Guyana News

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Ajai Mohabir, 33 years of Grant 2667, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, whose body was found in a canal at Crabwood Creek this morning.

The police say they are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at about 0630h today at Ocean View, Uitvlugt, WCD, during which goldsmith Radha Krishna Chandra, 59 years, and his family were attacked and robbed by two men, one of whom was armed with a gun.

(Reuters) – St. Kitts’ economic citizenship programme was established in 1984, shortly after the country’s independence from Great Britain.

(Reuters) – Gautam Gambhir’s 92 at the top and some smart batting by captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the finish helped India chase down a 270-run target against Australia in Adelaide today for their second win in the triangular series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The 54-nation Commonwealth said today it would send a ministerial mission to the Maldives to investigate the facts surrounding the resignation of former President Mohamed Nasheed.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suriname’s Port Authority needs an additional US$ 30 million to consolidate its leading position in the region, director John Defares tells de Ware Tijd.

(ABC) Authorities today are investigating what caused the death of legendary singer Whitney Houston who captivated audiences with her powerful voice while battling drug use and a rocky marriage with Bobby Brown.

(Barbados Nation) More arrests are on the cards following an intense police audit of shooting clubs and firearm dealers this past week.

Until the courts rule otherwise, or the Parliament enacts legislation to the precisely prohibitive effect, the T&T Police reserve the right to come searching the newsrooms of the nation.

(Trinidad Express) Thirteen Soca Warriors footballers will hold an international conference call today to plan strategy with their lawyers before heading back to court on Tuesday to renew battle against the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF).

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday distanced himself from the Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau (ACIB) after its officers executed a search warrant at the Newsday newspaper’s offices in Port of Spain and the home of journalist Andre Bagoo on Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) World football governing body FIFA has said it is withholding the pension of its former vice president and Trinidad and Tobago Works Minister Jack Warner.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh has said that it is “early days yet” in the work of the Tax Review Committee and it was not expected that it would be finished in time for the presentation of the National Budget.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud “I born and grew at this place.

(CNN) — Legendary singer Whitney Houston has died at age 48, according to her representative Kristen Foster.

For five months she watched a woman being verbally and physically abused by her partner at a mining camp and one day she could take it no more.

When Nimrod Williams left his home at Paramakatoi in Region Eight last October to work in the gold fields of Mousie backdam, no one expected that he would be dead one month later.

Little Eon Shurland has been through too much for a child his age but with the guidance and support of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CCPA) he is on the road to recovery.

Chairman of the opposition coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Dr Rupert Roopnaraine has labelled President Donald Ramotar’s inaugural speech at the opening of the 10th Parliament on Friday “disappointing.”

Over the years 2004 to 2009, a task force set up to manage the affairs of the now defunct Guyana National Cooperative Bank (GNCB) was able to recover some 92 per cent of approximately $2 billion in outstanding loans; taking the portfolio down to 366 from 1,451 loans outstanding at the beginning of that five-year period.