Guyana News

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development recently presented a weed slasher to the Leguan Interim Management Council (IMC) of Region Three.

(Trinidad Guardian) A total of 32 people are expected to appear before a Tunapuna magistrate today to answer charges of engaging in lewd and suggestive dancing.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Opener Kieran Powell kept himself in the Test selection frame when he stroked his third first class hundred and his second in as many months, to lead an impressive West Indies A effort on the second day of the decisive third and final Test against India A here today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – No matter what David Nalbandian achieves in his career, it is unlikely he will ever forget a moment of madness that left a linesman bloodied, an angry crowd feeling short-changed and an opponent bewildered.

(Trinidad Express) The Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) has removed itself as one of the five parties which form the coalition People’s Partnership government.

ATHENS,  (Reuters) – Parties committed to Greece’s bailout were on course to secure a parliamentary majority today and the radical leftists who had vied for first place conceded defeat in an election that could keep the debt-laden country in the euro zone.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a historic move last Friday, a former cop – Mark Russell – was finally extradited from the United States (US) to face a murder charge in Jamaica.

Guyana cannot ignore the serious sanction from the World Bank on the China Communications Construction Company, the parent company of the firm contracted to execute expansion works on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Timehri (CJIA), Timehri according to Shadow Minister of Finance Carl Greenidge.

(Reuters) – Tommy Haas showed he was still capable of springing a surprise at the age of 34 when he ended a three-year title drought with a shock 7-6 6-4 win over Roger Federer in the Halle Open final today.

(Reuters) – Rodney King, whose police brutality case in 1991 led to deadly riots in Los Angeles, was found dead in a swimming pool today in Rialto, California, police told CNN.

(Barbados Nation) Forty-one packages of marijuana with a street value of Bds$800 000 were discovered yesterday at four supermarkets in shipments of oranges imported from Jamaica.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said the launch of a National Registry of Artists and Culture Workers will be networked to support development through free movement within the Caribbean and Europe.

(Trinidad Express) A Moruga man, who witnessed the murder of his cousin four months ago, was gunned down as he walked home after liming at a nearby bar on Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will not be attending the Rio+20 Sustainability Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this week even though she had accepted an invitation to participate in a specific meeting during the event.

(Trinidad Express) A three-year-old etiquette company with limited experience and a link to Government’s primary advertising agency has secured lucrative sponsorships from four state companies totalling almost $2 million to teach children good manners.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly and PPP executive Ralph Ramkarran yesterday called for the government to take determined action against corruption.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah The village of Adventure on the Corentyne is quite small with a population of about 300, but it is well-known for being home to the Felix Austin Police College which trains new officers.

A mother and her two daughters—aged eight and 13—were seeking lodging and protection in the West Berbice area on Friday after her reputed husband raped the two girls, impregnating the older one.

A 27-year-old gold miner yesterday drowned reportedly while taking a bath at Bamboo Landing, Barama River, North West District.

Financial front man of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Carl Greenidge says the combined opposition’s vote against Financial Paper 9/2011 on Thursday was as a result of government’s contempt for the National Assembly in returning it to the House without a single amendment.