Guyana News

Two men died as a result of an accident in the Chenapau River, Potaro (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) about 02:00 hrs on Tuesday, police said.

(WICB) LONDON – Adrian Barath said West Indies batsmen had shown great determination in their battle against England’s “pumped-up” bowlers in challenging conditions in the first Test today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul defied England with a typically tenacious unbeaten 87 to lead West Indies to 243 for nine on the first day of the opening test at Lord’s today.

The Office of the President today denied that public funds were ever used for the commissioning of a feasibility study on the establishing of a national airline here.

In the face of the opposition-led budget cuts, the Office of the President today said that the short-term component of the One Laptop Per Family project – distribution of laptops – will be concentrated on.

The Guyana Power and Light today said that high winds have broken a number of poles on the East Coast resulting in a 60Hz shutdown of the Demerara System.

After being without electricity for close to a month, residents of the Mabaruma Sub-Region are planning to protest at the offices of the regional administration over the issue and other matters.

(Trinidad Guardian) When former Hindu Credit Union (HCU) president Harry Harnarine’s attempts to win over former Commissioner of Co-operatives Beemal Ramroop with gifts like a gold chain failed, Harnarine then resorted to threats.

(NY Newsday) – Disco singer Donna Summer has died, according to TMZ.

Barbados Workers’ Union general secretary Senator Sir Roy Trotman reiterated on the floor of Parliament yesterday that he would not apologize now or in the future over his reference to an employer as an “Egyptian Jew”.

Police and FBI officials are checking over more than 100 leads as they search for a man accused of stabbing his new wife to death and leaving her body in her bathtub, still clad in the silver sequined cocktail dress she wore to celebrate their wedding, according to the Associated Press.

A Guyanese man who has been deported from the United States four times will be charged with illegal re-entry and other charges, including identity theft, according to the website citizensvoice.com.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources Robert Persaud has claimed in local Guyanese media that a large amount of gold is smuggled each year out of his country to Suriname.

(Barbados Nation) Former Prime Minister Owen Arthur believes he has the medicine for the Barbados economy.

(Barbados Nation) More hotel closures could be on the cards for Barbados as its most important sector faces increased operational bills while at the same time forced to lower prices to boost arrivals, Opposition Leader Owen Arthur said yesterday.

By Frances Abraham and Alva Solomon A 17-year-old student of the St.

Government yesterday declared zero tolerance for illegal mining and for the corrupt processing of documents for non-nationals, informing that from now all middlemen and brokers have been eliminated.

Dead and dying fish, mosquito infestation, stagnant water, malaria, typhoid and dengue have resulted in residents of West Watooka, Wismar, Linden calling for a state of emergency to be declared and for immediate remedial action.

US-based Guyanese Jafar Mohamed is in the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing bullet and chop wounds after a robbery on the Corentyne yesterday.

Jason Abdulla, a contracted Government Information Agency (GINA) employee stationed at the Office of the President (OP), testified yesterday that over the last few weeks he had been tasked with compiling articles written by columnist Freddie Kissoon in the Kaieteur News about former president Bharrat Jagdeo and the government.