Cheryl Springer

Three men, Richard Mangal, Eon Sampson, and Gary Joseph, were yesterday charged with robbing several fishermen of over $6M in a series of pirate attacks over the last weekend, and the court prosecutor said that they confessed to the crimes after leading police to the stolen articles.

(Trinidad Express) – Relatives of murdered woman Afiya Osbourne, who was shot about the body on Tuesday morning near her Dorata Street, Laventille home, said yesterday she was killed for her “hot mouth”.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – a Haitian-American weekly newspaper has been sued by Haiti’s Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe for defamation over its reporting on the sale of a telecommunications company acquired by his government.

Police have issued a wanted bulletin for Terry Andrew Joseph in relation to robbery under arms and piracy.

The body of an unidentified man was found in a drain at Kara Kara shortly after 8 am today.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese authorities and media remained silent on the whereabouts of Vice President Xi Jinping today, sparking rumours and raising questions over why Beijing is not being more forthcoming on the health of its president-in-waiting.

KARACHI (Reuters) – At least 261 people burnt to death as fires swept through two factories in Pakistan, police and government officials said on Wednesday, raising questions about industrial safety in the nuclear-armed South Asian nation.

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – The US ambassador to Libya and three embassy staff were killed as they rushed away from a consulate building in Benghazi, stormed by al Qaeda-linked gunmen blaming America for a film that they said insulted the Prophet Mohammad.

TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – China is on track to meet this year’s target for economic growth and if needed the government could utilize a 100 billion yuan fiscal stability fund to boost growth, Premier Wen Jiabao said today.

(Reuters) – Mark Abrahamian, the longtime guitarist for the rock band Starship, has died at age 46, the group said today.

Acting on the advice of the Heads of the Joint Services, President Donald Ramotar today postponed his visit to Linden, a statement from the Office of the President said this afternoon.

President Donald Ramotar has announced today his intention to visit Linden, tomorrow, Saturday, July 28, 2012, to meet the residents of Linden and civic stakeholders from the community.

The US Embassy in Guyana is warning US citizens to be careful in public owing to the “violent protests in Linden and ongoing protests in Georgetown in response to a rise in electricity rates.”

Anti-narcotics agents in Jamaica today netted more than 100 lbs of cocaine which was on board a cargo vessel that departed Guyana for that country last week.

Police have been bulldozing blockages, but protestors continue to block the main arteries, replacing logs and other items on the roads after the police have moved away.

The army flew the bodies of the three slain Linden men out of the community via helicopter several minutes ago amidst angry scenes by residents.

Arti Cameron, Miss Guyana 2012, arrived yesterday in Ordos, China to represent Guyana at this year’s Miss World contest being held on August 18.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) condemns the police killings in Linden and has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly requesting an emergency sitting of the Assembly to address the Linden crisis, it said in a press release today.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang this afternoon rejected the ex-parte application by Attorney General Anil Nandlall for the restoration of the $21 billion cut from the budget by the National Assembly, but ordered that Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh be allowed to withdraw monies from the Consolidated Fund, as is necessary, for the functioning of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).