Guyana News

Corruption remains a challenge in Guyana and should be seen as a national threat, says former British High Commissioner to Guyana, Simon Bond, who ended his tour of duty here last week.

Staff at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) who recently exhibited determination, commitment and a  desire for a positive image were rewarded by being able to sustain a twenty-three-week-old foetus.

An overseas-based Guyanese man yesterday morning suffered a loss of $3.3 million worth in jewellery after being robbed at 50 Marigold Street, West Ruimveldt.

Fireman Rawl Barrow was deemed a hero yesterday afternoon after he drove a fire truck which was responding to a blaze into the canal at the corner of Albert and Lamaha streets to avoid a serious collision with a car.

Ten persons according to Stabroek News’ records were killed during the month of August, a slight decrease when compared to July.

Taxi drivers managed to apprehend an armed bandit after he had robbed a female dispatcher from the Green Ice Taxi Service located at Cross Street and Mandela Avenue yesterday around 12:30 pm.

Relatives of four of the five persons who were gruesomely murdered last year September gathered yesterday at the Cummings Lodge site where the incident occurred and planted a cross in their memory.

One year has passed since young bank employee Sheema Mangar was run over by a speeding car, moments after her cellphone was snatched and there is still no positive word from police investigators on the status of cloth and hair samples reportedly sent to an overseas lab.

Several parts of Georgetown were yesterday affected by constant power outages and the cause is still unknown as calls by

National Grade Six Examination  top performers from across Region 10 were recently awarded by the management of Barrow’s Restaurant and Lounge in the presence of their parents, teachers and officials of the Department of Education in Region 10.

Amid an intensive operation to capture drug lord Roger Khan, then Police Commissioner Winston Felix visited the US embassy to request a sweep of his office for listening devices and for help in determining if a house linked to Khan had a concealed basement that might have stolen AK-47s and drugs.

CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has assured President of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) Carol Evelyn that the private sector is a key stakeholder and partner in the regional integration process, according to a press release from the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen.

A contractor has been left with an injured leg as a row between him and a home owner continues over who was responsible for a house falling into a West Berbice trench.

A relative of the five missing Berbice fishermen yesterday said that after two weeks of searching and no trace yet found, she is clueless as to her next move and has given up hope at this point.

This fire engine ended up in the Lamaha Street trench this afternoon as it sought to avoid colliding with a car (at right of photo).

Police say that at about 1230h today Dispatcher Jenella Burke, 25 years, was on duty at the Green Ice Taxi Service at Cross Street and Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, when a man armed with a handgun entered and held her at gunpoint.

PORT OF SPAIN, (Reuters) – Lawmakers in Trinidad and  Tobago approved a three-month extension of a state of emergency  today after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said it  had averted “a criminal uprising” in the energy-rich country.

Amid an intensive operation to capture drug lord Roger Khan, then Police Commissioner Winston Felix visited the US embassy to request a sweep of his office for listening devices and for help in determining if a house linked to Khan had a concealed basement that might have stolen AK-47s and drugs.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Hurricane Katia intensified over  the open Atlantic today, bulking up to a powerful Category  2 storm, the U.S.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Forces of Libya’s National  Transitional Council have identified the whereabouts of ousted  leader Muammar Gaddafi, an Al Jazeera television correspondent  reported today.