Guyana News

Alcohol abuse is believed to have been a contributing factor in the rape and murder of Moraikobai, Mahaicony River resident Vilma Andrews, who villagers said was the first person murdered in the community in recent memory.

A North West District (NWD) man was almost beheaded last Friday night during a drunken argument over cigarettes and the suspect and his wife were later arrested while fleeing the scene in a boat.

Water levels in Lethem and the surrounding communities have receded considerably with systems in place to cope with further flooding.

Relatives of the man accused of killing a Trinidad teen have fled their homes after receiving threatening phone calls from a man who identified himself as a relative of the murdered teen.

Chartered accountant and attorney-at-law Christopher Ram says that it might make more economic sense for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) to buy its own property than rent the Clico building in Georgetown now owned by the National Insurance Company (NIS) for $10 million per month.

A charge by the Guyana Human Rights Association on Friday that the PPP/C appears to be in denial over the November 28, 2011 elections results attracted the ire yesterday of both the Office of the President and the ruling party.

Courts Guyana Inc yesterday celebrated with mothers and customers when it hosted a cocktail mix off at its Main Street store as part of its largest appliance promotion for the year.

Parliamentarian and environmental conservationist, Sydney Allicock, who was recently defeated as Toshao of the Annai Village Council, has pledged to work with the victor and hopes politicians will cease disrupting the traditionally peaceful way of life of Amerindians.

A teacher for 24 years, new A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) parliamentarian John Adams, hopes that by the end of the next five years teachers and students of the Vreed-en-Hoop Secondary School will no longer have to be away from school for about four days every time there is a high tide.

Many years ago avid book collector and Emeritus Professor of Africana studies Tony Martin picked up a book by George F Warner cheaply as it was at the end of its print run, but it took him years to discover that the book contained what he now describes as “startling pieces of new information,” one being that the first East Indian immigrant came to the Caribbean in 1595, not  1838.

Both the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha and the New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir/ Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission receiv-ed land from the Government at Ankerville, Port Mourant to set up shelters for abused children and both organisations have signalled their intention to move on with their missions.

(Trinidad Express) As the United National Congress (UNC) installed its newly elected national executive yesterday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar recognised the contributions of the party’s founder, Basdeo Panday.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating the apparent suicide of a 51-year-old United States Embassy security official.

(Trinidad Express) Two brothers and one of their cousins lost their lives when the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a bar at the corner of New and Charlotte Streets, Port of Spain early yesterday.

A charge by the Guyana Human Rights Association yesterday that the PPP/C appears to be in denial over the November 28, 2011 elections results attracted the ire today of both the Office of the President and the ruling party.

(Trinidad Guardian) Jack Warner, Minister of Works and Infrastructure, quipped in response to questions about adding HIV, sexual orientation and age to the Equal Opportunities Bill: “if Obama could do it then who are we?”

(Trinidad Guardian) Police probing the death of a 90-year-old woman, who was beaten to death with a hammer on Thursday at her Warwick Lane home in Belmont, said she was killed by an outpatient from the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Miami Heat forward LeBron James was named today as the National Basketball Association’s Most Valuable Player for the 2011-12 season, cementing his place among the game’s greatest players.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former television programme manager Bernard Pantin yesterday told the commission of enquiry into the 1990 uprising that the media’s performance today is disappointing.

(WICB) NORTHAMPTON, England – Kieran Powell said he felt West Indies could now make a push for a morale-boosting victory, following his second first-class hundred that brought the visitors back into their game against England Lions today.