Guyana News

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Provincial authorities in Argentina prohibited two British-linked cruise ships from docking in Tierra del Fuego today, upping the ante in Argentina’s spat with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

(Jamaica Gleaner) In a reported bid to defuse tensions between the Jamaican Government and the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB) Julian Hunte, board president is to pay a visit to Jamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller to ‘make amends’ following heated exchanges between the board and the prime minister over the last week, says sources close to the matter.

US Ambassador to Guyana, D. Brent Hardt has said that the historic outcome of the November 28 general elections has given all Guyanese a seat at the political table.

A 17-year-old boy was this evening stabbed to death at lessons during a row with another student allegedly over a girl.

(Barbados Nation) Based on God’s word, the Church was not started as a cash cow for some whose integrity and scruples are seemingly questionable.

(Jamaica Gleaner) US judge Robert Patterson has approved a request by the defence for alleged crime lord Christopher Dudus Coke to be sentenced on March 16.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The benchmark S&P index closed at its highest level since mid-2008 today, extending gains for a third session as oil prices retreated after recent sharp gains and data showed further improvement in the U.S.

Burcliffe ‘Baba’ Marcus of Imbambadai, North West Region One today made his first court appearance before Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of murder.

(Jamaica Observer) The cardiac surgery simulator (CSS), a device developed at the University of the West Indies (UWI) and used to train students in doing heart surgery, has generated interest from some of the leading hospitals in the United States.

(Jamaica Observer) Hours after collecting an award on behalf of his father’s band, the legendary Skatalites, Okeene Brevett was shot dead in his home community of Seaview Gardens in St Andrew early Sunday morning.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO ─ The top of the Suriname police force has prioritized boosting its image.

(Reuters) – Hollywood showed some love for its history at the Oscars yesterday, giving its best film award and four others to silent movie “The Artist” in a ceremony that recalled why cinema is special to so many people.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Justice Minister, Senator Mark Golding, on Friday served notice of a busy legislative year for the Upper House, suggesting that senators may be asked to sit more than once per week in an effort to clear the backlog of legislation to be passed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Stating that he could no longer afford the high cost of electricity provided by the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS), Minister of Mining and Energy Phillip Paulwell said he was now installing a solar-energy system at his home and he urged Jamaicans to do the same.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) is at risk of being “brought down quickly” if the international financial situation worsens, according to recent review that also warns of the real possibility that member states could walk away over the movement’s slow progress.

Story and photos by Gaulbert Sutherland Reaching the shell mound involved stooping through tunnels made by the thick bush, balancing on slippery logs and tramping through thick mud.

This is the ninth in our series on new parliamentarians It was businessman Ronald Bulkan’s recognition that it is through political leaders that meaningful change can take place in society that triggered his shift to the world of politics, and he feels that as a new parliamentarian working for A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) he can play a part in the progress of Guyana.

There will no elephant for the zoo just yet. And it will be expensive to modernize the facility.

Guyanese Alana Seebaran, 24, wowed the judges and defeated 35 other participants

The Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc (TIGI) has condemned the conduct of Police Commissioner Henry Greene who has admitted sexual relations with a potential criminal defendant and called on him to resign saying that he was unfit to hold public office.