Guyana News

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar was on  course for his 100th international century while Rahul Dravid  completed a milestone to lead India’s strong reply in the third  and final test against West Indies today.

(Barbados Nation) Digicel Barbados has appealed to Government to approve its application for a fixed line service in order to level the telecommunications playing field.

(Barbados Nation) Nicholas Brian Bishop was so angry after he was caught trying to steal a boat engine on June 16 that he went through four St James neighbourhoods and slashed the tyres on 89 vehicles.

(Reuters) – England have signed a unique  sponsorship agreement with Investec that will see the specialist  bank and asset managing company backing test cricket for the  next 10 years.

(Reuters) – England have signed a unique  sponsorship agreement with Investec that will see the specialist  bank and asset managing company backing test cricket for the  next 10 years.

A light Cessna 150 aircraft heading to Guyana from Trinidad and Tobago crash-landed on the island of Wakenaam in the Essequibo River yesterday after running out of fuel.

On Tuesday the Private Sector Commission (PSC) added its voice to that of FITUG to call for Election Day to be declared a national holiday.

School cleaners may soon be paid a minimum wage if President Bharrat Jagdeo’s words still have any weight after Monday’s elections.

Three young men were beaten with sticks and chopped at Non Pareil village, East Coast Demerara yesterday and police are investigating conflicting reports about the motive for the attack.

Alliance For Change (AFC) member Moses Nagamootoo has hit back at allegations from the PPP/C against him on the campaign trail as being all “lies.”

PPP/C candidate Manzoor Nadir last evening urged Lodge residents to come out and vote for the incumbent party on Monday, saying voter apathy is a key variable in these elections.

By Johann Earle A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) Basil Williams said Guyanese must vote out the PPP if they want better security and better economic circumstances and he argued that crime and poverty are handmaidens.

A 55-year-old father of five was yesterday placed on $275,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the charge of unlawful assault and fraudulent conversion.

Head of the Commonwealth Observer Group Denis Marshall said that the fact that Guyana has invited observers to monitor elections ensures scrutiny of electoral standards that the country has set for itself.

As elections day draws closer the PPP/C made its final gestures to galvanize support in Linden yesterday with an informal meeting spiced with moments of wining and dining.

With the elections just days away, Plastic City residents say they have yet to see a presidential candidate in their area and it seems as if the “jetty” has been forgotten.

Through the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI), the Government of Canada yesterday donated a total of $2,884,000 to the St.

After years of complaints to the Mayor and City Council (M&CC), residents of Freeman Street, East La Penitence yesterday took action and removed the thick vegetation that they say clogged a drain in the area.

Stallholders in the Stabroek Market are continuing to complain that every time there is a high tide the market is flooded and they suffer financial losses but nothing is being done to deal with the situation.

The PPP/C yesterday accused the opposition parties of trying to exploit racial and ethnic sensitivities as the elections approach  and said it intends to raise the issue with International observer missions that are here to observe the 2011 elections.