Guyana News

Guyanese man Rabindra Sawh died on the Staten Island Expressway, New York after the SUV he was in struck a guard rail on October 23.

Universal mother: The Balesar family joined this evening’s Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha’s annual motorcade.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, (Reuters) – Former world 100  metres champion Kim Collins rolled back the years to break the  28-year-old Pan-American Games record yesterday.

MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Hurricane Rina intensified  in the Caribbean today, moving farther from recently  rain-hit coffee and sugar-growing countries in Central America  as it bears down on the popular Mexican resort Cancun.

Businessman Peter Ramsaroop has endorsed the PPP/C. A longstanding and bitter critic of the PPP/C and President Bharrat Jagdeo,  the PPP/C today issued a statement from Ramsaroop in which he said he had reviewed the party’s manifesto and was gratified that it had many key programmes in it.

SANTO DOMINGO, (Reuters) – Amnesty International  issued a scathing report on the Dominican Republic today,  saying its national police force was responsible for killing  and torturing with impunity.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Eight New York City policemen were charged today with helping run a gun-smuggling ring in a city where Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading a national campaign against illegal guns.

(De Ware Tijd) BOXEL – The defense of Desi Bouterse, the prime suspect in the ‘December murders’ trial, has decided not to summon witnesses living abroad to testify.

(De Ware Tijd) PARIS – “Suriname can be proud of this.

(De Ware Tijd) BOXEL – Former labor leader Siegfried Gilds has “a good feeling” now that he has been able to refute slurs made against the late labor leader/politician Fred Derby in court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Embattled Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner cannot be touched despite recurring allegations of wrongdoing on his part because he holds Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the members of her government to ransom with files he once claimed to have on them.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) has been investigating “several suspicious activities” as part of an effort to rebuild investor confidence which was at “an all- time low” especially since the CL Financial meltdown, TTSEC chairman Deborah Thomas-Felix said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Pedestrians covered their faces with rags and masks as a thick blanket of smoke laced with the fumes of burning plastics hung over downtown Port of Spain up to late last night following a fire which razed three businesses on lower Charlotte Street yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) There are indications that Jamaican dancehall star, Adidja Palmer, more popularly known as Vybz Kartel, is being investigated in connection with a series of violent incidents, stretching from St Catherine to sections of St Andrew.

ERCIS, Turkey, (Reuters) – A 14-day-old baby was  rescued alive from the rubble of a collapsed building today, 46 hours after an earthquake struck southeast Turkey, a  Reuters Television journalist said.

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – The rain-affected  first test between Bangladesh and West Indies ended in a draw today after the tourists declined to chase down 226 for  victory.

TRIPOLI, (Reuters) – Deposed Libyan leader Muammar  Gaddafi was buried along with his son Mo’tassim in a secret  location in the country’s Sahara desert today, a senior  interim government military official said.

Describing it as the most difficult decision in his life, Moses Nagamootoo yesterday resigned as a member of the PPP, saying that he had lost faith in its current leadership.

The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) seized 30 kilogrammes of cocaine in three buckets on Saturday night in an operation that saw the exchange of gunfire with drug traffickers, who then managed to escape in a boat at Number 73 beach.

A Tain, Corentyne man sustained gunshot injuries to his left knee and chops to both hands when bandits stormed his home around 6:40 pm on Sunday, terrorized his family and stole almost $3 million worth in articles.