Guyana News

A Guyana and Trinidad Mutual, Fire and Life Insurance Agent is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) after he was shot in the leg during a foiled robbery attempt on Christmas Eve Day.

A Christmas Eve decorating ritual turned frightening on Saturday night, after a food vendor’s home was invaded by armed men, who shot her brother and robbed her of $155,000 in cash and some jewellery.

A Corentyne, Berbice resident is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Hospital, after he was mysteriously shot while in his backyard early Christmas morning.

Mining company First Bauxite Corporation has signed a Letter of Intent with an unidentified company which could see the miner supplying bauxite to that company when it starts producing around 2014.

Five companies on Tuesday submitted bids to supply the Georgetown Public Hospital with dietary supplies with one company bidding a whopping 150M more than the lowest bidder.

A 38–year old man who allegedly had narcotics in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was on Friday remanded to prison after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.

ANSA McAL Trading Limited this year continued the tradition of presenting Cheekies hampers to mothers who gave birth on Christmas Day.

The Commonwealth Observer Group in its final report on the November 28, 2011 general and regional elections gave the polls a passing grade but recommended the reconstitution of the Guyana Elections Commission, the setting up of an independent body to monitor the media and strengthening of laws regarding campaign financing.

With the seeming loss of credibility of the Kimberley Certification Scheme nine years after its coming into being, there is less confidence in the market that diamonds are ‘clean’ but a former head of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) believes Guyana still has strong mechanisms for trading in the gem.

Odinga Edwards, a labourer who allegedly grabbed a gold chain from a woman, was on Friday remanded to prison.

The relatives of Karen Reid, the beer garden owner who was killed on Christmas Eve, are puzzled about the circumstances surrounding her death.

More than a decade after it was established as a community for those in need of a house, the ambitious Diamond Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara continues to grow but as the area expands residents are calling on the authorities to upkeep critical services.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Argentine President  Cristina Fernandez has thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery  next month, a government spokesman said today,  adding that the cancerous cells had not spread.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The sudden death in  November of rapper Heavy D was due to a pulmonary embolism  caused by deep leg vein thrombosis, the Los Angeles Coroner’s  office said today.

SIERRA VISTA, Ariz,  – U.S.  authorities took possession of an additional high-tech  surveillance drone today to overfly  the rugged Arizona borderlands to look for drug smugglers and  illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico.

The international team of the Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) to the Jamaica elections received their training today in preparation for deployment throughout the country in view of the December 29, 2011, general elections, a statement from the organization said today.

The Commonwealth Observer Group in its final report on the November 28, 2011 general and regional elections gave the polls a passing grade but recommended the reconstitution of the Guyana Elections Commission, the setting up of an independent body to monitor the media and strengthening of laws regarding campaign financing.

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of  Syrians in Homs rallied today against President Bashar  al-Assad, emboldened by Arab peace monitors’ first tour of the  flashpoint city, after the army withdrew some tanks following  battles that killed 34 people in 24 hours.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s youngest-ever prime  minister is battling to keep the ruling party in power on  Thursday in a closely contested general election in one of the  world’s most indebted countries.

(Jamaica Observer) Bishop Herro Blair has warned that Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller’s pledge to review the buggery law if her party is elected to office on Thursday could lead to the legalisation of same-sex marriages in Jamaica.