Guyana News

The East Berbice Life Savers group is appealing to the Ministry of Human Services to augment its counselling and other services aimed at arresting domestic violence, by providing a full-time counsellor, a hotline and a small subvention to help it fulfil its mandate.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds extended felicitations to employees at the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission for their contribution to development and urged them to continue their dedicated service to the entity, in his address at a ceremony held on Monday to recognise its 11th anniversary.

Food for the Poor (Guyana) Incorporated as part of its 21st anniversary celebrations continued with its Meals on Wheels programme last Sunday, a press release from the organization said.

Guyana Elections Commission Chairman Dr. Steve Surujbally was unanimously elected Chairman of the Association of Caribbean Electoral Organisations (ACEO) last week just before the organization concluded its 6th Annual General Meeting at the Princess Hotel, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

A father of two appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer the charge of possession of utensils used in the preparation of cocaine and Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton placed him on $50,000 bail.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller, this afternoon announced a raft of measures designed to make more Jamaicans homeowners, ranging from reduced mortgage rates to free houses.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A superb unbeaten 96 by India A captain Cheteshwar Pujara condemned West Indies A to a heart-breaking two-wicket defeat on a tense final day of the opening four-day Test match at Kensington Oval today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – In what U.S. officials described as major blow to al Qaeda, the group’s second-ranking leader, a militant known as Abu Yahya al-Libi, was killed in a strike by a missile fired from a U.S.-operated

Police today issued a wanted bulletin for Pooran Jaundoo for questioning in connection with the murder of US-based Guyanese Abdul Majid on April 27, 2012.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Herb Reed, the last of the founding members of 1950s R&B crooners The Platters, known for hits such as “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes” and “The Great Pretender,” has died in Boston age 83.

(Trinidad Guardian) Senior officials of the Police Service embarked on an intensive three-day training workshop yesterday on how to communicate better during a crisis and improve media relations as they seek to enhance the image of the organisation.

Although constables at the Stabroek Market heard alarms go off at Cosmopolitan Jewellery Establishment, ½ 29 Section 3, no action was taken and the jewellery stall was cleaned out by bandits sometime last night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A tough new elite unit within the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF), with a mandate to paralyse the nerve centre of organised crime in Jamaica, has set its sights on what it describes as the “untouchables”.

(Barbados Nation) After cutting about ten per cent of its staff in Jamaica through a voluntary separation package in 2009, Digicel is expanding its offer to workers in Barbados and other parts of the region.

(Barbados Nation) Jamaican Shanique Myrie, who accused immigration officials of indecently and verbally abusing her when she tried to get into the country last year, wants Barbados to pay – in dollars and cents – for the humiliation and prejudice she said she suffered.

(Trinidad Express) “Lovely place Patrick, thanks for inviting.” This was one of the comments left by guests who were invited to stay at the three-million dollar Tobago villa that was purchased by the Urban Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) during the administration of former prime minister Patrick Manning.

(Trinidad Express) The Editors-in-Chief of the Express and the Guardian have given an undertaking to High Court Judge Mark Mohammed that steps will be taken to prevent potentially prejudicial statements, in relation to matters before the courts, from appearing on the blogs of their respective Internet sites.

(Trinidad Express) Government has paid out over TT$9 billion over the last two years in the financial rescue plan for CLICO, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) The Police Service Commission said yesterday the decision to close the investigation into bribery allegations involving Works Minister Jack Warner was within the prerogative of the Police Service and the Commission has no control over such a decision.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson says embattled West Indies have played well in patches on the England tour but were still being hampered by “poor decision making” at critical moments.