Cheryl Springer

An explosion, which from all indications was electrical in nature, caused students of the St John’s College to be evacuated this morning, before personnel from the Guyana Fire Service cleared the way for them to be returned.

Miss World/Trinidad and Tobago 2013 Shereece Villafana has been stripped of her crown.

The Government of Guyana (GoG) yesterday withdrew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) it had signed with Natural Globe Guyana Inc for the construction of a recycling plant.

Local cricketer Carlyle Barton is now a free man after the murder charge against him was discharged at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today.

A close friend and associate of Deryck Kanhai is claiming that last week’s murderous shooting rampage could have been prevented if officials had heeded his warnings against issuing the miner with a gun licence.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Move over Black Widow and step aside She-Hulk: Marvel Comics is introducing a new superhero – a 16-year-old Muslim-American girl named Kamala Khan, to reflect the growing diversity of its readers.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Family of late soul singer Marvin Gaye sued R&B recording artists Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams for copyright infringement on Wednesday, accusing them of stealing from the Motown legend’s musical composition for the hit single “Blurred Lines.”

Water Street businessman Randy Jagdeo appeared in court today before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry charged with the murder of biker Kirk Davis.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – American rapper 50 Cent on Monday struck a deal with Los Angeles prosecutors for three years’ probation and 30 days of community service after allegedly kicking the mother of his child and destroying her property during a June altercation.

Randy Jagdeo, the suspect in the murder of biker Kirk Davis, who managed to evade capture for almost two months, turned himself in to the police today in the company of a lawyer, a senior police official has confirmed.

Three people were killed this morning when the Mahdia-bound bus they were in collided head on with a truck at Coverden, East Bank Demerara in the vicinity of Kaylee’s Gas Station.

Relatives and officials of the Georgetown Hospital have confirmed that Romario Gouveia has died.

Two men were killed this evening and another is fighting for his life after they were shot by the police.

A man was shot in his leg today outside the Wizz Electronic Store on Alexander Street, Kitty after running to the rescue of his employer who was attacked and reportedly robbed by two armed men.

It was a weeping Leroy Brumell who took the oath as Commissioner of Police this morning promising to use the criticisms levelled against him constructively to fight crime.

A 50-year-old mother of two and teacher at the Grove Primary School collapsed and died shortly after participating in a march in observance of World Teachers’ Day yesterday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Los Angeles jury found unanimously today that concert promoter AEG Live was not liable in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by family members of pop star Michael Jackson.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said today that the suspect held in connection with Monday’s murder of policeman Michael Cumberbatch has confessed to the crime and was identified on a parade held earlier this morning.

After 3 hours of deliberation at the High Court, a jury this afternoon returned a unanimous verdict, finding murder accused Tyrone Rowe called ‘Cobra’ guilty of the 2010 murder of Troy Collymore.