Guyana News

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt swept away  any remaining clouds surrounding his 100m disqualification when  he anchored Jamaica to a world record time of 37.04 seconds to  retain the world 4×100 metres relay title today.

(Trinidad Guardian) Criminologist Ian Ramdhanie is urging the country to brace for an increase in crime once the 9 pm to 5 am curfew is relaxed.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a leaked 2006 diplomatic cable from the US embassy in Port-of-Spain, “the much-maligned blimps and alleged attack helicopters” were described by US officials here as extravagant crime-fighting “toys” of the Patrick Manning administration.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Friday met with the 14-year-old girl who had created a YouTube video hurling offensive remarks towards Persad-Bissessar, in relation to the State of Emergency and curfew restrictions imposed in the country, almost two weeks ago.

(Trinidad Express) The country has recorded its second murder since the declaration of a State of Emergency on August 21, and curfew restrictions imposed in six areas described as crime hotspots.

(Trinidad Express) Business is down in Trinidad and Tobago “across the board” by at least 30 per cent, and some in the restaurant and hospitality sector have suffered a 75 per cent reduction in income since the declaration of the State of Emergency.

Canada was ready and willing to assist Guyana with its investigations into the April 22, 2006 slaying of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh, his siblings and a security guard but government never made a request.

Recent stories of drug traffickers links to senior police officials have been “quite worrying” and the United Kingdom believes that more can be done to tackle the drug trade here and would like to work more closely with local authorities, London’s former top diplomat in Guyana has said.

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said yesterday that it was surprised by Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud’s exhortation for GuySuCo to decide quickly on Indian and Chinese proposals to manage the troubled Skeldon factory, saying it has been reliably informed that the matter has not been taken to the board as yet.

Then US Ambassador Roland Bullen cabled Washington on March 13, 2006 on how in his view President Bharrat Jagdeo had taken the election campaign on the low road and had tried to stir up public fear and leverage it into votes.

The first batch of solar panels for powering interior homes under the Hinterland Electrification Project will arrive in November with installation expected to be completed within three months thereafter.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed disappointment at the recent travel bottlenecks faced by Guyanese travellers using Caribbean Airlines (CAL), while saying that the government is still exploring avenues to establish a locally-owned air carrier.

Although the administration has questioned the credibility of leaked US diplomatic cables that accuse it of collusion with criminal elements, including convicted drug lord Roger Khan, but APNU presidential candidate David Granger says “nothing less” than a judicial inquiry would put to rest the mounting allegations.

A mother’s worst nightmare came true when her eldest daughter and only grandson were brutally slaughtered by gunmen targeting three men who were travelling in a car at Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara.

We were mostly strangers, checked in at different hours with a common aim; to get on the next flight out of New York to Guyana scheduled by Caribbean Airlines.

Back in 2007 former Minister of Home Affairs Gail Teixeira was seen by US Embassy officials in Georgetown as “fighting a lonely, uphill battle against fraud and corruption in the Ministry of Home Affairs.”

Following the death of journalist and television talk show host Ronald Waddell a plan was reportedly hatched to target a number of persons including the then US Ambassador to Guyana Roland Bullen.

Relatives of University of Guyana (UG) student Anthony Ting-A-Kee are puzzled at the way he was murdered and have suspicions regarding how it occurred.

The driver of a car which was in front of a presidential convoy on the day 18-year-old Kevin Simon allegedly displayed his middle finger at the convoy, should be held accountable for his actions, rather than the teenager, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday.

A fire almost consumed the Essence of Victoria store located on the second floor at City Mall around 10.30 yesterday morning when scented oil which was lit got into contact with some artificial flowers that were next to the oil on a shelf.