Cheryl Springer

Police Constable Terrence Wallace was today committed to stand trial in the High Court for the murder of Eccles teen, Shaquille Grant, who was shot in Agricola.

Sheldon Williams and Errol Williams, the two police officers accused of unlawfully killing Dameon Belgrave who was shot outside the White Castle Fish Shop, were today admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 each after they were arraigned at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Dwayne Jordan, who was found guilty of chopping his wife to death, was sentenced to death by Justice Navindra Singh in the High Court today.

President Donald Ramotar has called for the Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) to be more proactive in seeking out opportunities and not to make excuses of impediments as the country seeks to attract investment in both traditional and new sectors.

NEWTOWN, Conn., (Reuters) – A heavily armed gunman opened fire inside a Connecticut elementary school today, killing 26 people, including 20 children, in the latest in a series of shooting rampages across the United States this year, U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Nine days after Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard instructed police to charge former government minister Collin Partap with failing to take a breathalyser test, police have acted.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Former South African president Nelson Mandela was admitted to hospital yesterday for medical tests, although the government said there was no cause for alarm.

Narcotics ranks this morning discovered 350 kilogrammes of cocaine hidden in soap power in a container at the John Fernandes container compound, Mandela Avenue and several persons are in custody assisting with investigations, CANU head James Singh had confirmed.

Dr Nainiappan Daniel, a general practitioner who had his office at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital compound, died this morning at the Balwant Singh Hospital after a brief illness.

A 17-year-old boy died yesterday after the mining pit in which he was working in caved in at Micobie Village, Potaro.

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Carl Greenidge has asked Finance Secretary Neermal Rekha to provide a list of all agencies that have failed to transfer funds into the Consolidated Fund for 2010, after the Auditor General found that over $4 billion was still being held in special accounts.

Police this afternoon expressed an interest in Salim Bacchus, in connection with the execution of Berbice narcotics Detective Constable, Jirbahan Dianand.

Speaker Raphael Trotman was this afternoon forced to adjourn today’s sitting of the National Assembly after members of the opposition refused to allow Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee to speak.

Attorney Nigel Hughes, who has been representing the interest of the families of the three men who were shot and killed at Linden on July 18, said this afternoon that he will no longer carry out these duties at the ongoing Commission of Inquiry (COI) after his cross-examination was terminated by Chairman of the Commission Lensley Wolfe.

Caribbean Airlines will resume flights in and out of JFK Airport at 12.45 today,   following the New York Port Authority announcement that limited service can begin at JFK as of noon today.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee will appear before the Commission probing the July 18 shooting at Linden which resulted in the death of three protestors.

Caribbean Airlines is advising passengers that adverse weather conditions en route to and gusting winds affecting the Toronto Pearson International Airport, as a consequence of Hurricane Sandy, has led to cancellations of flights BW600 and BW601 in and out of Toronto today.

The police have issued a wanted bulletin for Mark De Abreu for questioning in relation to the Ricardo Rodrigues murder.

Ricardo Rodrigues who was recently arrested in connection with an arms cache which was discovered at Lethem was earlier this afternoon shot and killed at the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club at the corner of Thomas Lands and Albert Street, his lawyer Glen Hanoman has confirmed.

Caribbean Airlines has cancelled two of its flights which were scheduled to depart Trinidad for Guyana and Guyana for Trinidad respectively, this evening, as a result of the unrest on the lower East Bank Demerara.