Guyana News

A row between a labourer and his wife last evening ended tragically when their two-storey Enterprise, East Coast Demerara home went up in flames leading neighbours to believe that the fire was a deliberate act.

Motor vehicle PGG 6981 last night collided with a 12-wheeler DAF truck, licence plate GNN 7633, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, in front of the Two Brothers Gas Station.

Pushcart music vendors agreed to reduce the size of their music amplifiers and to ‘tone down’, during a meeting with President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday.

An unlicensed shotgun and some cartridges were on Sunday recovered by police ranks at Aishalton, Rupununi.

Ishmael Stewart was incorrectly identified as a taxi driver who had robbed his passenger, in an article published

(WICB) Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Kevin McClean produced a classic fast bowling performance as Sagicor High Performance Centre pulled off a superb win over West Indies in their 40-over Carib Asian Series match today.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s doctor  asked a bodyguard to grab vials of medicine and a saline bag  from the singer’s bedroom on the morning he died, a Los Angeles  court heard today in the manslaughter trial of Dr.

An unlicensed shotgun and some cartridges were on Sunday recovered by police ranks at Aishalton, Rupununi.

Guyana’s Foreign Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and her Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro will meet in Port of Spain tomorrow, a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Chairman of Region 10 Mortimer Mingo today said that Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon had contacted him in August 2010 saying that he (Mingo) had been  identified to receive a house lot at Pradoville 2 and that was the last

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Indian federal police are  examining the role of tycoon Anil Ambani in a multi-billion  dollar telecoms scandal that has rocked political and business  elites, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency said today.

(Trinidad Express) A national of Trinidad and Tobago convicted of manslaughter and for selling drugs has been named among the almost 3,000 illegal immigrants arrested by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has lost about TT$1.5 billion through an illegal racket of selling diesel fuel to buyers in other countries.

President Bharrat Jagdeo this morning called on the private sector to be more transparent in conducting its affairs saying that this is key to making business pursuits here more competitive.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India axed spinner Harbhajan  Singh today and drafted in the uncapped Sreenath Aravind  and Rahul Sharma for the first two one-day internationals  against England next month.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo  Chavez today mocked a U.S.

(Jamaica Observer) Veteran Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) power player, Karl Samuda, says he has already identified ‘in his mind’ the person who is best placed to take over the leadership of the party when prime minister and party leader, Bruce Golding makes his exit in November.

PNCR General Secretary Oscar Clarke this morning denied a statement made by Dr.

The Bank of Guyana today said that new $1,000 and $500 bills with improved security features are to be introduced.

(Barbados Nation) A soaring electricity bill has forced one manufacturing company to call for a change of legislation to allow firms to install solar panels, sell power to the Barbados Light & Power (BL&P) and then buy back what they need.