangar and Mark Reid are accused of tampering with witnesses in the CN Sharma carnal knowledge case.