Guyana News

APNU is calling on the government to implement a national strategy to break the cycle of flooding that has been repeatedly plaguing all the regions of the country in recent years.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud met with Lethem and St.

Guyana’s delegation at the 18th Meeting of Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Ministers, in Quito, Ecuador from January 31 to February 3, has been engaged in intense discussions, focusing particularly  on crafting a joint Latin American and Caribbean vision for the upcoming Rio+20 follow-up conference scheduled for June 2012.

Scotiabank is now offering a line of credit called ScotiaLine to customers in Guyana at what it described as a low introductory rate at 9.99%.

Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) will soon benefit from implementation support following a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of Guyana and The Energy and Research Institute (TERI) headed by Dr.

At about 0200h yesterday, police say that miner Aaron Hunter, 38 years, of Jawalla Village, Upper Mazaruni River, was shot to his left knee during an argument with another man at Jawalla Village, Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni).

A website was launched last Thursday to provide detailed and updated monthly information on how much it costs to send money from the United States to six Central American countries and the Dominican Republic, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said in a news release.

The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and Wilderness Explorers joined members of the media to welcome internationally-known cruise liner the Vista Mar to Guyana on Sunday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) came to the aid of former T&T captain and fast bowler Prince Bartholomew yesterday by giving him $30,000 to assist with obtaining a prosthetic leg.

(Trinidad Express) Sporting red, black and white garments and beaming smiles, the brother and sister team of Tim and Winnette McIntosh celebrated their victory on popular Food Network programme, Cupcake Wars last Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) Southex promoter George Singh is threatening legal action against the promoters of an alternative competition to his Chutney Soca Monarch competition—citing copyright infringement.

(Trinidad Express) A day after the attempted murder of a man at Ste Madeleine, a witness to the crime who helped police identify suspects was shot dead on Monday night.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government says it is not aware of any plans by alumina company, UC Rusal to close its Ewarton operations in St.

At about 0200h today, police say that miner Aaron Hunter, 38 years, of Jawalla Village, Upper Mazaruni River, was shot to his left knee during an argument with another man at Jawalla Village.

Two armed bandits posing as customers this morning escaped with an estimated $15 million worth of gold and diamond jewellery from the Ram’s jewellery store at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice (WBB).

A 19-year-old man was stabbed to death this morning at his Lot 619 ‘A’ Field, Sophia home and his brother is in custody.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – The death toll from the weekend capsizing of a boat ferrying migrants from the Dominican Republic to the neighboring island of Puerto Rico climbed to at least 21 and about 30 still are missing, authorities said today.

(Trinidad Express) BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) is set to invest close to US$1 billion in Trinidad and Tobago over the next year.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The government of Suriname wants to join the regional trade block ALBA, the Miami Herald and the Jamaica Gleaner report in their Monday issue.

Lawyers for Commissioner of Police Henry Greene have secured an order barring the police from instituting a rape charge against him, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said this afternoon.