Guyana News

PAHO Caribbean Programme Coordinator, Dr Ernest Pate, says that CARICOM must be more data driven in the prevention and treatment of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

Dularay “James” Seemungal, MS, joined the work force at the tender age of 12 and demonstrated a willingness to learn and discipline at his tasks that soon earned him promotions and the respect of his peers.

At about 2130h last night, the police say that ranks searched a man at Takaka Landing, Cuyuni River, in whose possession was found an unlicensed .

Gunmen early this morning attacked a group of miners on the trail to Five Star Backdam, North West District, shooting one dead and injuring two more.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has advised the police to charge Kwame Mc Coy following an incident last month during which a man was reportedly  gun butted.

(Jamaica Gleaner) FLORIDA, United States: The Jamaican whose job for more than two decades was to watch – up close – the world’s best cricketers at work has painted a damning picture of the recent crop of West Indies players and administrators.

(Barbados Nation) Security at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) has been called into question as two recent drug cases – one in the United States and one in Britain – revealed it as a smuggling point for illegal drugs out of Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) They are the 11 dissatisfied Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been seeking an “urgent audience” with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart.

(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is working towards self-sufficiency without a fuel subsidy by the end of next year.

USA cricket captain Steve Massiah has declined comment on his indictment in the US on mortgage fraud charges.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The Suriname Police Force (KPS) wants to put up a text message system to effectively hunt down criminals.

(Trinidad Express) Massive losses at the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) may result in new taxes and tariffs for importers and exporters using the facility.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Rights group Amnesty  International has described as “deeply shocking” Saudi Arabia’s  beheading of a woman convicted on charges of “sorcery and  witchcraft”, saying it underlined the urgent need to end  executions in the kingdom.

A 50-year-old father of Princetown, Corriverton has been taken into police custody for killing his 32-year-old daughter after he inflicted several lashes to her head with a nailed-filled piece of wood around midday yesterday.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) yesterday declared that the integrity of the ballot boxes has not been compromised, though their metal containers at its complex at Coldingen, on the East Coast Demerara were breached.

APNU Leader David Granger yesterday called for the establishment of a tripartite budget committee before the end of the year to oversee the preparation of the 2012 national budget, which must be presented to the House before March 30, 2012.

City councillors voted in favour of a 33% pay increase for themselves and an 8% increase for other officers in the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) during the council’s statutory meeting yesterday.

The police are investigating an arson attempt aimed at a building on Cummings Street belonging to former army officer Oliver Hinckson, which houses four businesses, after a discovery was made on Sunday night of a five-gallon bottle of gasoline, some of which had been poured on two carpets, following a break and entry and robbery.

Two months after being beaten during a robbery, Dutch Bottle Café owner Renata Chuck-a-Sang said she is not physically able to manage the business, which has not been reopened since her discharge from the hospital almost two months ago.

Gunmen stormed three households at Liliendaal, on the East Coast Demerara, in a brazen Sunday night robbery, escaping with a large quantity of cash and gold jewellery.