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Guyana’s highest national award was tonight conferred on outgoing Brazilian at the National Cultural Centre.

A Linden gunman has been keeping police at bay in his attempt to escape their grasp after he terrorized a family and taxi driver in the early morning hours today.

Minister of Human Services & Social Security Priya Manickchand this afternoon said that she was “horrified” that convicted child-sex felon Dr Vishwamintra Persaud was given a licence to practice in Guyana and was employed by the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

A boat powered by an outboard motor engine yesterday afternoon collided with a paddle boat in the Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River and a man is missing.

On the heels of its demand for more money for its players, Alpha United Football Club was today dropped from the popular Kashif and Shanghai tournament and replaced by Ann’s Grove United.

(BBC) President Obama has declared a major disaster exists in St Croix in the US Virgin Islands – a move which frees federal aid for recovery efforts.

In a message today to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the PNCR has urged the Guyana Police Force to become the protectors of the country’s women.

It is 40 years since businessman Arif Ali sold his Caribbean food store in north London and founded Hansib Publications, a publishing house for Caribbean, African and Asian writers and their communities, the UK Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday.

BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australian paceman Peter   Siddle ripped apart England’s lower middle order with a   hat-trick on his way to figures of 6-54 as the tourists were   dismissed for 260 late on the first day of the first Ashes   test today.

A delegation from Iran headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Behrooz Kamalvandi, met President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday to continue discussions on fulfilling several of the recent agreements between Guyana and Iran, according to the Government Information Agency.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Part-time bowler  Tillakaratne Dilshan snapped up two West Indies wickets within  the space of three balls to tilt the balance of the second test  in favour of Sri Lanka on the third day today.

Former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Murray will be interred in his home island of Leguan on Tuesday following a funeral service in the city on Monday.

The police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred about1830h yesterday at No.

After threatening that its crippling strike action could drag out until next year, GAWU said workers have agreed to resume duties on Friday, but NAACIE workers continued to hold out today for satisfactory wage offers from the sugar corporation.

Alvin Ganga, the man accused of murdering Desmond Henry and who has been on the run for some five years was yesterday remanded to prison after appearing before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(BBC) The government of Belize has stepped in with a US$5million loan to bailout the company which runs the sugar industry.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haiti needs a surge of  foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera  epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to  control, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official said.

The People’s National Congress Reform  says that it will be hosting an “Evening of Reflections” on the life and legacy of its late executive Winston Murray at Congress Place, Sophia, Georgetown, on Thursday 25th November 2010, commencing at 19:00 hrs (7:00 pm).

A 45-year-old labourer of No. 63 Village, Corentyne died after he was found with chop wounds about his body in the ‘Kali’ temple building at No.

Government’s automated accounting system has been knocked askew by the spate of thunderstorms that has struck Guyana in recent weeks, according to chief spokesman Dr.