Bandits loot, desecrate Tuschen mandir
Bandits broke and entered the Tuschen New Scheme Mandir some time between Thursday and yesterday morning, carting off and destroying articles valued $500,000.
Bandits broke and entered the Tuschen New Scheme Mandir some time between Thursday and yesterday morning, carting off and destroying articles valued $500,000.
An Essequibo man was yesterday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment after he was found guilty of buggery at the Suddie High Court before Justice Roxanne George.
A Crabwood Creek, Corentyne man was wounded yesterday when gunmen opened fire, robbing his employer of $5 M in jewellery during a robbery at the Rose Hall Municipal Market.
A fisherman was on Thursday stabbed to death during a confrontation with his ex-wife’s boyfriend at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) says it is willing to provide necessary technical assistance to the Region Eight Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to address water supply problems in the Mahdia and Campbelltown communities.
Kenrick Fitzpatrick Moore MS was yesterday remembered as one of best photographers the country has ever produced and a man whose attention to detail—from the clothes on his back to every shot he took—reflected an aspiration towards excellence.
The National Cultural Centre was filled with music yesterday as regional student choirs, comprising the best voices in schools’ choirs in all ten regions, faced off in the first ever inter-region choral contest of the Children’s Mashramani Competition.
Three policemen were remanded yesterday on the charge that they stole $600,000 in cash and gold jewellery from the suspects in a robbery.
BERLIN (Reuters) – Angela Merkel’s hand-picked choice for the ceremonial post of president resigned yesterday in a scandal over political favors, dealing a blow to the German chancellor in the midst of the euro zone debt crisis.
Dr Ramsundar Doobay on Thursday took the witness stand as the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of his wife continued.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and European Union expressed cautious optimism on Friday over prospects that Iran may be willing to engage major powers in new talks, but underscored any resumed negotiations must be sustained and focus on the nuclear issue.
Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton on Thursday remanded a man to jail after he was accused of breaking and entering the home of another man and stealing in excess of $200,000 worth of items.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – China’s leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping yesterday dismissed worries of a hard landing for his country’s economy and turned to courting American companies and states hungry for a slice of Chinese growth on the final day of his US visit.
A man accused of wounding another man about his body during a family fracas was placed on $60,000 bail on Thursday by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – It took just seconds to ignite the fire that killed more than 350 inmates in a Honduran prison on Valentine’s Day, but the country’s messy spiral into lawlessness has been years in the making.
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has committed to stepping up the fight against domestic violence through collaborations with NGOs and other stakeholders, according to Minister Jennifer Webster.
(Jamaica Observer) – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will in April hear the case of finger-rape victim Shanique Myrie against the Barbadian Government.
Republic Bank Limited on Thursday presented a cheque valued $2,825,000 to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to be used to support bands participating in the 2012 National Panorama Competition on Sunday.
(Trinidad Express) – The strike is off. The Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU) and Petrotrin yesterday settled a bitter wage dispute, a day before workers planned to walk off the job.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A star-studded lineup will sing and speak at pop star Whitney Houston’s funeral today, from Alicia Keys and Kevin Costner to the soul and gospel music royalty from which she hails, including her cousin Dionne Warwick and Aretha Franklin.
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