Guyana News

A post-mortem examination has revealed that the young fisherman who was found dead at the Paradise Village, Essequibo Coast sea shore on Saturday died as a result of a fractured spine.

Relatives of 46-year-old Basmattie Anantram, who went missing more than 3 months ago, are displeased with the way investigations into the matter are being conducted and are calling for more to be done.

As part of Caribbean Wellness Day activities, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will host a day of sports at the Carifesta Sports Complex today.

The Mahaicony District commemorated its Village Day with a roster of activities, including an interactive session for youths with the Ministry of Agriculture and a cycle race, all accompanied by gospel music.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) is scheduled to box off its annual national intermediate championships tomorrow at the National Gymnasium.

Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said this afternoon that the death of 90-year-old security guard Adolphus James is now being treated as a murder after a post-mortem examination revealed that he died as a result of brain haemorrhage and compression injury to the neck.

A robbery convict’s bid for freedom was short lived this afternoon, when prison officers managed to recapture him minutes after he escaped.

A 28-year-old man was stabbed today and his assailant beaten, following an early morning drinking spree at Aranka, Cuyuni Region One.

An early morning fire today gutted three rooms of the the Wismar Christianburg Secondary School (WCSS) at Linden and classes have been suspended for the day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government has plans to introduce broadband Internet service to all citizens, according to Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, who outlined a comprehensive plan to make the service available.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Government will be inviting proposals for a third mobile operator before the end of the year. She

(Trinidad Guardian) Dismissed by letter and without a reason, Caribbean Airlines’ former communications manager Laura Asbjornsen intends to pursue legal action against the national carrier.

(Jamaica Observer) An argument which developed between well-known dancehall artiste Gyptian and producer DJ Frass has left one man dead.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Tomorrow Tareek Gregory would have been celebrating his 12th birthday, looking ahead to doing his Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) examinations and fulfilling his dream of attending Manchester High.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Republicans won an upset  victory in a Democratic stronghold in New York yesterday in a  special U.S.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ 38,000 pensioners will soon be required to maintain bank accounts to get their money from Government, as the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) eliminates the printing of pension cheques to cut costs and prevent fraud.

A mother of seven was yesterday hacked to death at Rasta Country, Laluni Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway allegedly by her husband who dragged her body into bushes and covered it with grass.

Following the UK’s cancellation of a security reform programme here, the US, Canada and the EU agreed not to fill the gap until the Guyana Government agreed to policy and structural reforms, according to a cable dispatched to Washington by the US Embassy here.

A number of persons have been shortlisted as possible candidates to become the PPP/C’s prime ministerial candidate, the party’s presidential candidate Donald Ramotar recently disclosed.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee told the US Embassy’s Political Chief on January 28 last year that the Ministry of Home Affairs had set limits on the number of foreign missionaries allowed into Guyana, according to a cable dispatched to Washington on February 16, last year.