As part of the Ministry of Education’s plan to address the situation at the beleaguered Brickdam Secondary School, the ministry has decided to issue letters of transfer to the effect that teachers and students report to different secondary institutions.

Tuesday, ministry officials held a meeting with the teachers at 13:00 hours when they informed them of the decision. Later in the day, the same officials held a meeting at Saint Stanislaus College with the parents where they were then notified.

A parent speaking with KAIETEUR NEWS expressed that the plan may eventually lead to the break-up of the institution. She finds the move suspicious since only a few more weeks are left in the school term. They were told to uplift their letters of transfer today.  (KAIETEUR NEWS/photo: guyanachronicle.com)…[+]

The Independent Commission of Investigations said it has launched an investigation into a multiple fatal shooting incident involving four civilians in Old Harbour Bay, St Catherine.

The incident occurred about 3:00 pm Tuesday. One of the four men has been identified as Jermaine O’Connor; the other three are yet to be identified. INDECOM said initial police reports are that five police officers of the Old Harbour Operation Support Team (OST) were on patrol in the area when a confrontation allegedly occurred. The police reportedly recovered three firearms in the incident.

INDECOM said the public will be updated on this incident as the information becomes available. (JAMAICA OBSERVER/photo: rjrnewsonline.com)…[+]

SOUTH AFRICA –  Oscar Pistorius’ girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp did not love the South African Olympic athlete, her cousin Kim Martin has told a court.

The hearing is reconsidering Pistorius’ sentence after a court found him guilty of murdering Ms Steenkamp, overturning an earlier manslaughter verdict.

He faces a jail term of 15 years but it may be reduced due to time already spent in prison and mitigating factors. Ms. Martin said she did not believe the true version of events had come out. “I never heard him apologise… I don’t feel the true version came out. We just wanted the truth,” she said. Pistorius, 29, killed Ms Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013 after firing four times through a locked toilet door.(BBC NEWS/photo: bbc.co.uk)…[+]