Guyana News

Richardo Dinzey was remanded by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton after he appeared before her on a simple larceny charge on Thursday.

AMMAN,  (Reuters) – Syrian security forces killed almost 90 protesters today, rights activists said, the bloodiest day in a month of escalating pro-democracy demonstrations against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

AMMAN, (Reuters) – Syrian security forces shot dead dozens of protesters today, rights activists said, the bloodiest day in a month of escalating demonstrations against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.

(Trinidad Express) A 15-year-old Laventille schoolboy was shot dead after gunmen pumped seven bullets into him during an incident along Plaisance Road, John John, Laventille, on Wednesday night.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith  Malinga, whose unique slinging round-arm action brought him 101  wickets in 30 tests, retired from test cricket today in  order to prolong his limited overs career.

(Trinidad Express) If the race talk continues in this country, there will be trouble, Makandal Daaga, leader of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC), has warned.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica’s No. 1 television station, Television Jamaica Limited (TVJ), signed a historic agreement yesterday with CNN to be its exclusive broadcast partner in Jamaica.

Embroiled in a heated dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, opening batsman Christopher Gayle today smashed 102 not out in the Indian Premier League as the Royal Challengers Bangalore thrashed the Kolkata Knight Riders.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Parliamentarians traded bitter insults in Gordon House yesterday during a heated debate on the Jamaica Development Infrastructure Programme (JDIP), which later triggered a walkout by the parliamentary Opposition.

The Government of Guyana yesterday announced that it will be making a monetary donation of $20M (US$100,000) to support disaster relief efforts following the devastating Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan on March 11, 2011.

(West Indies Players Association) After speaking open and honestly in an interview yesterday with KLAS FM in Jamaica, West Indies Cricketer Chris Gayle felt extremely relieved to share with the people of the Caribbean what he has been through with the WICB and the ways he has been treated unfairly by them.

(Barbados Nation) Tragedy has struck the home of a St George family, claiming two lives, including that of a three-month-old baby.

The soldier accused of fatally shooting Colombian Jose Arturo Castillo Balcazar was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

The Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) talks have not moved as swiftly as expected and as the main opposition PNCR approaches its General Council next month, it is pressing for something definitive to emerge from the discussions.

A tug of war between ancient traditions and modern regulations continues as Hindus in New York – many of them Guyanese – embrace their religious rituals leading to a rise in debris in Jamaica Bay to the dismay of park rangers.

Police ranks on Tuesday discovered and destroyed a cannabis farm at Millie’s Hide Out, Linden Soesdyke Highway with some 2,000 plants most of which were around seven feet high.

A man, who declined to make an application for bail, was yesterday remanded to prison by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton after he was charged with attempting to poison his employer.

Fisherman, Gansran Ramdat has suffered a string of robberies over the years and on Wednesday night an armed gang robbed one of his boats at the Montrose foreshore.

The troubled Good Hope Stelling was back in operation on Wednesday afternoon and Senior Government Engineer Walter Willis is confident that the fault will not recur.

Former Linden swimming champion Onan Orlando Thom who was wanted by police turned himself in to law enforcement agents yesterday afternoon.