Guyana News

Relatives of businessman Davendra Bholanaught, who was gunned down by a fleeing robber two years ago, are puzzled as to why police have neglected to charge a suspect more than a year after he was positively identified.

The initial results of the modelling exercise for the master plan for enhancing flood control capacity within the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) and the lowland drainage system are expected to be available in the first half of 2012.

While efforts to rebuild the Sacred Heart Church press ahead, vandals are making off with pieces of the cast iron fence and creating a setback for the ongoing works.

The Providence Stadium was on Friday night flooded with ecstatic fans of the three big names in the entertainment industry who performed at Digicel Guyana’s fifth anniversary concert.

The Burnham Foundation hosts a week of activities from today to mark the occasion of the 89th birth anniversary on February 20, of the founder of the PNC and first executive president of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, the late Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham.

Guyana’s children took to the streets yesterday in a sea of bright colours with music blasting out pulsating soca rhythms for the Ministry of Education Children’s Costume Parade 2012.

The remnants of a Molotov cocktail were late Friday night found on the premises of the Campbellville home of politician Philomena Sahoye-Shury; the second such occurrence in as many months.

Two suspects in the Tuschen mandir break-in were caught yesterday and have confessed to the crime after they were caught with some of the stolen goods.

Police yesterday recovered an unlicensed gun and a quantity of ammunition at Aranka, Cuyuni River and four

The police on Thursday said they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Skeldon watchman Kumar Plummer, whose body was found at Arimu Backdam, Cuyuni.

A 28-year-old man died after the All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) he was driving topped several times at Baramita,

(Barbados Nation) First, there were the giant pawpaws. Then came the 26-pound yams followed by the 24-pound sweet potatoes.

(Trinidad Express) Machel Montano successfully defended his International Power Soca Monarch title and also dethroned Kees Dieffenthaller to claim the Groovy Soca Monarch title at the finals of the competitions which took place at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain, on Friday night and into Saturday morning.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Vitali Klitschko comfortably retained his WBC heavyweight title today, scoring a unanimous points decision over British challenger Dereck Chisora in Munich’s Olympic Hall to ensure his family maintained a global stranglehold on the division.

Agriculture Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy today disclosed that a new canal and associated structures will be built to improve drainage in the Canals Polder, West Demerara and a new drainage channel will be opened up at Johanna, Black Bush Polder, Corentyne.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Haitian authorities have blamed troublemakers for the attack on President Michel Martelly as he walked in a Carnival procession yesterday.

Bobby Brown left the funeral of his ex-wife Whitney Houston before it ended and sought to explain the reason through a representative, according to www.Forbes.com.

This morning police ranks conducted a search on a building at Aranka, Cuyuni River, where they found an unlicensed .38 Rossi Revolver with 5 matching rounds, two other .38 rounds and a 12 gauge cartridge.

At about 1700h yesterday,  police say that Deon Fernandes, 28 years of Mabaruma, NWD, was driving an ATV at Baramita, NWD, when he lost control of the vehicle which turned over several times.

Police say that at about 2330h. last night, the remnants of a Molotov cocktail were found on the premises of Philomena Sahoye-Shury at Sheriff and Canje Streets, Campbellville, Georgetown.