Guyana News

Spain has appointed  Brian Tiwarie as its Honorary Consul to Guyana, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday in a press release.

CARICOM Secretary-General,  Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will pay an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago from today until Wednesday.

Amelia Sirgool credits her sound primary education for preparing her for her career as a teacher; equipping her with the skills and knowledge she needed to serve the education sector in different capacities including her most challenging and enjoyable tenure as a multi-grade teacher at Anarika.

NORTHAMPTON— West Indies suffered a crushing 10-wicket defeat to England Lions yesterday, just four days ahead of their clash with World number England in the opening Test at Lord’s.

(Trinidad Express) Two men are dead following what police believe is a shootout with each other at Upper Bournes Road, St James, late on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) A mother who wanted nothing more than to be reunited with her estranged son on Mother’s Day was brutally beaten on the head by the man, who afterwards took his own life yesterday.

A Guyanese man died in a hit-and-run accident in Queens, New York today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – With Manchester City’s dream dying in the embers of an exhilarating Premier League season Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero wrote themselves into club folklore with stoppage-time goals to seal a breath-taking 3-2 victory over Queen Park Rangers today and snatch their first title for 44 years.

(Reuters) – England have named uncapped wicket-keeper batsman Jonny Bairstow in the 13-man squad to face West Indies in the first match of the three-test series starting at Lord’s on Thursday.

CADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico,  (Reuters) – Suspected drug gang killers dumped the headless bodies of 49 people on a highway near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey in one of the country’s worst atrocities in recent years.

Renowned artist and sculptor Phillip Moore has passed away at the age of 90.

(Trinidad Guardian) Inmate Nadia Pooran has come a long way since being incarcerated at the Women’s Prison, Arouca.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chairman of the United National Congress (UNC) Jack Warner was the lone Cabinet colleague who came out in defense of Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar—ensuring he was not stripped of his ministerial portfolio.

(Jamaica Observer) Pat Rousseau is still not happy with how iconic former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela was “disrespected” by batting star Brian Lara 14 years ago.

(Jamaica Observer) Lottery scammers are living high on the hog, earning millions of Jamaican dollars a week and using Champagne to wash their cars in a boastful lifestyle reflecting the ease with which they come by their ill-gotten gains, police from the Organised Crime Investigation Division (OCID) have reported.

(Barbados Nation) While Barbadian businesses gripe about how bad the economy is performing, Trinidadians are investing heavily in the country and positioning themselves for an economic turnaround they believe will come soon.

A security guard was found dead with his throat slashed early yesterday morning at the Enmore grocery where he was employed.

Photos by Cathy Richards Hururu Village is one of several communities in upper Berbice, Region 10.

When Rickford McKenzie lost his leg in 2010 he never expected that two years later he would have completely lost his ability to walk.

Two years after start-up logging company, Vaitarna Holdings Private Inc (VHPI) was awarded forest concessions here, it is yet to establish the wood processing facility it had committed to.