Guyana News

The mentally ill woman who is accused of slashing the throat of a 39-year-old father of two has been taken into custody by the police.

Troy Thorington, the motorcyclist who crashed into a stationary car on Middle Road, La Penitence two days ago has died.

The Government of Guyana welcomes Palestine’s application for membership of the United Nations and believes the application before the Security Council should be accorded the most careful consideration, a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said.

Police say that at about 1330h. yesterday businessman Mohamed Yusuf, 49 years of Line Path, Skeldon, was riding a bicycle

Supervisors and Deputy Returning Officers appointed The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has appointed 19 Supervisors and 179 Deputy Returning Officers (DROs) across Guyana to assist the Returning Officers in the 10 Electoral Districts (Administrative Regions) with the efficient management of the upcoming General and Regional Elections.

Guyanese Gillian Hall died on Friday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn and her daughter has appealed for the driver to surrender to the cops.

(Reuters) – England ended a stellar summer today  with an embarrassing 25-run defeat in the second of two Twenty20  matches against West Indies at The Oval.

Police say that at about 1330h. yesterday businessman Mohamed Yusuf, 49 years of Line Path, Skeldon, was riding a bicycle along the roadway at No.

The mentally ill woman who is accused of slashing the throat of a 39-year-old father of two has been taken into custody by the police. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs says that Guyana is not among the 22 countries worldwide that appear on the US Drug list which drives home the point that this country is not a narco-state.

Four young men were hospitalized this morning after the car they were in collided with a utility pole on Homestretch Avenue, breaking it into two, and then continued another 100 feet before coming to a halt.

JEDDAH, (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia will allow women to  stand for election and vote, the king announced today, in a  significant policy shift in the conservative Islamic kingdowm.

(Trinidad Guardian) Maritime attorney Nyree Alfonso says the imposition of the state of emergency (SoE) will redound to fishermen’s benefit since they are victims of crime on land and sea.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chicken—mainly leg quarters imported from the United States—is being used as a cover to bring illegal drugs and guns into Trinidad and Tobago.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Wigton Windfarm in Manchester produced enough energy to save the country expenditure estimated at more than $229 million on the importation of oil during the first five months of fiscal year 2011-12, according to data released by the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ).

(Barbados Nation) More Bajans living abroad may be offered key positions at home.

(Trinidad Express) Three Guyanese nationals were detained by Police in Penal on Friday night.

(Trinidad Express) Even as public hearings into the collapse of financial giant CL Financial continue to reveal a disturbing picture of corporate greed, reckless dealings, dishonesty and misconduct at the highest level of the country’s largest conglomerate, questions remain about the role of the state regulators and auditors on record, PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC).

(Trinidad Express) Days following her United Nations address on women’s political participation and in the midst of a State of Emergency, Kamla Persad-Bissessar agreed to an exclusive interview about her experience and evolution as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

 ORLANDO, Fla., (Reuters) – Former pizza executive  Herman Cain surprised rival Rick Perry with an upset victory yesterday in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida,  dealing a disappointing loss to the Texas governor two days  after a shaky debate performance.