Guyana News

Dr Dalgleish Joseph, the final witness in the Cyon Collier murder trial, yesterday sought to challenge the findings of the autopsy performed on Chandrapaul Persaud.

Chetram Nowrang was yesterday sentenced to 18 years imprisonment for killing his wife, Jasoda Budhoo.

After months of intense investigations, police have arrested a suspect in the June 30 killing of 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris.

A ranger attached to Alfro Alphonso Mining Establishment yesterday stood before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer the charge of illegal possession of firearm and ammunition.

Corriverton painter Clifford Carter, who set himself on fire on Sunday, is now clinging to life at the New Amsterdam Hospital.

A 24-year-old miner on Friday evening lost a piece of his left ear allegedly after he asked the cook at the mining camp where he is employed at Imbamaidai Backdam, Upper Mazaruni for some food.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a man accused of arming himself with a piece of broken bottle and robbing a man of gold jewellery valued $700,000.

Four parties will contest the November 28 national elections after having their lists cleared by the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

A 50-year-old man is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after he was struck down by a truck on the Mahaicony Public Road.

A 38-year-old security guard yesterday appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to face the charge of break and enter and larceny after he was accused of breaking into a bond he was assigned to guard at a worksite.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) said the crescent for Eid-ul-Adha has been sighted and as

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna’s Loud world tour has been anything but tame — the Bajan singer’s been spotted at a strip club in London, a sex shop in Paris and a marijuana “coffee shop” in Amsterdam.

Arti Cameron’s team this evening issued a statement explaining various issues leading up to her being unable to participate in the Miss World 2011 contest.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Republican Herman Cain  denounced sexual harassment accusations from the 1990s as a  “witch hunt” today and broke into a gospel song to deflect  what has become the toughest challenge of his U.S.

Justice Roxanne George today sentenced Chetram Nourang to 18 years imprisonment for the manslaughter of his reputed wife Jasoda Budhoo.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A high-profile state  congressman in Rio de Janeiro who investigated criminal militia  groups is leaving Brazil after he said police found at least  seven death threats against him this month.

SORTE MOUNTAIN, Venezuela, (Reuters Life!) – The  jungle air is thick with cigar smoke and pierced by an  occasional scream as drums beat, people chant and candles  flicker illuminating bodies squirming.

BOSTON,  (Reuters) – Devastation from the rare and  deadly October snowstorm lingered in the Northeast today,  leaving 2.2 million houses without power, closing schools,  snarling the morning commute and postponing Halloween fun.

(Trinidad Express) Army Major Collin Millington, amid questions regarding his involvement in the purchase of a $698,000 Toyota Prado SUV from Toyota Trinidad and Tobago Limited (TTTL), Saturday, denied knowledge of the transaction.

(Trinidad Express) Sisters charged with possession of guns and ammunition are expected to appear before a Point Fortin magistrate today.