Guyana News

A post-mortem examination performed on the body of Bryan Dickson, by Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh gave the cause of death as manual strangulation, compounded by blunt trauma to the head and multiple puncture wounds.

Delnay Dehnert, one of the victims in the Linden Highway crash two weeks ago, is expected to undergo corrective surgery to his hip during the course of this week, while his friend Gericia Francis remains at home on bed rest.

The boys who were involved in a violent confrontation which resulted in one being stabbed to the neck and the other chopped twice to the head, have been treated and discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A post-mortem examination performed by Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh on the remains of Devon ‘Luke’ Gibson revealed that he died as a result of asphyxiation due to drowning.

The Ministry of Housing and Water condemns recent acts of wanton destruction that seek to retard efforts to enhance and develop Parliament Square, on Brickdam.

Although there has been much speculation about the two recent execution-style murders being connected, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud stated that nothing has so far been found between the two to have them linked.

NASSAU (Reuters) – Former prime minister Perry Christie is set to rule the Bahamas again after incumbent Hubert Ingraham conceded last night that the ruling Free National Movement (FNM) party had been defeated in the island’s national election and handed victory to the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP).

Police say they have found the car that struck down 52-year-old fish vendor Baldeo ‘Painter’ Mohan on Saturday last at La Grange Public Road, West Bank Demerara (WBD), but not its driver, who reports said, fled the scene.

More than a week after a man was found with a missing scalp and other injuries at the Number 56 Village, Corentyne foreshore, police are no closer to ascertaining who he is.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Telecommunications Company Digicel has responded to comments by Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ) following Friday’s tax raid at Digicel’s New Kingston offices.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has admitted that Olint’s David Smith was one of its contributors for the 2007 election campaign.

CGX Energy Inc is moving on to other locations in its hunt for oil after drilling at the Eagle-1 location in the Corentyne Basin proved to be futile, with the company now having to raise an additional US$20 million to finance the added drilling days spent at that site.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Dancehall Hall star David ‘Mavado’ Brooks was this morning found guilty of assault occasioning bodily harm and malicious destruction of property, when the case against him concluded in the Montego Bay Resident Magistrate’s Court.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Former Prime Minister of Jamaica P. J. Patterson has denied ever receiving US$1,000,000 from David Smith of Olint.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The FBI is investigating an explosive device that could have been used by a suicide bomber on an airliner, and which was seized when the United States and its partners thwarted a plot believed linked to al Qaeda, U.S.

Police say that a post-mortem examination was today performed on the body of Bryan Dickson of East Street, Georgetown, by Pathologist Dr.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is drawing controversy over a number of projects in the Caribbean, including the US$138 million expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and others, which have evoked public criticism over procurement and tendering.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – EU nations are dithering over how to fill a multi-billion-euro fund to help tackle climate change, just as the region’s executive body hosts talks with countries likely to bear the brunt of extreme weather.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Allies of Venezuela’s ailing President Hugo Chavez insisted today he was still leading the OPEC nation despite a week of silence from the usually loquacious leader whose battle with cancer has overshadowed his reelection bid.

LISBON,  (Reuters) – Portugal’s privatisation programme – part of its push to comply with the terms of a 78-billion euro bailout from international lenders – is being managed in an opaque fashion that risks stoking already rife corruption, a report warned today.