Guyana News

Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster says plans are in train to extend the Women of Worth (WOW) programme to regions one and seven as it has transformed the lives of over 2,300 single parent women since its 2010 launch.

Minister within the Local Government Ministry Norman Whittaker is surprised at protest action taken by Port Kaituma residents over the state of the community primary school, saying that the situation was expected to be addressed soon.

A 29-year-old man from Norton Street who had 3 ½ grams of cannabis in his possession was yesterday fined $3,000 and ordered to serve six months community service after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Trinidad Express) Food Production Minister Vasant Bharath yesterday defended his position to select a Porsche Cayenne SUV as his Ministry’s official vehicle.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The White House was  locked down on Tuesday night as authorities  investigated what appeared to be a smoke bomb that was tossed  over the fence of the White House compound, a Secret Service  spokesman said.

The PPP/C says that it is reviewing its election strategy and why it lost votes and accused A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) of defenestrating tradition from Parliament.

Police say that at about 0715h. yesterday, police ranks conducted a search on a mining camp at Arangoy Backdam, Cuyuni River, during which an unlicensed .38 revolver and six matching rounds were found on a man.

Police say that at about 1455h on Sunday January 15, 2012, goldsmith and businessman Abdul Khan, 36 years of Cornelia Ida, WCD, was attacked and robbed by two men on a motor cycle, one of whom was armed with a firearm, at Hydronie market, EBE.

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Rushelle Mc Donald, 32 years of Boodhoo Housing Scheme, Blankenburg, WCD, whose body was found at about1200h.

Leader of the Opposition, David Granger says that he is not afraid about the prospects of Government calling a new election and expressed confidence in contesting it since he does not believe that the vote-costing attitude of the Government has changed for the better in six weeks.

The police today said that during the morning of yesterday, police ranks conducted a search on a building at Puruni Landing, Mazaruni, during which twenty-three .32 rounds and 862 grammes of cannabis sativa (marijuana) were found.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A truck loaded with  rubble from Haiti’s earthquake two years ago killed at least 26  people and injured 57 others after its driver lost control of  the vehicle in a hilly area of the impoverished Caribbean  nation’s capital, authorities said yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Indigenous and Marron communities have no idea what Kyoto, Rio+20 and REDD+ mean.

(Trinidad Express) Three Sea Lots men fishermen were arrested by police during an exercise at Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots on Sunday in connection with the murders of three Chaguanas fishermen.

(Trinidad Express) A 39-year-old Point Fortin man, who police described as a Baptist Archbishop, was yesterday charged with demanding money by menace and obtaining money under false pretences.

(Trinidad Express) Government has to date paid TT$1.1 billion to CLICO and British American executive flexible premium annuity (EFPA) investors with contracts valued at TT$75,000 or more.

(Jamaica Observer) SCARLETT HALL, St Ann — Residents of the usually quiet community of Scarlett Hall in Runaway Bay, St Ann, were yesterday still trying to come to grips with the brutal murder of seven-year-old Delano Greenwood.

(Jamaica Observer) Entertainer Vybz Kartel allegedly participated in the beating death of his friend Clive ‘Lizard’ Williams, who, according to the prosecution, was murdered over the disappearance of two guns.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Suralco workers are anxious now because parent company Alcoa will cut its worldwide production capacity by 12% in order to bring down costs.

(Barbados Nation) The faltering Almond Hotel Group is not only a drag on the financial results of its parent company Neal & Massy, but it contributed significantly to the 2011 net loss of another Barbadian company.