Guyana News

RICHMOND, Va., (Reuters) – Texas billionaire Allen  Stanford, three associates and a top Caribbean regulator were  indicted on fraud, conspiracy and obstruction charges in an  elaborate $7 billion pyramid scheme to bilk investors, U.S. 

Says 26 Guyanese were rounded up in one raid An undocumented Guyanese couple in Barbados heard a knock on their door early one morning and then the intruders used a crowbar to wrench it open and soon after they found themselves among others enduring the long wait before being put aboard the next plane back home.

Marlon Braithwaite, the man who allegedly stabbed his ex-girlfriend Sharmin McKay causing her death, appeared before the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

By Tiffny Rhodius Last Friday when Scotiabank announced its finalists for the Change-Maker Challenge contest, Roma Singh’s essay proposal was the only one from Guyana that made it to the shortlist and now she’s hoping her marketing platform finds favour with the judges.

Amidst several glowing tributes about his numerous political contributions, former government minister and PNC general secretary Ranji Chandisingh was yesterday remembered by his son Yuri as a dedicated family man who was “an excellent father”.

President of the Guyana Public Service Union Patrick Yarde  says  the union is celebrating  its 86th anniversary at a time when government’s  conduct, anti-working class policies and practices  constitute  an unfortunate period in the country’s  history.

The murder trial of Arshad Ali, who allegedly set fire to a One Mile, Parika home in May, 2006, commenced before Justice James Bovell-Drakes last Monday and has been adjourned for the defence to continue cross-examination of the chief witness.

Two young men, who allegedly unlawfully assaulted a mentally challenged man, were yesterday both remanded to prison when they appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Alvin Bhola, who was on the run since August 25, 2007 when he and 17 other inmates broke out of the New Amsterdam prison was recaptured at around 12:30 am yesterday at a house at Number 69 Village, Corentyne.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee on Thursday announced that legislation for breathalyzer testing was in place with effect from June 8.

A woman was yesterday granted $200,000 bail in the High Court after she had been remanded to prison by  Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court on the charge of trafficking in narcotics.

-Neither Pa nor Parent Although I am not too enthusiastic about these special singular one-shot “days”, I can have no difficulty with the celebration of the responsibility and joys of fatherhood.

Ashanti Shultz is currently on trial before Justice William Ramlal for the murder of a hospital porter, who she allegedly shot on Main Street during September 2007.

-ethnic relations body report An Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) investigation has found that there is no proof that a doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital physically abused or used racial slurs to Charmain De Mendonca, an accident victim as she had alleged.

-says crumbling infrastructure also to be addressed New University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Pro-fessor Lawrence Carrington says the institution needs an overhaul of its academic structure and administrative framework, in order for it to be fully compatible with contemporary patterns of administration.

By Cathy Richards The Linden Legal Aid Centre is calling for extensive support for abused and exploited children as it seeks to establish a child-friendly space while counting also on the commitment from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide appropriate furniture and computers.

Kwame Rumel Jobronewet, the 66-year old United States-based Guyanese who disappeared  following a visit to a family home in Buxton is still missing and relatives want the police to work harder on the case.

Three suspected bandits, who robbed a ‘B’ Field Sophia minibus conductor and his passenger on Wednesday night, have been arrested.

A 21-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to stab a young woman with a pair of scissors if she didn’t allow him to rob her, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 32-year-old man yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charges of resisting a police officer, using indecent language and expectorating.