Guyana News

Students at the Georgetown School of Nursing say its management is dysfunctional and has enrolled a large number of students while no infrastructural provisions have been made for them.

Macorp is launching a new CAT Product Link remote monitoring system aimed at helping business owners locate and protect their equipment.

(Trinidad Express) After three years of slump, Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is not recovering, and crime and labour unrest are making matters worse.

(Trinidad Express) Government has chosen to avoid the controversial issue of gay sex and has said no to sexual activity between minors of the same sex.

LONDON, (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most respected journalists said today that former tabloid newspaper editor Piers Morgan showed him how to hack into phones 10 years ago, the latest twist in a scandal that has so far centred on Rupert Murdoch.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Jack Warner and Chuck Blazer, the former president and general secretary of the CONCACAF confederation, were guilty of financial mismanagement on a grand scale during their years in office, delegates were told at their congress today.

(Jamaica  Gleaner) A former assistant track and field coach at the St.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A New York bride who faked having terminal cancer to swindle well-wishers into funding her dream wedding and honeymoon to the Caribbean was ordered today to repay more than $13,000 to her victims, prosecutors said.

Government is moving to the courts over the budget cuts at the Office of the President which a senior government functionary says have crippled President Donald Ramotar’s ability to carry out certain functions.

Residents of Kwakwani (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) are this morning protesting the proposed appointment of an interim body for their Neighbourhood Democratic Council.

(Trinidad Guardian) Students may soon have the one of the world’s cheapest tablet computers in their hands, thanks to discussions being held between the Government of T&T and Skanda, an Indian technology company.

(Trinidad Guardian) An “overworked” Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was flown directly to her private residence at Phillippine, south Trinidad for recommended bedrest minutes after she landed at Piarco International Airport from a seven-day official visit to Belize, United States and Barbados.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A day after dancehall star Busy Signal was taken into custody on an extradition warrant, a senior representative of Pepsi-Cola Jamaica Limited has revealed the company has taken steps to review its relationship with the artiste.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jermaine ‘Cowboy’ Cohen, a self-proclaimed foot soldier of Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke’s, kept all who appeared in the Southern District Court in Lower Manhattan spellbound as he told how he went from being a right-hand man of the former Tivoli strongman to fearing for his life.

(Barbados Nation) Guyana’s new leader has vowed to continue defying the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) by pushing ahead with his government’s plan to reform the game’s management in his country.

(Trinidad Express) CARICOM Secretary General Irwin LaRocque is expected to appear before judges at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in Port of Spain today to testify on behalf of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL).

(Trinidad Express) Former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has sued former Express journalist Lasana Liburd for libel arising out of a statement he (Liburd) allegedly published on the social networking site www.twitter.com

(Trinidad Express) Did the absence of Vidwatie Newton, sister and travel assistant to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, lead to her falling ill during her hectic trip to four countries?

PESHAWAR, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – A Pakistani doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison, television channels and a local government official said.

Regarded as the best local sculptor of his time, the body of Philip Moore was yesterday interred at Auchlyne, Corentyne after stirring tributes and pledges to ensure he is finally laid to rest at Seven Ponds, Place of Heroes in the city.