Angry residents demand the release of murder suspect
ANGRY RESIDENTS CONVERGED on the Morant Bay Police Station in St. Thomas, yesterday, demanding that police release the suspect held in connection with Sunday's brutal slaying of three young children and two women in the parish.

Man held in connection with police car burning
THE KINGSTON EASTERN Police are reporting that they have held one man in connection with the burning of two police cars during a protest in the Dunkirk area of Franklyn Town two weeks ago.

Shootout kills at least eight in Guyana
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (AP) EIGHT PEOPLE WERE killed in a shootout on Sunday night between thieves and security guards at a gas station and a rampage through a suburban neighbourhood in the outskirts of Guyana's capital, police said.

Record number of women serving in parliaments
UNITED NATIONS (AP) A RECORD NUMBER of women are serving in parliaments around the world but they still account for just over 16 per cent of all lawmakers, the Inter-Parliamentary Union said in its annual report card.