Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner) A woman is in police custody after allegedly being held with cocaine at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.

Opposition APNU and AFC yesterday called on President Donald Ramotar to either substantiate or retract accusations that they manipulated the results of last year’s elections, while warning that his statements

While progress has been made on a series of grievances, protests will continue at the University of Guyana until dismissed lecturer Freddie Kissoon is rehired and a World Bank loan document is signed, according to the head of the senior staff association.

Jaikishan ‘Josey’ Seebarran, 38, of No 3 Village, West Coast Berbice, who relatives believed was dead after a body washed up at the No 5 Village foreshore on Tuesday has turned up alive.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday said that President Donald Ramotar’s recent accusations that APNU and AFC manipulated the results of the 2011 general elections are justifiable.

Two men have been taken into custody after they confessed to beating Ajai Mohabir, 32, a farmhand of Crabwood Creek (CWC), Corentyne to death.

A man who travelled to the US from Guyana last Sunday was busted with 11 pounds of cocaine packed in the false sides of his bag at the J F Kennedy Airport in New York.

The owners of the $499 store located on Sheriff and Garnett streets were awakened yesterday morning to an explosion and upon further investigation they found that someone had thrown Molotov cocktails at their home.

The US$2 million Sacred Heart insurance scam case had to be adjourned yet again on Monday after the prosecution indicated that its witness was testifying in another case at that very moment.

The finals of the national Children’s Mashramani Competition had a fiery start yesterday at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), where there were energetic performances in the Dance and Masquerade finals.

Some residents in Region Eight have been depending on the rains for their daily water supply since last June, opposition party AFC said yesterday, while calling for “emergency interventions” in some hinterland communities.

Five pupils from the St Ambrose Primary School, Queenstown yesterday were treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital for food poisoning.

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Secretary-General of CARICOM, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Foreign Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU) identifying a number of areas in which CARICOM can assist the member state.

Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces President Donald Ramotar yesterday urged members of the Disciplined Services to resist quick riches that could compromise the nation’s security.

The Caricom Secretariat says its Youth Desk is close to finalising a guide that will be used to empower young people throughout the Region with knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to successfully run a business.

REDjet yesterday announced plans to begin service to St Maarten from Barbados.

The Tobago Hill Adult Literacy Programme (THALP) was launched in Region One through collaboration among the Guyana, United States, Canada and New Zealand governments.

The crewmembers that will man the new Chinese roll-on/roll-off ferries have completed about 60% of their training for operating the vessels and will soon start navigation exercises.

UN Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean Professor Edward Greene said he was confident about the ability of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) to build on past successes to reverse or eliminate the spread of AIDS, during his inaugural visit to the Secretariat of the Partnership.