Guyana News

Every institution offering “Post-Secondary” or “Tertiary Education” should at all times be registered with the National Accreditation Council, according to a Ministry of Education notice.

Police are trying to find a known suspect wanted in connection with the murder of elderly Mahaica farmer Ramlogan Singh, called ‘Tun Tun,’ who was found dead in his home last Sunday.

A cattle farmer of Alness, Corentyne who was mysteriously shot in his backyard around 2 on Christmas morning was discharged from the New Amsterdam Hospital yesterday.

(Reuters) – Allen Stanford, accused of running a $7.2  billion Ponzi scheme, today lost his bid for a  three-month delay in his criminal fraud trial, clearing the way  for jury selection to begin on Jan.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) says growth in private sector credit is expected to be moderate as a result of the new parliamentary dispensation which it said may lead to uncertainty about government’s policy agenda.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez speculated today that the United States might have  developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after  Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez joined the list of presidents  diagnosed with the disease.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2030h on December 26, 2011, at Devonshire Castle, Essequibo Coast, and which resulted in the death of motor cyclist Gordon Coates, 38 years, of Henrietta, Essequibo.

(Jamaica Observer) Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday declared that it had not received any funding from any gay rights organisation locally or overseas, and dismissed such claims as propaganda generated by the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

(Jamaica Gleaner) A Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporter has been shot dead while three others are now hospitalised, one critically, after they were attacked at a political meeting in Westmoreland around 9 p.m.

(Barbados Nation) It was a sad and disturbing Christmas for St John farmer Nigel Daniel.

(Barbados Nation) It is Barbados’ tight exchange control regulations which would have put the brakes on any major outflow of funds from CL Financial subsidiaries here – CLICO International Life and British American Insurance Company.

(Trinidad Express) West Indies cricket did not have a merry Christmas, with several outstanding issues in the air, most notably the love/hate relationship between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).

(Trinidad Express) The skeletal remains of a decapitated and charred female were discovered by police yesterday at Dookhan Trace, Aranjuez, in the vicinity of Aranjuez Villas.

(Trinidad Express) With eight persons being murdered in separate incidents over the long Christmas weekend, Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs yesterday expressed concern over the incidents but assured the police will continue to do all in their power to deal with such incidents.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian Prime Minister  Vladimir Putin said today that he was ready for dialogue  with the opposition but said he did not know who to hold talks  with, responding to the biggest protest against his 12-year rule  over the weekend.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India struck back with four  late wickets while Australia’s Mike Hussey posted a defiant  half-century to leave the first test delicately poised at the  close of the third day today.

Police in Berbice have launched an investigation of the alleged involvement of the No 66 Fisheries in piracy and a former chairman of the body has flatly denied that it was engaged in any wrongdoing.

US cricket captain and former Guyanese player Steve Massiah is hoping for a plea deal with US authorities on mortgage charges by January 13, 2012.

A 29-year-old fireman lost his life on Christmas Eve after he was shot by one of three gunmen who confronted him at the home of his girlfriend at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice during a robbery.

Twenty-two-year-old Naresh Khemraj Seenauth was killed on the spot at around 1:25 am Christmas Day after motor car PKK 9011 driven by a drunken driver hit him from behind while he was attempting to cross the road at Triumph, East Coast Demerara.