Guyana News

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) awarded bursaries to 37 children of officers, other ranks and civilian employees at its 2011 Bursary Awards Ceremony.

A man who was charged for smoking cannabis and assaulting another man was on Thursday placed on $25,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry.

CEO of GECOM Meets Representative of AFC In keeping with its deliberate open door policy of being responsive and accommodative to Political Parties, the Chief Election Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Mr.

(Jamaica Observer) See full text of Prime Minister Bruce Golding’s address to Jamaicans this evening below.

Caribbean Airlines says that non-stop flights between Guyana and New York will be unveiled for the Christmas peak season.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – In his final regular  appearance on the CBS newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” Andy Rooney  expressed gratitude for a “lucky” life and thanked his fans,  but not without adding a touch of the curmudgeonly grumbling  that has become a signature element of his TV essays.

(Barbados Nation)  International Life Insurance (CIL) will start next Tuesday, October 11, to investigate undocumented assets worth Bds$350 million as well as any other unknown assets of  the embattled company.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Syria’s main opposition groups  joined together today to call on the international community  to take action to protect Syrian people facing a violent  crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

Former senior PNCR member Joseph Hamilton this afternoon said he has joined the PPP because of the programme it presented and he endorsed its presidential candidate Donald Ramotar.

MANCHESTER, N.H., (Reuters) – Republican presidential  candidate Rick Perry said yesterday he would get the U.S. 

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Ophelia weakened to a  Category 2 storm today as it bore down on Newfoundland off  the east coast of Canada, forecasters said.

Two youths died today following an accident at the Airy Hall, Mahaicony turn this morning.

(Jamaica Observer) Prime Minister Bruce Golding, members of his family and friends were rescued by Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard yesterday afternoon after a boat in which they were travelling back to the mainland ran aground off the south coast.

(Barbados Nation) The Trinidadian-based regional conglomerate Neal & Massy is on the hunt for a buyer for its Almond Resorts properties in Barbados and St Lucia.

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan has instructed that a panel be set up to investigate the death of a pregnant woman at the San Fernando General Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Former energy minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan said the People’s Partnership Government knew about a billion-dollar diesel fuel racket since it took office last year.

The owner of Vicky B, the drugs and weapons laden cargo vessel that was intercepted in St Lucian waters has gone into hiding and relatives of some of the detained crew men are in shock saying that there were no signs that the men were involved in illegal activities.

Rights activist Ramon Gaskin was late yesterday afternoon chopped several times about the body during an armed robbery at his Campbellville home.

By Marcelle Thomas Deemed a rite of passage in some cultures, bullying in local schools, particularly public schools, has not been acknowledged for the most part by parents, teachers and other educators.

Revelations coming out of the courts on Pradoville 2 necessitates a Commission of Inquiry to get answers to questions raised, says Alliance for Change Presidential Candidate, Khemraj Ramjattan.