Guyana News

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies cricket was once again rocked by controversy today when batting star Darren Bravo was controversially sent home ahead of the Tri-Nations Series in Zimbabwe, after the West Indies Cricket Board sensationally cancelled his match/tour contract over a contentious tweet deemed “disparaging” to president Dave Cameron.

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s policies are likely to make it harder for developing nations to obtain the growing finance they need to combat climate change, threatening one pillar of a 2015 international agreement to slow global warming.

In light of information on a “potential domestic security threat” and increased crimes, the government yesterday announced that the police force and army will be conducting security operations, which will include aerial coverage by helicopters, in targeted areas.

The Maternal and Child Health Unit of the Ministry of Public Health is seeking to expand its available family-planning options with the introduction of new, long-acting reversible contraceptive for women.

A So Ruimveldt man was shot dead yesterday morning after he and an uncle broke into an Albouystown house to confront another man over a bicycle.

Two men carted off over $3M in electronics from a Mon Repos dealer during a brazen attack yesterday afternoon.

Not disputing the legitimacy of sex tapes that have been the focus of a scandal involving his client, self-proclaimed ‘Pope’ Philbert London, attorney Jerome Khan said yesterday that no crime has been committed and only his congregation should pass moral judgement.

After answering the appeal by President David Granger and the APNU+AFC administration for Guyanese in the diaspora to return home and develop the country, remigrant Lenox Shuman is grappling with buyer’s remorse.

As investigations continue into the armed robbery at the home of PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee on Wednesday, the police are searching for four persons, including two known characters.

Arnold Sankar and Sons Rice Mill is suing the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) for $99.6M for alleged breach of a paddy supply deal and related costs.

Final year students of the Georgetown School of Nursing were in tears yesterday after being told that they would have to re-sit their final examinations since the nursing council had tangible evidence that the tests had been “compromised.”

Two cousins were arrested early yesterday morning after the police discovered almost 100 pounds of marijuana at their Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara apartment.

Two men armed with guns held up a group of six friends who were socialising at a Bagotsown, East Bank Demerara house and robbed them of a quantity of cash and cellular phones on Thursday night.

The attorney for Manx Powers, the driver who is charged with causing the death of former world champion boxer Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis, yesterday blamed the deceased for the fatal accident and said his client should not be called on to lead a defence.

When His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales visits Guyana for two days next month, he will travel to the Hinterland as well as spend time with children at the Joshua House Orphanage and soldiers at Camp Ayanganna.

More than a dozen healthcare professionals attached to the Caribbean Medical Mission (CMM) travelled to Guyana last week Saturday to conduct a week of medical outreach.

The generosity of well-wishers who responded to the case of seven-year-old Ephraim Collins, who was diagnosed with hydrocephalus as an infant, has pushed the family a bit closer to its fundraising goal, although more help is needed.

A pregnant mother of six was yesterday charged with the alleged theft of half a million dollars in gold jewellery from her employer.

A law student was released on $50,000 bail yesterday after denying a charge that he stole $90,000 from the bank account of a friend of his girlfriend.

A manager of a ranch in the Rupununi was yesterday remanded to prison after being charged with the unlawful possession of a rifle.