Guyana News

Five people, three Bahamians, ages 56, 45 and 32 along with two Guyanese ages 28 and 26 years, are in police custody after they were found in possession of a large quantity of suspected cocaine, according to a report in the bahamasweekly.com.

LILLE, France,  (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by police today over his dealings with an alleged prostitution ring that was run from the northern French city of Lille and organised sex parties in Paris, Brussels and Washington.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government scoffed today at a report that Hugo Chavez is in Cuba for more urgent cancer treatment, denouncing it as part of a “dirty war” by the opposition ahead of a presidential election in October.

(Reuters) – India once again wilted against quality pace bowling as Sri Lanka defeated them by 51 runs in the eighth match of the one-day Tri-series at the Gabba in Brisbane today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Duane O’Connor is the 2012 National Calypso Monarch. The reigning 2012 Young King Calypso Monarch won the title and $1 million first prize with his two selections The Hunt Is On and Long Live Calypso at the final of the Calypso Monarch Competition staged as an element of the Dimanche Gras show at the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, on Sunday night.

The police say they are investigating the murder of a man so far known only as “Tall Man”, which occurred at about 1800h yesterday at Konawaruk Backdam.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica will not meet its target of 85 per cent of students achieving mastery in the Grade Four Numeracy Test (GFNT) if the education system continues on its present path, according to Dr Tamika Benjamin, director of the Centre for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching at The Mico University College.

(Jamaica Observer) Security Minister Peter Bunting this morning announced that 165 murders have been recorded since the start of the year.

According to SKNVibes, Guyanese man Nail Dalton and Resia Caines, recently dubbed the Cheese Bandits, begged the court for leniency on Feb.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – It is a ‘responsible strategic move’ by President Bouterse not to discuss the border dispute with Guyana immediately at the start of bilateral talks.

(Trinidad Express) Two women, who were nabbed with switch blades hidden in their breasts while entering Port of Spain early yesterday, pleaded guilty to the offences when they appeared before a Port of Spain Magistrate.

(de ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse bestowed the highest Surinamese decoration on Guyanese Ambassador Merlin Udho and her Brazilian counterpart José Luis Machado in appreciation for their service during their time in Suriname.

(Barbados Nation) There are more poor people in Barbados today than 12 years ago, according to Government, and Opposition Leader Owen Arthur agrees.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday instructed state prosecutor Naresh Harnanan to produce the statements used by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to advise that a rape charge be instituted against Police Commissioner Henry Greene.

Armed bandits early yesterday morning launched two separate attacks in Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara escaping with millions in cash and jewellery but swift work by police and the victims led to the arrest of eight persons at a house in the area and the discovery of an unlicensed gun.

An elderly man is now battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after two pit bulls, which had just killed another dog, turned on him, almost severing his arm, and inflicting numerous other injuries.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Frustrated East Bank Berbice residents decided yesterday that enough was enough and blocked a section of the road at Glasgow during heavy downpours to protest its deplorable condition and demand immediate action.

A Springlands jeweller, who left home to go for a drive with his brother is now dead while his best friend is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after their car crashed into a bridge and then a parked truck at Crabwood Creek on Sunday night.

Sugar workers from GuySuCo’s Rose Hall Estate yesterday remained off the job as they continued to protest the non payment of their Annual Production Incentive (API).

Well-known Bartica resident Conan Belle was last evening in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital following a motorcycle accident at the mining community yesterday afternoon.