Staff Editor

The body of a woman was found in a pit latrine at her Patentia, West Bank Demerara residence yesterday afternoon and police said her death may have been as a result of a fall but are awaiting the result of a post-mortem examination.

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has successfully overcome her physical challenges to graduate from the University of the West Indies (UWI) with a Bachelors of Science Degree.

R. Allen Stanford’s attorney Robert S. Bennett was removed from his criminal-defence trial team yesterday by a federal judge after the indicted financier was declared unable to pay him or any private lawyer, according to Bloomberg.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs on Wednesday made an appeal to members of the public to assist in weeding out rogue elements within the Police Service.

A potent tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean may cause thunder, lightning and periods of heavy rainfall in Guyana during the next 36 to 48 hours, Chief Hydromet Officer Bhaleka Seulall says.

A US woman, Shatise Atina Valentine was today remanded to prison accused of having seven kilogrammes of cocaine in her possession at the Cheddi jagan International Airport, Timheri.

Traffic backed up at Annandale on the East Coast during rush hour today.

Three to a bike…this family photo was taken on the East Coast Embankment today

A post-mortem examination performed today on the body of Radian Wilson, the two-year-old boy who was left locked in a vehicle for several hours, showed that he died of a sunstroke.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) today announced a US$9.5M loan for Guyana’s sewerage system.

Bygeval Multilateral was today declared the winner of the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) Hydroponics Competition for secondary schools.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Guyana) through its Governance Enhancement Project (GEP) yesterday awarded grants in the amount of US$58,600 to three Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), to implement domestic violence issue-based activities in Regions 4, 6 and 8. 

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dr Paul Lewis, the internationally renowned Jamaica-born American televangelist, has been slapped with fresh charges of perverting the course of justice in the ongoing carnal abuse case against him.

The Buxton health centre has been renovated to the tune of $1.5M and a new doctor stationed there.

(Barbados Nation) More than 10 000 people are expected to pack Kensington Oval for next week’s  state funeral of departed Prime Minister David Thompson.

The Caricom Secretariat will open a Book of Condolence for Prime Minister of Barbados, David Thompson on Monday, November 1st at the Caricom Secretariat, Turkeyen.

President Bharrat Jagdeo will meet with the retrenched Barama Company Limited workers on Monday in an attempt to offer them transitional assistance.

The first meeting of the National Task Force for the prevention of Sexual Violence was held today in the boardroom of the Ministry of Labour, Upper Brickdam, Georgetown.

The People’s National Congress Reform today mounted a protest outside the office of Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand her ministry’s handling of the Neesa Gopaul case.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Former Argentine President  Nestor Kirchner, the current president’s husband and a  contender to succeed her in next year’s election, died from a  heart attack today.