Guyana News

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Stand-in skipper Michael Clarke   insisted Australian cricket was not in crisis today but   after the humiliation of a crushing home Ashes defeat, the   once dominant side is pretty close to completing its fall from   grace.

HOUSTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge yesterday  postponed the criminal trial of Houston financier Allen  Stanford after testimony that he suffers from depression.

A Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) businessman was last night in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after he was shot during a robbery at his home.

Veteran journalist and television personality Clem David, 63,  died last night at his Eccles, East Bank Demerara home following a prolonged heart condition.

Vendors from the Stabroek Market area whose stalls were dismantled following the explosion on Wednesday morning staged protests at various government ministries and City Hall yesterday.

The man known simply as `American’ or `Yankee’ and who died in the explosion outside of Stabroek Market on Wednesday remains a figure of mystery and has been described as a favourite of vendors.

Berbice businessman Hareshnarine Sugrim, who allegedly fled the scene after he fatally struck a Line Path motorcyclist, is being sought by police in relation to causing death by dangerous driving.

The ex-policeman held in a major drug bust in Suriname earlier this week was also held by police here several years ago in connection with an abandoned aircraft found at the Kwapau airstrip in Cuyuni-Mazaruni, sources have said.

While Shaunell Warrick’s condition remains unchanged in the High Dependency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital, her attacker was on Tuesday turned over to the police by a relative of the woman.

Outspoken Bartician miner, Frederick McWilfred was last evening elected head of the Bartica Community and Mining Development Association (BCMDA) following the official launch of the organisation which aims to protect the industry but also to diversify.

Representatives of the local RUSAL subsidiary and the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday agreed to a bilateral engagement with the Labour Ministry as opposed to compulsory arbitration.

Former Caricom economist Carl Greenidge has accused the PPP/C government of bedeviling his professional career from the time it entered office in 1992 to last month’s dispute which resulted in him not being rehired by the regional body.

Lenroy Almond, accused of attempting to murder another man in a cutlass attack, was yesterday remanded to prison, after claiming he acted in self defence.

Candy vendor Wayne Prescott was yesterday charged with possession of narcotics.

The continuation of the preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Neesa Gopaul was yesterday postponed due to the absence of defence attorneys Bernard De Santos and Vic Puran when the matter was called.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday handed down a nine month jail sentence to a man who admitted that he stole shoes and other items, which he later resold.

Police on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) were last night searching for a young man who along with another attacked and stabbed two teenagers at Vryheid’s Lust, ECD.

An Imam accused of assaulting and using abusive language towards an employee of the Kitty Masjid was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 bail, after he was charged before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

A man was arraigned yesterday on two charges of unlawful assault, using abusive language and a charge of disorderly behaviour at a police outpost.

A man accused of stealing a quantity of ladies shoes was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000, after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.