Guyana News

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a mother of four when she appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to answer to the charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.

Digicel today announced that it will be introducing the BlackBerry 9900 to Guyana from tomorrow – reputedly the thinnest BlackBerry smartphone ever produced.

Former Home Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira today accused former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix of failing to control the crime spree during his tenure at the helm of the Guyana Police Force, saying he was diverted by a very narrow focus on convicted drug lord Roger Khan.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Medicinal plants could yield Suriname an estimated US$ 2.4 billion a year.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – “Not a day goes by without a robbery taking place.

A miner was early this morning shot and robbed of over $4M in cash by an armed robber while in the vicinity of Mandela Avenue and Hunter Street.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – West Indies all rounder Dwayne Smith will captain the West Indies A Twenty20 Team which will face Bangladesh A in two Digicel T20s at the Beausejour Cricket Ground in St Lucia.

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca Warriors captain, Kenwyne Jones says his team’s 2014 World Cup Concacaf Group B Second Round qualifier away to Guyana on Friday night is as big as when T&T played Bahrain on November 16, 2005. Back

(Trinidad Express) Billions of dollars in non-performing loans, including an unsecured facility to a government ministry in Cuba, were on the books of CLICO Investment Bank (CIB) which led to the eventual insolvency of the company, Maria Daniel, a partner at Ernst and Young, stated yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados was among countries shortlisted as a possible hideout for former Libya leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi earlier this year, according to a Canadian newspaper.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – After denying Sachin Tendulkar  a 100th international century today, West Indies captain  Darren Sammy promised to salute the Indian batting great when he  reaches the milestone — providing it comes against another  side.

(Trinidad Express) A thorough investigation needs to be launched into the billion-dollar purchase of property in Florida, USA, by British American Insurance Company (Trinidad) Ltd (BAT), Lynette Seebaran-Suite, the attorney representing the CLICO policyholders group, said yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar’s sparkling 76  secured India’s five-wicket victory in the first test against  West Indies today while prolonging his agonising wait for  his 100th international century.

Some 1,000 families from across the country yesterday received computers as the initial distribution began under government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project.

Trinidadian company MovieTowne will start construction of a multi-cinema complex and shopping mall at Turkeyen, on the East Coast of Demerara within the next four months, laying what is hoped to be the groundwork for the revitalisation of the cinema industry in Guyana.

A Matthews Ridge, North West District resident was beaten to death with a spade on Sunday, after he was accused of stealing a phone.

Two elderly Corentyne, Berbice residents were on Monday night terrorised and robbed by a gang of armed men, clad in army attire, who fired shots to keep villagers at bay.

Former Commissioner of Police Winston Felix, who recently came out in support of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), has said that his move was influenced by his genuine desire to see Guyanese unified and his respect for the party’s presidential candidate, retired Brigadier David Granger.

In the wake of a furore over the presence of a Brazilian governor at a PPP/C meeting in Lethem on Sunday and official complaints by opposition parties APNU and AFC, the Brazilian embassy yesterday issued a statement reiterating its position of non-intervention and neutrality as it relates to the upcoming elections.

PPP/C presidential candidate Donald Ramotar last evening declared that President Bharrat Jagdeo is one of the country’s most important resources and he would be utilizing his services if he acceded to the highest office of the land on November 28.