The father of murdered Madewini mechanic, Pooran Baljit testified when the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the capital offence commenced before Magistrate Leron Daly yesterday, in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts.

Rayon Jones, 21, of Lot 212 Fourth Avenue, Bartica is currently on remand for the killing which is alleged to have occurred during the furtherance of a robbery. Haricharan Baljit, a mechanic, of Lot 57 Madewini, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara was led in giving his evidence by Police Prosecutor, Inspector Kevin London.(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

CANADA –   A Canadian man has fought off a 320lb (145kg) black bear with skills he learned from years as a boxer.  Rick Nelson, 61, from Ontario was walking his dog when a cub poked its head out of a shrub. Moments later, its mother charged out of the bushes and attacked.

He fought off the mother bear with his bare fists, walking away with just minor scratches on his face and chest. The Canadian forestry ministry says that attacks by black bears are rare. After several swings from Mr Nelson, the bear walked away from the fight with a bloody nose..(BBC.COM/Photo: bbc.com)…[+]

Phase Two of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) rehabilitation project was yesterday handed over to the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA).

The ceremony took place at Flagstaff, East Coast Demerara. According to a Government release, the project was aimed at procuring equipment and rehabilitating facilities for the improvement of the flood-control capacity of the EDWC.  Phase One of the project saw the acquisition of equipment critical to the maintenance of the conservancy. .(Kaieteurnews.com/photo: kaieteurnews.com)…[+]

A pervert exposed himself to a 6-year-old girl in a Chinatown stairwell, police said Sunday. The creep then rubbed his genitals on the little girl’s face, according to authorities.Cops said the man committed his sick acts in a first-floor stairwell of a building on Henry St. at about 8 p.m. Saturday.

Police have released video of the man, who they describe only as dark-skinned and wearing a red shirt and a black baseball hat.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A US man has pleaded guilty to running a phishing campaign to steal private pictures and videos from film and TV stars.

Edward Majerczyk, of Chicago, was arrested after police investigated the 2014 “celebgate” affair. Nudes of more than 100 celebrities, including Rihanna and Jennifer Lawrence, were leaked in that incident. Majerczyk’s phishing campaign tricked people into visiting booby-trapped websites that stole login data.(BBC.COM/photo: Reuters)…[+]

Imagine watching a movie where a young girl is being raped by her own father during the day and then sold off to older men at nights.

Or one where an underprivileged teen was tricked by someone she trusted and taken far away from home and then forced into prostitution. These are the types of scenes that bring tears and not only are they featured in movies but they are all too real, happening right here in Guyana, and mostly in the hinterland regions . Vulnerable women are being led to believe that decent jobs await them in areas far from their homes only to discover that they had been deceived all along.

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An unidentified man leaped to his death on the Upper West Side early Sunday, police said. The man was found outside a townhouse on W. 88th St. near Columbus Ave. at 1:30 a.m., police said. Paramedics rushed to the scene, but the man couldn’t be saved, officials said. His name was not released pending family notification.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A Muslim man pummeled outside the mosque attended by Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen — and his father — lost a tooth and was hospitalized following the seemingly random attack early Saturday, according to a local report.

The views on the motivation behind the assault have largely conflicted depending on police and witness accounts. Taylor Anthony Mazzanti, 25, allegedly approached the victim from behind and disparaged Muslims before sucker punching him outside the Fort Pierce Islamic Center in Florida, a witness told the Palm Beach Post.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

A 30-year-old man in Brooklyn is in critical condition after being shot during a cookout late Saturday, witnesses and police said.

The victim was shot once in the chest outside an apartment building on Chauncey St. near Utica Ave. in Bedford-Stuyvesant just before 12 a.m., police said. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he’s in critical condition, police said. A witness who declined to give his name said he saw people running on Chauncey St. after a shot was fired. The cookout was winding down, he added. At the scene, police were looking at a grill, possibly for a weapon. Plastic plates and cups were found on the ground. Two people at the scene were taken into custody.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

Animal experts have told people countless times to leave wild animals alone — but it seems like no one is listening.

Across the Pacific Northwest, at least two seal pups have died after well-meaning people illegally picked up the animals on five occasions this summer, said Michael Milstein, a spokesman with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

State wildlife officials had to euthanize a harbor seal pup after a Washington woman picked it up and carried it home in a tote bag. The sea mammal was unresponsive and lethargic after the uninvited trip.(nydailynews.com)…[+]