Guyana News

It was lights out for residents of Linden last evening after the power station developed technical problems.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said Guyana has played a significant role in informing the world that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is the danger to public health at the 66th session at the United Nations General Assembly held on Monday.

Deodat Kanhai of 26 Cummings Street has had his driver’s licence suspended for a year, after he was charged twice with

The government has allocated $3.2 million for rehabilitation works that will restore the Golden Grove Secondary School to a more conducive state, the Ministry of Education announced today.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Meteorological Department is monitoring the progress of Tropical Storm Ophelia which formed over the central tropical Atlantic during the night.

The Joint Opposition Political Parties (JOPP) have called for the revocation of the appointment of the Returning Officer for Region Four citing conduct at a previous election and in a letter to the elections commission they expressed dismay that it was business as usual while this matter was being deliberated on.

TEHRAN, (Reuters) – Two U.S. men who were released  from an Iranian jail after two years left the country today, the official Irna news agency reported. 

A New York police officer is under investigation for allegedly engaging in a traffic ticket fixing operation and associating with a suspected Guyana-born drug dealer.

(Jamaica Observer) The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) boycotted yesterday’s signing and media launch of a Code of Conduct to govern the Partnership for Transformation citing, among other things, a lack of trust and respect by the ruling party.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — United Kingdom travel agents say the controversial Air Passenger Duty (APD) has made Jamaica a hard sell, even to some persons who are accustomed to visiting the island up to three times a year.

(Jamaica Observer) UC Rusal has inked a deal to acquire the remaining 35 per cent stake in Alumina Partners of Jamaica (Alpart), giving it full ownership of the St Elizabeth-based refinery.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Confessed Jamaican drug lord Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke has written a letter to a New York judge asking for leniency, a report in the New York Times says.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation’s (BEF) drive to have free islandwide Wi-Fi by November 11, 2011 is gaining momentum.

(Barbados Nation) Don’t allow the crime situation to get out of hand!

(Barbados Nation) Customs and Immigration at the Grantley Adams International Airport have come in for criticism from executive chairman of the Four Seasons project, Avinash Persaud.

(Trinidad Express) A United Nations (UN) team will be coming next month to help destroy some of the illegal guns in this country, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

(Trinidad Express) A series of whistleblower e-mails sent from a former employee of CLICO alleging financial impropriety within CL Financial and its subsidiaries was responsible for the “sudden surge” in withdrawals by depositors.

(Trinidad Express) Strange commissions, exorbitant bonuses and significant weaknesses in internal controls were the order of the day at CL Financial, former group financial director, Michael Carballo, said yesterday.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon yesterday testified that he was unaware of the criteria used to identify and select nominees for ambassadorial postings, and he admitted that some had no prior diplomatic experience.

A 13-year-old student of the Charity Secondary School was found hanging in the washroom of the school’s dormitory yesterday morning, in an apparent suicide.